Baar Disposition

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For this experiment, I read Baar (1997) and highlighted the aspects of chapter 6 and 7 that I felt were best suited or associated to my own personal experiences and understandings of volition, voluntary control, automatisms, action errors and psychopathologies. I then began to define the definitions of each of these words by Baar (1997), make associations with my own experiences and take notes on the text- answering the required questions. Reactions
Prior to completing this assignment, I hadn’t given the concept of volition much thought, or any of these concepts for that matter, I just had assumed that these slips occurred because I was busy multitasking and had a lot on my mind. When reading Baar (1997) the insight that I gained …show more content…

Often times I will find myself “slipping” and call my children by another name, and then have to correct myself, saying it intentionally. I find that it occurs because I am not focused on what I am doing in the moment and am caught off guard. I have heard wise tales that refer to slips of the tongue related to someone names being called due to that individual thinking of you, however I believe that it is due to our unconscious mind processing information and prompting information to us. When we snap out of it, so speak and become aware of our surroundings and who we are talking to, we are able to recall their name and place them in their proper context. Baar (1997) links volition to William James Ideomotor theory. This theory links the concept of a conscious goal to the activation of “automatisms” that carry out voluntary acts among individuals (Baar, …show more content…

It is the unintentional or intentional nature of the individuals action (Baar, 1997). When speaking intentionally, we form sentences, and a given action has been made willingly and intentionally, however when we make volitions these slips occurs by “action errors”. An example of an automatism or “automatic behavior” that I experience often is driving “unconsciously” so to speak (Baar, 1997). I will be driving in my car for example and completely pass my destination, and then snap out of it and realize that I missed my exit and have to back track. It is a very strange experience and I have no awareness that I am not even paying

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