In the excerpt “Right Brain Rising”, Daniel Pink tells his experience in detail of an intriguing brain scan beneficial both to his curious mind, and the world of science. He then goes on to inform readers of the two distinct hemispheres resting in our skulls; following up with the past inferiority associated with the right hemisphere, thought to be due to years of evolution. After acknowledging the disproved theory, Pink delves into information pertaining to psychology’s six principal fields, with scenarios: developmental, physiological/biological, personality, clinical/counseling, social, industrial/organizational. Perhaps the field that best umbrellas the author’s firsthand experience is Physiological/Biological Psychology, since the procedure …show more content…
As are the other five, Industrial/Organizational Psychology is broached within the excerpt, particularly meshed into education as well as the aforementioned field. Since the large majority of students pursue a serious career in some time span following high school, IO is everywhere in society. It is indirectly referenced near the conclusion of “Right Brain Rising” in correspondence to Left Directed Thinking and Right Directed Thinking. The author quotes “They tend to become lawyers, accountants, and engineers. Other people are more comfortable with holistic, intuitive, and nonlinear reasoning. They tend to become inventors, entertainers, and counselors. And these individual inclinations go on to shape families, institutions, and societies.” Industrial/Organizational Psychologists aid in the determination of who is most suitable for these occupations. Furthermore, upon stating that L-Directed Thinking is favored in public schools, it is clear why more people occupy such jobs. We are heavily conditioned from a young age to conform to overly structured styles of learning. Pink’s highly educated standpoint reassures us that although the hemispheres share equal significance, humans are often naturally more apt to the qualities of either …show more content…
At the conclusion of the excerpt, Pink suggests the reality of present day education favoring L-directed thinking students. This method’s framework is based on logic and structure, leaving little room for creativity. It is seen in massive business corporations, therefore America’s schools feel obligated to drill students towards that mindset. R-directed thinkers see life from a metaphorical and aesthetic outlook. In terms of the workforce, employment offerings are few and far between. A right-brained thinker can still find work suitable for them in niches like theatrical arts and social work. Unfortunately, with exceptions, these occupations do not bring in as large of a paycheck in comparison to “left brain” jobs. Education systems must work to destroy the accepted belief that the right hemisphere as “useful but
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Some do not believe that we have a left and right brain. However, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future by Daniel H. Pink explains that the left and right hemispheres of the brain control different abilities. I have learned from this book how society and the economy have shifted from the “Information Age” to a “Conceptual Age,” how the arguments of left brain theorists (L- directed) differ from those of right brain theorists (R-directed), the three A’s of abundance, automation, and Asia, and the six essential aptitudes or “six senses” of Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning.
Psychodynamic approaches often come under a lot of criticism as they fail to be explicit about the underlying bases of the theory. Cognitive theories are not very comfortable with explaining emotions and behavioural theories have difficulty explaining the mechanisms of improvements.
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While Gall was incorrect in theorizing that the external skull reflects the personality and tendencies of an individual, he was surprisingly correct and in fact pioneered the idea that specific human functions and emotions are related to specific regions of the brain. His way of coming to this conclusion was scientifically incorrect but the implications of this idea helped modern science discover the idea of cerebral localization that is present today.
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The study of psychology began as a theoretical subject a branch of ancient philosophy, and later as a part of biological sciences and physiology. However, over the years, it has grown into a rigorous science and a separate discipline, with its own sets of guidance and experimental techniques. This paper aims to study the various stages that the science of psychology passed through to reach its contemporary status, and their effects on its development. It begins with an overview of the historical and philosophical basis of psychology, discusses the development of the various schools of thought, and highlights their effects on contemporary personal and professional decision-making.
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The brain has four major lobes. The frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe, and temporal lobe are responsible for all of the activities of the body, from seeing, hearing, tasting, to touching, moving, and even memory. After many years of debating, scientist presents what they called the localization issue, Garret explains how Fritsch and Hitzig studied dog with conforming observations, but the cases of Phineas Gage’s accident in 1848 and Paul Broca’s autopsy of a man brain in 1861 really grabbed the attention of an enthusiastic scientific community (Garret 2015 p.6)
sense, have to use) techniques that come from psychological theories. They key here is to
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Nowadays, it is widely known that the right and left hemisphere have different functions. The two hemispheres are equally important in a daily life basis. Nevertheless, in the 1960’s this was not common knowledge. Even though today the importance of the brain hemispheres is common knowledge, people don’t usually know to whom attribute this findings. One of the people who contributed to form a more defined picture about the brain hemispheres and their respective functions was Roger Wolcott Sperry, with the split brain research. Roger Sperry did more contributions than the split brain research, but this is his most important and revolutionary research in the psychological field. Thanks to the split brain research, Sperry proved that the two hemispheres of the brain are important, they work together and whatever side of the brain is more capable of doing the task is the hemisphere that takes the lead.
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