question #3

The concept I found interesting in chapter seven was “noise.” Although it’s a pretty simple concept, noise occurs all the time in our daily lives, yet it goes unnoticed. Especially around the time of mid-terms does “noise” get recognized.
When I was in the library cramming for my EMT mid-term, the slightest noise would distract my attention and throw my concentration off. The sound of someone’s conversation from 10 feet away would really bother me. I would try to block that noise by putting on my headphones, but then I would lose my concentration by getting lost in the lyrics. So in order, for me to truly concentrate on my work, I would have to be in a completely silenced room without any noise or distractions. This is also true when I’m having a intense conversation with a friend. As our conversation will get deeper, something or someone will distract it unintentionally and the conversation would lose it’s desire.

question #1

The most difficult part for me in the four phases of listening is active listening. I find active listening difficult because not every conversation, lecture, or discussion is always appealing to me. Sometimes I have a lack of interest in the subject, so even though it might seem like I am listening, I’m actually hearing only some parts of the conversation. When I’m with my girlfriend, however, I always have to be active listening because she always catches me when she knows I’m not paying attention. It’s most difficult in class when you want to actively listen, but sometimes I might be a little tired from the night before or hungry during lunch. This causes a distracting ability to not actively listen to the instructor. I usually just listen for important facts in most of my lectures because sometimes it is difficult to understand every single word that the instructor is saying.

question #2

I have had selective attention when I recently purchased my Siberian Husky. Ever since I’ve had a dog, I’ve been noticing other dogs that are around my neighborhood. Now that I own a pet, I also enjoy listening my other friend’s stories about their pets. It’s an unusual feeling when I actually realized that reading about selective attention. Another example is my relationship with my girlfriend. When we were going through some rough times, she had said some hurtful things about many of my bad habits. The day after I started to try to look for her bad habits and point them out to her. While our relationship was going well, I had never noticed her habits until I started intentionally looking for and pointing out her bad habits. I never realized that until I was thinking about it during this blog. Next time I’ll catch myself so I won’t do it again. Thanks comm 141!

question #2

I believe that there are many of the same universal rules for different religions. For example, I found that people in Sweden are very punctual and on time. My dad taught us that, “To be early, is to be on time; to be on time, is to be late; and to be late, is unacceptable.” My Dad taught me his moral rules for life and I see many similar ideals in other ethnic cultures. My Dad also enforces me to do well in school. I believe that every culture enforces education and someday have a good job. Some people believe that “Asian parents” are super strict about having straight A’s all the time, but I believe that all cultures want their children to do well and push them to do better than average in their education. I feel that cultures have many different and similar morals that can be shared and adopted into their families.