Final Thoughts 

The practices I learned best from this semester is analogical problem solving and four principles of attention from the Ted Talk. I relay on the analogical problem solving method the most but try not to get fixated on previous techniques that I used but rather look for similarities. I think the analogical problem is a great way to solve problems because it using knowledge from past problems and solving currents ones.

When it comes to building things, and solving labor problems, I topically would use the analogical problem method. Learning about this method has been helpful because now I know what kind of problem solving method I’m using when solving future problems.

The principles of attention from Ted Talk break down the four types of attention that are used in daily living. The first principle of attention is that; certain things are already included in the systematically included into the priority maps base on detectors for such items. Example is recognizing/ detecting certain food. The second principle of attention is looking at something for certain amount of time would cause the priority map to change to adjust to my current interest.

Thirdly, the priority map can take into account our likes and dislikes because of the reward system. Our brain wants to look at whatever give us the most pleasure and avoid the ones that don’t.  Lastly, we have the ability to ignore things that are attention grabbers. 

I did not find the blogs to be beneficial because I don’t see how it helped with understanding the materials from the chapter. This is my second hybrid class and I think I would take another course like it. This class was different from the other hybrid class because the materials were not taught in class but rather we had to read the book and kind of figure things out on our own. One thing I do like about the class is that, I would be able to use what I have learned in future classes as well as my private life. Taking the class reinforce my desire to go to graduate school for clinical psychology starting next year. Thank you for teaching the class and Happy Holidays!!