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81. Lewis reports that the people Kahneman was training to interview recruits hated his methods because it made them feel like robots. It did this by diminishing the importance of their intuitive ability to evaluate a candidate's character (81).
Consider a profession you might want to have after you graduation from college. Can you imagine a scenario in which you might be asked to do something for professional reasons that would make you feel "like a robot"?
Do you think you would have difficulty doing something like that? Would you resist? Do you think workers should resist doing things that make them feel like robots?
ReplyDeleteAfter college I plan to pursue a career in music education. In this field creativity and imagination are crucial. Any scenario where emotion is taken out would be trying on both me and my students. I would resist this scenario. I do think that, in some jobs, a lack of human emotion might improve job quality. Kahneman provides an excellent example, as does Daryl Morey. Sometimes human bias' can be more harmful than helpful.
-Libby Revel
DeleteI am also pursuing a career in education and in education some things require to listen to requirements or higher ups. These requirements are often certain things that need to be taught or are broad requirements. These may not make a teacher robotic per say but it is definitely worth looking into.
ReplyDeleteI am going into Veterinary Medicine and there would be some situations in which I would feel like robot. For instance, if a client needs to choose between a surgery or medicine, obviously I'm going to give the clients owner my opinion on which method has been more successful. Now that doesn't necessarily mean they are going to listen to my opinion and actually take it into consideration. So they could be taking the less successful option and I would have to oblige. I do think that I would have difficulty doing that and I would try to resist at first but once there mind is made up there wouldn't be much I could do. I think they should resist if them not resisting could put themselves and or others at risk.
ReplyDelete-Glennon Selke
I plan to be a physical therapist, there would definitely be times when I felt like a robot. One example would just be repetition having to do the same things over and over again. Another example would be along the lines of a patient wanting to leave my care before they are ready. I think it might be difficult to get used to at first, but over time it would get easier. I might try to resist, but at the end of the day that is my job. So my choices are I can try to resist feeling like a robot or get paid, that is not really much of a choice in my opinion.
ReplyDelete-Riley Knickmeyer
After graduation, I plan on becoming an M.D. In this field, you can’t help but have a personal connection with your patients. A situation that would make me feel like a robot, is one where a patient’s beliefs stand in the way of them getting properly treated. In this situation, I would totally be supportive of a patient’s beliefs and/or choices about their medical treatment, but I would feel robotic knowing that I was unable to do all I could do to help them. Specifically in this situation, I would not resist because I know it is ultimately their choice and they are comfortable with it. However, if a decision in the workplace makes someone feel robotic I do not think they should resist but instead try to change what made them feel that way in the first place if it is possible.
ReplyDelete-Grace Watters
I am Pursuing a vocal music major probably to be a future educator. In my personal experience, I’ve seen or felt that sometimes teachers do feel robotic when under pressure. In my AP classes in high school, you are studying for a test so teachers have a specific goal and deadline. I think that this pressure can cause some teachers to lose the initial creativity that they have at the beginning of the year to be more robotic as that deadline approaches.
ReplyDelete—Kimber Farris
After college, I plan on becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor. In this profession, there is a heavy emphasis on genuine feelings and personal connections. The human mind is extremely complex, and requires full attention when in a counseling session. If, as an LPC, I was in a situation that required me to feel robotic, I would definitely resist. If I can't begin a session with a client with my complete attention, they may not receive the proper help that they are seeking. This profession cannot tolerate workers that act robotic, and I hope that, in the future, I am never faced with a situation where I feel like I am acting like one.
ReplyDeleteEmiley Cole
I plan on going into the medical field in the future, and with that I feel I will have a sense of variety with that. Every job I have had so far can become very monotonous. I have caught myself saying the same thing for the hundredth time and it just being normal. I have actually made the comment at my current job that "I sound like a robot." That fact does not rest well with me. When I came to that conclusion I have tried to do my best to spruce up my routine at work, because I cannot stand feeling like I am a robot. I hope that in my future I can pick a career that has enough variety that I am engaged every day and can enjoy what I do.
ReplyDelete81A: In the medical field, especially with nurses and doctors deciding things such as which patient gets a lifesaving treatment or a transplant and which doesn’t, the separation of emotion and logic is a very common occurrence. Decisions like the ones previously listed are extremely common when working with blood dialysis and organ transplants. The expert or doctor has to look at a variety of factors such as age, weight, organ donated, blood type, patient location and more. These decisions require the doctor or expert to remove their emotion from the scenario and decide what is best only by the information they are given.
ReplyDelete81B: I do not have an especially hard time taking the emotion out of situations for a short period of time but I believe that it might wear on me the longer I am required to make decisions such as these. I do not believe that I would resist because of my ability to dissociate emotion from certain choices but eventually I would have to consider a different job. I believe that workers should resist doing anything that they do not want to do. If they do not want to feel robotic then they should not choose a job or allow themselves to be put in a position to do things that make them feel robotic.
-Lauren HerrNeckar
As and art major, I let my feelings and emotions into all of my projects, they have a big part in what I do. It would be hard to push my feelings away for the sake of the customer, yet I know I will have to sometimes. I do not think I will ever feel like an emotionless robot in my line of work. Criticism just helps me make sure the client gets what they want/paid for. While I will change my work to better fit the need of the consumer, I will not put my name on something that looks bad. If something needs to be changed, I will still put as much heart into it as I can.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this book, I have felt jealous of the people that were willing to change their projects not based on what others thing they should do, but their own merit. I wish I had the confidence in my work to tell someone I would not change it if I really believed it did not need to be changed.
-Jaden Eddy
After graduating, I want to go into the medical field. Although working in healthcare is generally exciting and each situation you face is individual, there are some situations in which you could feel like a robot. Since in most situations you have to do what the patient wants, that can sometimes force you to do something that you wouldn't do yourself. If a patient has a DNR order, you would be forced to let them pass peacefully even if you wanted to resuscitate them.
ReplyDeleteI think that while this could be difficult for me, I wouldn't resist doing what the patient wished. As a healthcare worker, it ultimately isn't about you and your wishes. What the patient wants is the top priority. I believe that unless you are going to harm someone or do something against their will, you should follow orders even if they make you feel like a robot.
-Reia Storch
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