3 Questions:
1.
Gladwell writes: “As human beings…we can only handle so much information at
once. Once we pass a certain boundary, we become overwhelmed. What I’m
describing here is an intellectual capacity—our ability to process raw
information. But if you think about it, we clearly have a channel capacity for
feelings as well” (TP, 176).
The
Tipping Point was written before the phenomenon of Facebook. What do you think
Gladwell would say about Facebook friends in terms of this “channel capacity?”
2. Explain the
concept of transactive (shared) memory as it relates to the chapter. Give an
example how it might work in one of your relationships.
3.
The Ya-Ya Sisterhood epidemic reveals the
critical role that groups play in social epidemics. Psychologists tell us much
the same thing: that when people are asked to consider evidence or make
decisions in a group, they come to very different conclusions than when they
are asked the same questions by themselves. Can we ever really make a decision
in a vacuum (which means, in isolation), solely based on our own feelings, or
do our peers or surroundings always influence us somehow? Explain.
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ReplyDelete1. Gladwell writes: “As human beings…we can only handle so much information at once. Once we pass a certain boundary, we become overwhelmed. What I’m describing here is an intellectual capacity—our ability to process raw information. But if you think about it, we clearly have a channel capacity for feelings as well” (TP, 176).
The Tipping Point was written before the phenomenon of Facebook. What do you think Gladwell would say about Facebook friends in terms of this “channel capacity?”
I think Galdwell will write about Facebook friends, that even if we have big list of friends which is may be reach the quart of friends in Facebook which is 500 friends we will notice that with all these friends we only react, deal, talk, or respond for specific number of these friends. In other word, because we have capacity and we can only organize or acting and responding for special number we will not respond for all friends that we have in our list we will only respond for specific number. So, in the end even with the huge number of these list the rely friends are not the entire list.
2. Explain the concept of transactive (shared) memory as it relates to the chapter. Give an example how it might work in one of your relationships.
The transactive memory is such like the information that we store but outside, not in our brain but outside our brain in other word we store in our brain where we can find the complete information in which place or with who, and this make a strong bond of the relationship between the family or friends because each one part of each other. So, for example I have information which is related to my sister and I transit this information to her whenever she needs this information which makes me important part of her life.
An example of how it might work in my relationships, I think it is rely makes the relationships stronger because, if we have the information that belongs to who are around us that means rely we care for them. And also, in my point of view it helps to make work easier and the strong the bond of the relationship between colleagues. Such as when I was in the university, one of the projects that I had worked in was with colleague who her relationship with me was not strong it just work but then I memorized the name of the files in her computer and where she saved the files of the projects and what she named them, so whenever she needs them, she asked me. With the time she felt more comfortable with me, she started speak about other things some problems in other classes and more comfortable to memorize things about me and this help us to short the time and end up us a friends.
3. The Ya-Ya Sisterhood epidemic reveals the critical role that groups play in social epidemics. Psychologists tell us much the same thing: that when people are asked to consider evidence or make decisions in a group, they come to very different conclusions than when they are asked the same questions by themselves. Can we ever really make a decision in a vacuum (which means, in isolation), solely based on our own feelings, or do our peers or surroundings always influence us somehow? Explain.
I believe that when one person is asked about thinks and he/she alone the answer will be different if this person is asked with groups. Because himself/herself the answer will be based only on his/her experience or knowledge, and may be looking the point could be in one side not doing that for purpose but he/she could not notice that she/he looked to the point in one side. While being in group helps listening to others opinions which could helps us to notice other sides, remember some information that may be it does not pass through our minds when we has been asked while we alone, add some information, experience or knowledge that we do not have before and this could change our minds or influence us.
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