The Tell, by Matthew Hertenstein, is about the power of prediction based on observations of brief samples of others’ behavior. Throughout this book, Hertenstein teaches what tells in early life predict autism, how photographs betray others’ personality and aggressive inclinations, how smiling predicts marital stability, how micro-expressions signal deception, how facial structure predicts companies’ profits, and who wins political elections. In the following few pages, there will be many clues on what tells can predict certain things for the future (Hertenstein, ix).
In the first chapter of The Tell, Hertenstein looks at the synonym of the word “prediction: foreshadow, foretell, foresee, forecast, prognosticate, and envision” (Hertenstein, 4). These are only a few words that can replace prediction. He not only looks at the synonym of prediction, but he also suggests that natural selection explains why human beings are good at making predictions about people. Human beings have been making predictions since the existence of humankind. Some people are able to make more accurate predictions than others can. This is only because those people are highly conscientious, as Hertenstein calls them. Highly conscientious people are those who are reliable, they plan ahead, and focus on what they are doing. These people are aware of their surroundings and pay attention to detail.
During Isaac’s, Hertenstein’s son, first year and a half of his life, Hertenstein noticed that his son would not do simple things that almost every child at that age does. Isaac was not smiling a lot, he was not babbling, and many of his motor development, as Hertenstein describes them, such as sitting up, crawling, and walking were delayed by months. Herrnstein s...
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...nstein’s main points because they were back up by science and I have witnessed some of them, as I mentioned previously. The only one I disagreed with was the last two recommendations for voting for a presidential candidate.
I give this book a rating of A-. The Tell is a book in which someone can learn and apply concepts when predicting or assuming on something. Matthew Hertenstein wrote an excellent book in which one can grow as a person. The reason I give it an A- is that I believe it is a book that everyone should read, whether it is for pleasure reading or not. I personally do not like reading, but when I read this book, it opened my eyes to many things I was not aware of. I would like other students to feel the same way.
Works Cited
Hertenstein, Matthew J. The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are. Philadelphia: Basic, 2013. Print.
This book was a good read for me, but I also read book reviews to help me keep track on what I am reading. These book reviews just made a better understanding of what I was reading.
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The narrative causes questions to arise about whether or not an identity is represented by a name or something more emotional-a trait tha...
During the first nine months of Dominic’s life he was sick several times with colds and digestive complications which are not typical for infants. Physically, Dominic was active the first nine months. At three months he began to start laughing and would focus his eyes on me, the mom (My Virtual Child). At eight months we would play object permanence games which enhanced his cognitive development and at nine months old Dominic was adv...
Research in rational inference in social-learning began with the work of Abhijit V. Banerjee[5], Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer, and Ivo Welch[6]. In the basic setting of the model, rational agents end up herding. This characteristic is a feature of even more general settings and can be rationaled by the following argument: Given a finite action space and a finite and imperfect signal space, rational agents eventually "heard" as a consequence of "Information cascade", while ignoring their own signal, each person imitates others' behavior[7]:221. Though much of the basic logic regarding the proportion of private information and the proportion of information revealed by others' actions is well predicted by the model, it does have some core implications that seem unrealistic. Among its unrealistic statements is the claim that the agents have a level of sophistication that allows them to predict very unlikely behavior.
... (2009) The science of development. In R.V. Kail & A. Barnfield (Eds.), Children and their development (pp. 8 – 22). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Every person thinks about a certain question at least once in the lifetime. The question that is most thought about is, ¨Who am I?¨ Many people would respond with their name, their parents, or where they live. Others use their reputation, their occupation, and their looks. At last, a few others identify themselves by their significant actions they have done. In some stories, characters try to find out who they really are. In the short stories ¨Fish Cheeks¨ by Amy Tan, ¨Two Kinds¨ by Amy Tan, and ¨Papa´s Parrot¨ by Cynthia Rylant,the characters learn about their identities through significant moments.
Many philosophers and psychologist from Jean Piaget to William James have theorized what makes a person who they are, their identity. Jean Piaget believed that the identity is formed in the sensorimotor stage and the preoperational stage. This means that a child is forming his identity as late to the age of seven (Schellenberg, 29) However, identity is strongly impacted by society such as school, church, government,and other institutions. Through our interactions with different situations our personality develops (Schellenberg 34). "In most situations there is a more diversified opportunity for the development of social identities, reflecting what the individual wants to put forth to define the self as well as what others want to accept,"(Schellenberg 35). Therefore, humans, much like animals, adapt to different situations based on who they are with. Individuals are always changi...
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
Thinking back now, I can see we were just at that age when we knew a few things about ourselves – about how we were, how we were different from our guardians, from the people outside – but hadn’t yet understood what any of it meant. (36)
... cross my mind but I find myself thinking differently since enrolling in this class. I enjoyed this book because it allowed me to relate to the main character, reflect on my life, and try to change myself in the process of reading it. I was able to see the parts of my life that had not been even fathomed before. When reading the book I found it difficult to read and somewhat boring but once I thought about the concepts and people involved in our class it gave me a better understanding of the book. One piece of advice would be to have the five people/ five concepts before reading these books because I feel I missed some key points looking back on the book. I feel that knowing these people/concepts before reading the book would have helped me understand the book better. This book was and interesting one and allows for every reader to have their own interpretation of it.
The first two years of a humans life are bursting with biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development. In the first few weeks after conception to two years after birth a child’s brain experiences more growth than any other organ in the body. During the first two years of a child’s life the brain is very plastic and malleable. In order for children to continue down a path of success and learning there are certain experiences a child must have in order to develop normally. The First Two years of a child life is responsible for the foundation that is layed.
Arnold Lucius Gesell was an American psychologist and paediatrician and professor at Yale University, known for his research and contributions in the field of child development. Gessell was one of the first theorists to identify developmental milestones – he called them ‘Gessell developmental schedules’. He developed the maturational theory, which suggests that children’s development is due to their biological makeup and that environment has only a small influence. His research led him to three principles of physical development which are:-
Recognizing who we are not is good in knowing who we are, but it is only the first step