Chapter 5 blog--Tom Nichols

I enjoyed this chapter, i learned about many things i never knew about. Besides the sleep chapter, this was by far my favorite one. I am so jacked that heritability is finally over with!!!

One thing i learned is that the interconnections in our brains, as children, multipy rapidly at birth, and that is why it is so easy for children to learn. Also involved with that is that our motor skills-sitting, standing, walking, moving arms- develop in a sequence that depends on our culture and environment. Whith the maturing part, i thought it was interesting how the book said we don't remember anything before 3 1/2 years of age because our brains are not fully developed.
A second thing i found interesting is that there are two differnt levels of maturation in boys and girls. I found it interesting how the early maturation benefitted boys better, and how late maturation was better for girls. I think agree with the fact that the book said it was due to the developement of the frontal lobes because that area of the brain deals with things that older people deal with-like judgment, impulse control, and long-term planning.
Habituation was also something that fascinated me. habituation is the decreased responsivness to repeated stimulations. I never realized that when you continually do something and you get bored with it, that you are actually still subconciously learning about it. Its such a fascinating concept. It makes a lot of sense now how we learn and retain information, even after infancy.
Jonathon Haidt's theory of social intuitionist is something i don't agree with. I don't agree that it depend on your mental and moral maturity if you would save 1 or kill 5. Meaning, if i could save 5 people by killing one of my friends, it is based on my moral maturity what i will do or not. I dont think it has anything to do with morals, if this were to happen in real life i wouldn't kill my bestfriend or wife, i would instead do my best to save both of them.