Self Awareness

Self Awareness By Tim Blades

Self Awareness is  The ability to understand, identify, and own your thoughts/feelings/emotions/actions  The ability to understand why you have those thoughts/feelings/emotions/actions

The “True Self” Theory  

Formed by Fritz Perls, in 1950 Consists of five steps 1. Be aware of the full range of choices available to you right now 2. Realize that conscious thoughts also represent subconscious thoughts

Gestaltist Theory con’d 3. The “empty chair” technique 4. Accept responsibility for the choices you have made and the results of your choices 5. Resolve “unfinished business”

Not For Just Humans  Pets  Robots – 2 experiments in Japan, early Dec. 2005 – Robot “brain” built to learn by experiences, and by observing – Two red diodes = own movement – Two green diodes = movement of 2nd robot – One blue diode = mimicking 2nd robot

The Second Experiment  Robot placed in front of mirror  Believed that reflection would be recognized as a second robot………

 Robot recognized itself over 70% of the time