8.2

I agree very much with the chapter. I remember as a child I wanted to have so many bizarre jobs, but of course children are open minded and inspired quite easily by movies, cartoons, ans people they are surrounded by. The rest is left to their imagination. Near the end of childhood, most likely towards sernior year of high school they begin to realize they set realistic goals for themselves. Some jobs are glamorous but every job has its downfalls. Most young adults don't realize the qualifications or requirements there is to every job and secondary education most employers or jobs require after high school life.

8.1

Mental disorders throughout history has been looked down upon. In the video they showed how they use to drill a hole into the skull to "release the demons". People feared it more than understanding it. There has been seen that surgery done on certain areas of the brain that has been removed to change the personality of a person completely.

7.2

Conformity is more of an agreement between two or more people or group and Leadership is taking on one or more responsibility of a group and the blame of the actions of the group. People who tend to be more of passive people are most likely going to take the roll of a follower or a employee for those who don't like to draw too much attention to themselves or unsure of themselves. Aggressive personalities tend to be the leaders or boss and usually like to be in control or higher authority of others. they usually have no problem taking charge and telling people what to do.

Being too much of one of these can be a negative thing also. Being too passive can make you a victim of abuse in the workplace for not speaking up for yourself and your rights as an employee and being too aggressive an hurt a person's reputation, leaving a impression of a bully. Some people get a sense of power and can abuse their authority upon others as well, leading into serious situations in the workplace as well.

6.4

Its interesting how the brain understands or preceives pictures or objects. The brain automatically uses it's sensory to adapt the information. The eye's retna has a down-up and up-down vision. The retna preceives what it knows or should be seen. Perceptions must work fast on visuals, since we take in so much information at a time. If it were to work slow then a everyday task would be a very long process. Sometimes the brain also creates shapes that do not even exists.

6.3 Power of Persuasion

Power of Persuasion can be used in many ways depending on how you are approached it can be positive or a negative experience. For many business it is a positive one, they pay radio stations to play their advertisements to come in, especially this time of the year for SALES! This can be a negative thing for people who like to spend over their budget limits. It's all in the power of the beholder really. Power of Persuasion can be a much more dangerous thing, used by criminals especially. Criminals who kidnap kids and etc. use their psychology or reverse psychology skills on the vulnerable ones to persuade others in doing deeds or whatever else they have in mind. It is a sad situation and that's why parents are warned or are more aware of how to teach their kids about what to do in certain situations and how to prevent it.

6.2

Prejudice and discrimination are closely related but are not exactly the same thing. Prejudice is damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights. Discrimination is the failure to treat people equally because of a bias based on characteristic such as race, religion, sex, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, and disability. For example: a business owner may not like Filipinos but treat them as if they were any other race just because he needs their business, this would be considered being prejudice. A example of discrimination would be: not hiring a Filipino because they don't like Filipinos. So in a sense prejudice is not liking someone for certain characteristics but still treating them like anyone else because they can help you in some personal way and discrimination is not liking someone for certain characteristics and acting upon any manner not to help them out or succeed in whatever they are trying to reach.

This difference helps us understand the challenge in our culture because many people walk into job interviews knowing they are just as qualified as the person next in line and having a great shot at it but sometimes walk out never knowing why they really didn't get the position. Especially elderly people who make the effort to better their lifestyles, being discriminated for their age group and being under-minded for what they might be or not be capable of. I think people just need to not judge a book by its cover.

6.1self esteem

In this chapter it speaks of ,"People with low self-esteem don't seem to know themselves in as much detail as those with high self-esteem."

I think this is true for people at any age group. Many people going through their teenage years especially. Going through high school especially trying to discover what they want in life and who they want to be within themselves. It takes years and years to realize certain aspects in your life and sometimes re-evaluating those goals and dreams. Some people view themselves totally different from how others see them as well. Over time, step by step people unfold new details or characteristics that they never noticed or thought they could do for or of themselves. Somewhat like an onion, unfolding each layer of their personality and getting down to the core of who they really are or what they've become.