a lil behind time...

im a gonna go back a lil in our past lessons.. firstly because i cant really follow lesson by lesson what we're studying. im just gonna put in whatever strikes me or i feel like talking about.

Todays topic is Perception.

actually. thats general....

This post is not gonna have any video..adverts.. movies, or any media of those sort.

this is just gonna be an open discussion. so people, please feel free to voice your opinions and thoughts.

what id really like to talk about is prototypes and scripts.

for others who are not in comms... let me do a lil overview. 

for those who dont have time to read my looooong verbal diarrhoea , please share about YOUR own prototypes, and how you sometimes label people. (ps, jump to the 2nd last paragraph or so...)

basically, human communication is based on perception. a huge bulk of it anyways.

perception has several factors.. but the basic process of it is SELECTING information.. ORGANIZING them, then interpreting.. which results in whatever reaction we have as the communication part.

now narrowing down, ORGANIZATION of the info we have has many different parts as well. (isnt  it amazing how we go through all these million steps without even KNOWING?!?! and totally non time consuming whatsoever.. or so it seems.) so yes. there's the cognitive side  (brain matters), the principles of organizing.. and the structure of it.

going on to the cognitive schemata, its split into 4 sections - personal constructs, prototypes, scripts, and punctuation. blah blah blah. sounds pretty confusing and messy. but yeah, can you imagine we have to LEARN it. sucks. i like communicating.. without knowing the behind the scenes.

so anyways, a lil digression there, zooming down to prototypes and scripts. why these 2? embarrassing honesty is that i woke up from my trance during these 2 points. probably because i can relate to it, and i was thinking of my own scripts and prototypes i have in my head of people and situations. so yes.. after that i went back to my out of world state. (apologies to my instructor here, im sure you try hard to make things interesting)

so yes a little on what both points are, prototype is the way we kinda create a representation of various categories.

usually created through experience, and it differ from every individual

 eg, when we see someone with maybe a tattoo, we label him a gangster

or maybe to us, long sleeves and pants are considered formal though to others 3 piece = formal

something like that, script is when we have a sorta SOP (standard operating procedure) on what should happen in a situation. Eg. when you go on a date these are the steps to take. 1. do your hair 2. choose your clothes.. whatever.

so yeah. personally, i got plenty of prototypes in my head. like 1, people from st. nicholas secondary are generally bitches until i get to know them. horrible i know. i guess its imprinted in most ijians heads. well, ijtp anyways. so yeah. please dont take it personally or take any offense to it. i have plenty of st nicks friends around! well. 2 plus plus. haha. 

another is how guys my age.. are generally childish/morons. yes of course there are the few exceptions who are normal and level headed.. especially those out of army. but hey! its just a prototype. haha. (no worries, i think the guys in my class are fairly normal. FAIRLY.)

and everytime i see a butch/bung (whatever. girls who dress like guys and think they're guys.) i think that they try too damn hard to be cool. they act like they own the world and that they should be feared/admired. i dont know mann, its just a vibe i get. the aura they project.... hahaha. funnily, i dont get along with majority of them, cept for selected few..

and then we have people from dragonboating/canoeing. with their tan buffed bodies (bothe guys and girls) they walk like everyone should bow down to them! its just the swagger in them when theyre in a group with their num singlets and fbts (omg even the guys.) and holding oars. " look at me, im tanned, i can do pull-ups, and i can row a boat." well done, they all deserve a pat on the back. (:  haha. okayy dragon boaters and canoers.. please dont come after me though id welcome a debate. i was in dragon boat too for a while. and i loved the sun, sea, salt, training, rowing. in fact if i could, if i had time, if it was possible to train in sea during weekdays instead, i would love to be rowing again. so yes. its just a sort of across the board thinking/visualization of various people as i see them around or know them.

other smaller things are like.. when i see the sun blazing hot. yknow when you can REALLY feel it burning up your skin. yeah thats like major tan day please. id wish i was at a beach. or training. (bball)

for me formal is anything in a skirt/dress. HAHA. well, sort of la, though i know skirts are not formal. business formal is pants. def pants suit. a skirt is so not business to me.

for guys, formal is anything thats long sleeves and pants. 3 piece is for weddings/easter (maybe not for this generation..) coats are for guys who can pull it off. and not those who try to be cool with their blazers. pleaseee... dont try.

i think i've rambled for quite long. so i shall cut out scripts. thats all for today!!

please share what some of your own prototypes are.. or even if its the same as mine! (:

i know, one of nicolette's is that girls from all-girl-schools are typically bitches. HHAHAHAA. i disagreed obviously. but tab agreed though shes from crescents. hmmm. share your views please!