Jerry Wexler studied the various perspectives of the mind, such as behavioral and cognitive thought. Rather than seeking insight into his future and what he may become, he looked within himself for what he was. For over 15 years, he kept a journal and attended therapy sessions. Wexler finally began to gain an understanding of his own mind.
According to Dan Goleman, who wrote “Emotional Intelligence,” claims that we can improve our feelings by describing them,” and believes that we can transform our emotions just by thinking differently.
Memoir writing is considered to be therapeutic and is supported by the findings in today’s research, such as how images of a brain’s activity displays how it reacts to the person’s emotion and the words used to express himself. Therefore it is presumed that writing and emotions may be associated with each other.
After listening to the interview hosted by Antoinette Franklin and her niece really provided me with some insight on how expressing our emotions can help relieve the stress or pain that trails along side us. In the recording Antoinette and her niece talked about their experience before hurricane Katrina, during the tragedy, and how it affected their family’s lives.
Even though I do agree with many of the theories and perspectives written in the blog, I would like to know how was Jerry Waxler motivated to continue his studies and begin research on the mind? How did he decide that he wanted to explore the mind and that no other great interests were among his concentration in psychology? I also would like to know did Antoinette keep herself from not “breaking down” doing the happenings of Katrina, and during the restoration of her family’s life?
5 comments:
I like that you mention the psychology of writing. I do a lot of work with psychology and how it constructs meaning. I totally agree with your summary.
I really like the way you wrote your summary on both topics. There was a copious amount of information. I also like the way that you elaborated on the hurricane Katrina topic. You seem very acquainted with the topic. You expressed your ideas and views about the topic very proficiently. Your views about both topics are very clear-cut and easy to understand. Your questions were very good. Overall you did a very good job on the summary for both the reading and the listening. Your question that you asked were very good questions and you wrote on the reading very profoundly.
Good job
I like the way your summary was written. Everything was easy to understand and you definitely expressed your views very well on both topics. You went into great depth with the Jerry Waxler story. I found that everything you wrote was very interesting and I have to agree with your points. Your questions were great as well. We both had a similar question and the answer you gave to me was very well put. Reading your summary gave me a better prospective on both stories. Great job on your first post. I look forward to reading more through out the semester.
I think that you covered most of Waxler's main points and the significant ideas of the article. Your summary was very similar to mine. Although your Hurricane Katrina summary was much more brief than your Waxler one, it was still concise and informative. Also, you had solid questions that were thought inspiring.
I agree with earlier posts that you were able to bring lots of information into your blog. You summarized everything nicely and were very clear cut about it. Your abilities for siphoning out information is very well tuned. Good job. As for your questions these seemed very well thought out like you drew lots from the two memoirs. I believe that you did a very good job.
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