new draft for research paper

How does writing help women who have been in abusive relationships?

Since the beginning of time, domestic violence has always been in our world. Years ago a lot of situations went ignored and nothing was done about it because most women did not report incidents thinking they will just get better or there were not a lot of resources to turn to for help. Thankfully being a much more advance society we are trying to change what is going on in our world for the better. I am going to design a study to see how and if writing does help the women who have been in abusive relationships. I never thought twice before about finding out what are these women’s though patters after going through such traumatic experiences.

            This study is important to English Studies in many ways. Some people would over look writing as part of the healing process to those who have been abused. This topic should be focused on more; in hopes that more people would catch on that writing can be part of any healing process. I personally think that writing is so effective because you can say whatever you feel without any interruption or judgment. After writing things down you feel a sense of relief. Sometimes all that is needed is for your most inner thoughts and feelings to be written down on paper. Some people write down their thoughts before having an actual conversation. This is mostly a calming method because by writing first you have time to release most of your anger and stress and as a result, you would have a calmer conversation. When someone goes to see any type of therapist, the number one thing that is recommended is for the patient to keep a journal and what down any thoughts that may come about. I would like to find out more why writing is such a key ingredient to healing.

There has been a lot a research that has been done on this topic. James Pennebaker has written an outstanding amount of articles on writing and healing. Pennebaker did a study where participants were asked to write about a traumatic experience that has happened to them, in sessions over four days, each writing times lasting only twenty minutes. After doing such a study there is now a very detailed literature supporting the idea that emotional self-discloser has been known to improve physical health, psychological well-being and general adjustment. It still isn’t clear if self-discloser is equally beneficial to men and women. Although a number of descriptive studies have shown that women engage in more emotional self-discloser than men. Typically men are less expressive and comfortable with showing their emotions than men. Pennebaker has also done research on translating events into language can affect the brain and immune functions. Writing was found to reduce anxiety and depression. The more people describe their emotions in their writing the more likely they are afterwards.

For my research method I plan on using ethnographic research. I would like to observe a writing session/group. I want to see exactly what the mood like is during this time? How old are the ladies in the group? Are they comfortable sharing their feelings and personal thoughts around each other? I would also like to use textual analysis. I would like to see if from the time the ladies first stated their writing process has their feeling improved? Are any of them less angry and stressed than they were before? Using textual analysis is really a way of me being able to find out for myself does writing help the victims of violence.

I would like to visit and observe a writing group for women who have been in violent relationship. I want to find out if writing has actually helped how they feel. I wonder if the writing session is just a time for writing or sharing. Do the ladies have to share what they wrote or they keep things to themselves? I would like the speak with one of the ladies one on one to ask if writing has help her with her feelings and healing from the traumatic experience she had to go through.

Some difficulties that I think I will face are the ladies not being comfortable with me sharing their thoughts with me. I fear that they will shut down because I do not share this common bond. I think a difficulty will also be because they are not comfortable with me I may not find out all the information I need.  

I am still confused about how should i develop and organize appropriately to a reflective anaysis.

Qualitative Methods

·         Test the effectiveness of oral history interviewing in a clinical setting by its inclusion in a treatment program for veterans with prostate cancer

·         Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in males, treatment can include surgery or radiation therapy

·         Since 1930 oral history has been seen primarily as a method of documentation and historical inquiry

·         Some studies see a possible link between recounting one’s life history and reduced depression

·         Interviews of 60 minute sessions with an interviewer trained in oral history methodology and practice.

·         Focusing on patient’s life, military service, and illness. Screened for post traumatic stress disorder and have access to a psychologist

·         Had a good turn out from the feedback of the surveys – unusual because most don’t return surveys

·         Most assume veterans don’t want to talk about their experiences with war- could be a possibility because they are never asked

·         The argument that oral history is good for you is not new

·         Some studies see a possible link between recounting one’s life history and reducing depression

·         A research that relies less on interviews and observation, small numbers and questionnaires, focus group, subjective reports and case studies but much more focused on the collection and analysis of numerical data and statistics.  

research draft

Jazmyne Miller

How does writing help women who have been in abusive relationships?

Since the beginning of time, domestic violence has always been in our world. Years ago a lot of situations went ignored and nothing was done about it because most women did not report incidents thinking they will just get better or there were not a lot of resources to turn to for help. Thankfully being a much more advance society we are trying to change what it going on in our world for the better. I have researched and done a study to see how and if writing does help the women who have been in abusive relationships. My knowledge that I have gained has been outstanding. I never thought twice before about finding out what are these women’s though patters after going through such traumatic experiences.

             I visited a women shelter specifically for women and their families who have been in abusive situations, in our surrounding area, their name I will not disclose, but I had a chance to sit in on one of their group sessions. The group meets once a week. One of the things they are asked to do is write about what was discussed in the previous meeting and how it relates to their lives. I came in on the discussion of forgiveness. The women were asked to write what does forgiveness mean to them and do they think they could ever one day forgive the person who has done them wrong. Listening to this discussion was something I would never forget. It amazed me to hear theses women’s personal thoughts and feelings.

One woman in particular voiced how she feels now, she thinks she could never forgive her husband for treating herself and her son the way he did.  She said her definition of forgiveness was to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. Forgiveness was not what she felt she could do at this time because she wanted revenge. She expressed how she wanted her husband to feel all of the pain and hurt she felt times ten. Because of her religion she knew the right thing for her to do is forgive but the way she felt now she couldn’t see how she could ever forgive her husband.

