312 notes tagged with "permanent-notes"

Amygdala Hijack

The Thalamus region of the brain gets sensory data. Parts of this is sent to Amygdala(emotional/irrational part of the brain) and parts to…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #psychology, #limbic-system, #neurology, #therapy

Published on 2 years ago

Allergy, Intolerance

Allergy, Intolerance & Sensitivity are distinct things, with different mechanisms Allergy is caused by an immune response Intolerance is…

Tagged with: #health, #permanent-notes, #medicine

Published on 2 years ago

Apophenia

Apophenia is the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas…

Tagged with: #behavior, #psychology, #permanent-notes, #cognitive-bias

Published on 2 years ago

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It asks the same questions philosophers have asked - but only questions about humans(Why language…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #anthropology, #society, #cognition, #philosophy

Published on 2 years ago

Aristotle

Historical Context 384 BC, Macadonia, Greece Tutor to Alexander the Great Worked with [ Plato ] Founded a school called Liciem Ideas What…

Tagged with: #philosophy, #philosophers, #person, #permanent-notes

Published on 2 years ago

Assume Criticism to be True

When receiving criticism, just accept it in the initial stage. Hear out the criticism assuming it is true. You can analyze it later. By…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #behavior, #feedback, #psychology, #meta-cognition

Published on a year ago

Being mindful of defensive thinking

When we encounter ideas that are contrary to what we believe, we have a mental barrier that automatically defends against it. We can only…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #cognition, #mindset

Published on 2 years ago

Belief Threshold

People tend to accept ideas that a threshold percentage of their friends also subscribe to. This can be manipulated by creating a [ Majority…

Tagged with: #society, #psychology, #permanent-notes

Published on 2 years ago

Binary Framing

People rethink less when an issue is presented as black and white. But many activism movements tend to employ a binary framing. You are…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #meta-cognition, #persuasion, #psychology

Published on a year ago

Bloom's Taxonomy(Revised)

Bloom's Taxonomy is a hierarchical system that orders cognitive tasks that can be used to help teach and learn. Remember Recall information…

Tagged with: #permanent-notes, #learning, #teaching, #cognition, #pkm, #knowledge, #framework

Published on a year ago

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