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This activity empowered me to critically think about the situation at hand. Thus, making the assignment more fun to ask what I would do in this babysitting example. I had to place myself in this specific circumstance to ensure child safety and peace of mind. My ultimate goal was to give appropriate punishment. In using these stages I came up with a reasonable solution. The following essay explains in detail how I came to my conclusion and punishment. Selection is the process in which your mind and body help you choose certain stimuli to attend to. The stimuli that I attended to were the vague annoying noises that occurred in the basement. One of the characteristics of selection is intensity. Some examples of the stimuli include the thumping …show more content…

After selecting information, I did start forming tangible, organized conclusions. Some physical constructs, assuming there are some differences in physical appearance within each child, may cause issues. Mia is a girl who’s taller than Max. However, the role they both play socially are being siblings to each other. Furthermore, the most intriguing role played by me is being a babysitter, monitoring their behavior and taking corrective action if needed. My role is clearly defined as a social or professional position in terms of role construct. As the night progressed, when I left to go make sandwiches, suddenly strange noises filled the house. After finishing the second sandwich, I rushed into the basement asking for what happened, receiving two different stories in the process. When looking for interaction cues I see Mia, sobbing possibly for sympathy, Max noticeably showing signs of guilt and appearing scared about the situation. Interaction construct lies in a person’s behavior. That leads to psychological constructs perceiving one’s thoughts and feelings about another person. If I just heard random noises and had not really focused on what happened, my interpretation would have differed greatly and the punishment may have gone to the wrong person. As a result, if you cannot select important information, then you cannot make meaning or understanding of the information presented which is seen as being closed

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