The Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project
February - March 2017
We are now back from our Break . . .
Everyone should have pulled out the following Writing Tools during our Break...
1) Journal
2) Full Journal page writing about Stone 6
3) Full Journal page writing about Stone 7
4) Balancing Stones Sculpture Print-out
All Writing Project participants should have written a full Journal page about their Stone 7 word, and placed their Stone 7 word on their Balancing Stones Sculpture print-out. This includes all of our new participants that just joined us.
As promised, I told everyone that I would come back here after break with my Stone 7 full Journal Page example on my word, which is "Behavorism". My angle that I am writing from is that of a Novelist. My full Journal page example is written like a page out of a Novel (See example below)...
FULL JOURNAL ENTRY
EXAMPLE
Stone 7 word: “Behavorism”
Writing Angle: Novelist
Journal Entry…
Sandra had begun her class that she had signed up for, which was “therapy
of the soul”. Her mission was to get
something out of the class to change her mental and spiritual framing.
During her class session, she kept the thought about the brain and its
relationship to behavior. She knew that
the brain processes had an impact on both behavior and psychological
functioning. Her classmate Cynthia, seemed
to have an obsession about normal and abnormal behavior, which is the reason why
she felt she needed to take the class – basically for therapy of her soul. Her family was abnormal in her mind. They did not do the things normal people did.
The more they spoke to each other on breaks during the class session,
the more Sandra thought that Cynthia needed to focus in on the area of behaviorism. When asked to explain what “behaviorism” was
to her new friend, she told Cynthia that behaviorism was the theory that human
and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal
to thoughts or feelings, and that psychological disorders are best treated by
altering behavior patterns.
Her explanation peaked Cynthia’s interest in relation to her
family. When Cynthia asked Sandra to
tell her more about behaviorism, she kindly obliged.
“You see, Cynthia behaviorism is a systematic approach to the
understanding of human and animal behavior, and assumes that all behaviors are either
reflexes produced by a response to certain stimuli in the environment, or a
consequence of that individual’s history, including reinforcement and
punishment.” Sandra waited on her friend’s
response to the information she had given her.
“That is interesting. Tell me a
little more.” Cynthia told Sandra.
Sandra leaned back in her chair a little and proceeded, “An individual’s
current motivational state and controlling stimuli make a huge difference in
their behavior. Although Behaviorists
generally accept the important role of inheritance in determining behavior,
they focus primarily on environmental factors.”
“Really?” Cynthia’s wheels were
turning in her head. She thought for a
moment, then asked Sandra the question that was on her mind, “Do you think I may
have inherited my horrible behavior traits, or do you think my behavior is due
to my bad environment?”
Before responding to her new friend, she thought for a moment because
she did not want to hurt her feelings.
In her mind she thought that from what Cynthia had told her that she had
a bad environment, and that she had definitely inherited some undesirable
behavior traits. So she paused.
By René Allen
©Copyright - René Allen - MARCH 2017 - All Rights Reserved
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Everyone should now have a complete full Journal Page written on the topic of their Stone 7 word coming from the angle of the Writer of your choice (Novelist, Author, Poet, Script Writer, Film Writer, Journalist, News Reporter, etc).
Please post your comments on your Stone 7 word if you like. I will be back with examples from participants of their Stone 7 word choices, and any comments or questions received about our Writing Project.
Our next meeting here will consist of further information on our next step as we progress to Stone 8 and insight for Writers.
Get your Journals ready!
Peace, Love & Light,
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