Dear Readers
If you have not heard of Bobo Doll Experiment, you can click on http://youtu.be/hHHdovKHDNU to view the video.
In psychology of learning, there are many phenomena and theories that explain how we acquire our knowledge. The traditions are nativism and empiricism. Nativism is a perspective that our abilities and behavioral tendencies are mainly inborn. Empiricism believes that our knowledge comes from our experiences. Nature versus nurture has been an arguable topic for ages! Personally I think it is difficult to make concrete conclusion on this issue.
Among all theories of learning, I wish to share with you the social learning theory in which one of the experiments carried out was the Bobo Doll Experiment. It was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 to study the patterns of behavior associated with aggression.
From the experiment, Bandura derives three important aspects. Firstly, how aggressive patterns of behavior are achieved; secondly, what provokes people to behave aggressively and thirdly, what determines if they will behave aggressively in the future circumstances.
It is very obvious that children learn by observing adults' behaviors. We call it monkey see, monkey do. Children learn either personally, through media, from families or their living environment. Media has definitely induced violent behavior in children who are also increasingly exposed to violent and aggressive video/internet games that allow much of their interaction and participation.
Isn't it time for us to be more conscious and careful about what our children are exposed to daily? Shouldn't we pay more attention to the usage of computers and televisions that they are engaging? We may not think it is a big issue but as time passes, and when the children are behind bars, the feeling of regret and sorrow will only be surpassed by our remorse.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Monday 7 November 2011
ABC & short form words
Dear Readers
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
I find that short form is really fascinating! One short form to you may mean something different to others! Is there a guideline to the universally accepted short forms? Who created them and who approved them?
I am sure many of us are familiar with OMG, LOL, BRB, TBC, FOC, GTG, FYI, ASAP, RSVP, RIP, BTW, hopefully we share the same understanding of their meanings.
Let us take a look at ABC. The original short form of ABC that I know is purely the alphabet ABC when we teach our children the 26 alphabets of English language, usually A for apple, B for bus, C for car.. and so on. In Malaysia restaurants, ABC is best known as ais kacang, air batu campur.
In cognitive behavior psychology, ABC stands for Activating event, Beliefs about activating event and Consequences. It is used to analyze a situation and change our thinking without trying to change the external reality such that we can develop new, rational beliefs, thoughts and feelings.
I am pretty sure ABC will carry different meanings in other studies. Do share your ABC with me if you have.
There are yet many other short forms that are found in this contemporary society, they are used in emails, smses, chats etc. You may have come across MBF, MBA, PHD, WTF, WTH, IDK, ACT, FML, ROFL, LMAO, LMFAO, FTW, STFU, 88, DILLIC, DILLIK, LCLY, BFF MSG, IMO, ABT, WRT, NP, TYVM, MTV, HBU, TTYL........ well, I do not get the meaning of all of them as some of them were obtained during brainstorming session with my children.
And today I received a mail from a friend having this short form ABCDEFG and ABCDEFGHIJK, I am sure with the speed how mails are moving about, you can already guess the meaning of them!
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