Chapter 7

The first part I found intresting was the different types of learning. Observational was my favorite because we do this so often and most times we don't even realize it. We observe someone we admire and usually try to copy what they do. That is why alot of people end up like their parents they've observed their behavior for such a long time that they start to act the same way.

The second part that is most common for me was the reinforcement principles in sports. If you play well you get praised. If you make a mistake you get yelled at. Also for the fastest skill improvement you should start small and with the basics and then when you're ready advance to something more challenging.

The last part was the reinforcers. I didn't know that many times the choices we make are decided by what the reinforcer will be. We want to be praised and want the bigger reward. I also didn't know of all the different types of reinforcers and intresting they were.

Chapter 6

The first thing I found interesting about this chapter was the girl who doesn't feel pain. I think it would be fun not to feel pain but not in this way because she could be hurt and just not know it. This would make life very difficult. I also found the reducer augmenter test to be appealing because it told you how tolerant of pain you are. Personally I don't think it was accurate because it doesn't give a good representation of pain itself. How to you know how much pain you can tolerate without being in pain.

I also found it interesting that Ian Waterman, who contracted a rare disease where his body feels dead was able to walk and eat by focusing on his limbs but then if the lights were to go off he would crumble to the floor.

The last thing that intrigued me was ESP. I think ESP may be slightly real but only to a point the rest is just coincidence or the person believing that they are psychic when they aren't. But it is cool to think that this stuff maybe exists.