What Every Baby Knows

Reflection: what every baby knows is about babies knowing things in the early stages of their lives without being fully aware of what they're doing. Some of the articles talk about babies being born knowing everything but not knowing how to communicate everything and sometimes loosing their knowledge over time. They talk about how babies learn by trial and error and already know how to do something like the instinct to cry for food or attention, or to blink or breathe. The second article talks about how babies are like blank slates and what they learn themselves when they're first born could be more important than any other information they could retain later on in their lives.

1. Inferential learning mechanisms
Refers to a baby's natural theory to learn by trial and error. A babies natural curiosity to test and touch and knowing when they are wrong or when they achieve a positive response. 

2. The first three years of a child's life are the most important because those years are when simple skills start to develop fully. The recognition of faces, people, emotions things like that. Those are the years when parents check to see if their child has a late developing learning disability like asburgers or autism. Apparently, according to this article three year old children aren't able to tell lies because they don't remember how they learned the things they learned, they understand other peoples minds much better than their own. 

3. I don't know how to respond to this question because I don't understand the question, nor do I agree with it. 

Intuition and Knowledge

• Reading think slices is being able to judge negatively or positively about a person after only ten seconds. It talks about observing someone for only ten seconds and letting your gut reaction shape your intuition about the person.

intuitive expertise is when someone gets use to something that they they are subconsciously relying on that information to base their other findings off of. When people memorize patterns or natural feelings it becomes automatic to them and they don't have to think about it ever time they do it, they just react. A good example of this would be driving a car. People get so good at it that they can automatically drive the car without having to think about each second. Their hands and feet automatically know what to do, take the keys out, press the gas, etc. 

The perils of relying on intuition is that by going with our gut instinct we're altering our thoughts about the things around us and how we perceive things. Like when people guess lottery numbers or put their money on stocks, it doesn't always work for the better. People assume that their intuition is a lot better than it really is. Overconfidence is driven by intuition but overconfidence isn't always a good thing. A study shows overconfident people got more of the answers on their tests correctly, but overconfidence also causes people to misjudge their situation. 

I do not think that intuition is fair in justifying wrong decision making. An example is George W. Bush and those quotes about going into war because he saw something in the enemies eyes and look were the nation ended up. I don't think it's ever good to rush into a situation that could be potentially dangerous without knowing all the facts or without taking time to properly assess the situation. Intuition is a 50/50 chance and sometimes that's not enough to ensure luck is on your side. The man who got shot by the police in the video and he wasn't even armed, that in no way can be justified by intuition. Those officers should've done their job properly and assessed the entire situation or figured out a better way to handle it instead of flying over the top and shooting the guy a bunch of times. It was very unnecessary. Sometimes you have to rely on intuition and sometimes you make mistakes but it's still your fault, you can't blame it on your intuition  you blame it on your self.  

Hidden Assumptions

I took two tests the Skin Tone one and the Sexuality one

1. I wasn't surprised by my results because I kind of expected it. That doesn't mean I was really happy with them though. It's a lot harsher seeing things about yourself that you already suspect are true, right in front of your eyes than to just come to the conclusion on your own.

2. I believe that my tests results say something about my that I was already consciously aware of. I have an open mind so I could switch views depending on the situation. I don't think it's something that I need to keep in the front of my mind though.

3. I think there is some great truth to these tests because when I was being diagnosed with ADHD they put me through similar tests, only with numbers and I was at an actual doctors office. I do think that there are some added subjects that could alter your results which is why I think that in order to get a sure fire result there will have to be numerous times that the test is taken.

4. I personally think that people associate good with lighter colors subconsciously and bad with darker skin because we live in a society where dark is bad. The references to darkness in modern day teaches us that. Scary movies and paranormal things happen in the dark and the truths about themselves that people don't want to think about are hidden in the dark. From personal experience, because I have darker skin and hair than my friend who has lighter skin and hair and bigger eyes, people automatically assume that i'm more hard-headed or that she's nicer. We both have a similar skill set but I think that since I'm naturally a darker figure, people, especially older people, subconsciously pick her out to be the more kind hearted of us.

5. People will always jump to false conclusions whether they're consciously aware of it or not. I don't think it's something that we can prevent. We can lessen it though and make it so that people's assumptions are about little things and that they keep an open mind. We can make it so that people may assume but they don't let that stop them from getting to know the person. Or, they can assume good things, and if they're bad then it's not a big deal because it may not be true or not. Their is only a problem when people turn their assumptions into gossip and lies.

What is TOK? Why TOK?

What is TOK?

TOK is theory of knowledge. It's how we know why we know things. The study of learning and why we have reason. It's testing our minds to think beyond what we've been told and what we've read and learned. To try and find our own ways of knowing and our own reasoning for why we think the things we do. 

Why TOK?

Because its a way to challenge us to find out why we know the things we've come to know and understand. It's a good course that's outside the normal academic structure and is good for students to understand why they have the thoughts and ideas they have. TOK is important in understanding the world. 

Self As A Knower

In "Areas of knowledge" I would put myself with 'The arts' because I'm a very artistic and creative individual. My mother was an artist and taught art when she was younger. When she first moved to Cape Cod she owned a scrimshaw gift store. I've gained some of my artistic influence from her but most of my inspiration has come from television shows I've watched when I was younger. The drawing style of Anime caught my eye at an early age and I've slowly developed into different styles later on. Lately I've been very interested in Marvel's superheroes and their intense muscle structure. My gymnastics teacher taught me how to face paint. She use to bring me along with her to birthday parties and festivals so that I could work with her. At 13, I got my own first set of face paints and started body painting seriously. Now I'm fully insured and working for money.

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For 'Ways of knowing' I would put myself in with 'Sense perception'. I've taken one of those personality, learning-curve, tests and it said that I am the type of learner who needs to experience hands on activities in order to fully grasp the concept. This is true because I'm always doing something with my hands and I'm a very hands on learner and if I write something down or do a project i'll remember and grasp the concept better.