The lady who ran the group had been a woman who she too was in an abusive relationship. She told me how she one attended this program, and now volunteers her time to help the woman who feel how she once did. I asked her some general questions about her personal situation she once went though. What stood out to me is that even though she is helping other women better themselves she told me that every day it is still a struggle for her to not let her ill feeling come back. The lady told me how keeping a journal is what helped her most because she was able to express all of her feelings without anyone else’s input. She encourages the other women to do the same. Because the ladies keep a journal she expressed to me how she is seeing some improvement in their attitudes and sharing their feelings.

I feel like keeping a journal in any situation is helpful because you can write your most personal feelings and thought without any judgment or other opinions. The women are encouraged to read their journals to the group but not forced to. The woman who ran the meeting said most of the women in due time do share what they have written. They will not share everything but some things they will. The mood in the room was very relaxed. I think this is because these women are so relieved to be out of their bad situation and amongst other women who they share some of the same feelings and thoughts with.

Throughout this research project I used textual analysis as one of my methods. I interpreted some of the women’s thoughts and feelings to drawl my own conclusion of how they may have felt. I also used a ethnographic methods because I observed everything that they were doing.  I concluded that writing does in fact help these women in their healing process. Even after the meetings and programs writing is still an effective tool.

Blog 17...Research question, relevant research, and identification of methods

Research Objective:

·         I would like to research how writing effect/help women that have been in abusive relationships

I would like to observe and find out:

·         How long did it take the ladies to start writing

·         Did they start to express their feelings right away did they have to make a certain connection first

·         How is their interaction with the other women in the room

·         What was the mood

·         How were the ladies emotions during this time

·         Do they share their writing

·         Do most prefer to keep their writing to themselves

·         Does it make the ladies feel better to share their feelings

·         How tense is the mood

·         How exactly do they write (are thoughts just jotted down or fully written?)

Identification Methods:

·         Creative writing

·         Ethnographic

·         Textual analysis

research project thoughts

After my conference I made up my mind finally what I would like to do for my research project. I would like to research how writing effect/help women that have been in abusive relationships. I want find out things such as

·         Does keeping a journal help with the healing process of what you have been through

·         Being in a wring group- does is make these women feel more powerful because they can control what they write and what goes on in the group

·         Would any of them like the start their own writing group

I plan on going to centers that house battered women and I plan to find out some of the following

·         Ask if I can give a survey with various questions about their experiences

·         Ask if I can sit in on one a session of some sort

·         Observe a writing group

I am not too sure of all the methods I want to use. I know I will be using auto/biographical methods and ethnographic methods

Blog 16- Ideas For Research Project

I have not have to a definite decision on what I want my research project to be on. Some ideas have come across my mind but I want to pick a topic that will be interesting to research. I want my topic to be a subject that is not commonly spoken on. Some of the ideas that I have chosen was:

1.      Women who were in abusive relationships ( how their life is now and the after effects of it all)

2.      Parents who have a mentally disabled child ( how their life is affected by it)

3.      People who are struggling to live due to the economic crisis (especially those who are well educated)

4.  Immigration status (the immigration status of anyone under "reasonable suspicion" of being an illegal alien they have to be able to provide proof that they are legal in the states)

I have not exactly decided what topic I want to choose from. I am leaning more towards number 1 or 4 though. What do you think? I am stuck

Blog 15-Plan For Revising Essay

I do not really have a plan for revising my paper. I feel like there are some point that my paper can be stronger, for example, I noticed that I really did not have a strong conclusion. When reading my essay I know that I could have a stronger body.

To make my body stronger I could go back to read the text again to see if I discover any new conclusions that can be made. I did not want to make the mistake of going over line by line explaining what was going on and end up repeating myself in the essay. More text can be added to my paper, I believe you can never hurt your paper by giving more detail. Lastly I think the whole structure of my essay can use some revising.

Blog 14-

discuss what you did well + what you need to work on for your DA essay. Then indicate what kind of feedback you would like from readers.


My main focus was to point out how A went from being a victim to the trouble maker and what caused this change.


I feel like I did well with explaining what my main point was. I clearly discussed what the differences between the first and second excerpt. I believe that my introduction stated clearly what the essay would be about.  Finding the evidence was easy to reveal.  It was hard to transition and compare and contrast exactly how A went from victim to trouble maker.



Feedback?
I would like for my reader to tell my exactly what I did wrong, what you feel I felt out, what you feel I should not have said, and mainly how to improve my essay.

Blog 13 - DA Draft

Discourse Analysis is a specific type of analysis. Discourse Analysis is designed for a person who is conducting the analysis to read deeper into the sentence and text. The text I will analyze for discourse analysis is The Chat Room Transcript. The chat room is conducted by interviewers S and A. During this interview both interviewers speak about their experiences with the internet and chat rooms. The first interview was done in a perspective of interviewer A. She was speaking of her experiences of the internet and chat room when she was younger. The second interview was conducted based on what her attitude now is towards the internet. My focus on the analysis and how A became from playing the victim to a trouble maker during the interviews. During my analysis I noticed how the mood and tone changes during the two interviews. It is so important for this discourse analysis to understand how and why A went from being the victim to being a trouble maker.
            Being a victim and a rebel are such drastic changes that I want to elaborate and point out why the change had occurred. The victim, for example is like someone who is being attacked, the trouble maker is most likely the ones who causes harm to the victim. With the roles of A changing so much it immediately makes one wonder what happened for A to have such a change in attitude. In the first transcript A is the victim. She uses words such as “I”. By her constant repeat of saying “I” it make one conclude that A was alone. A had an experience in her life where she thought she was talking to a boy her age on a chat room. After A exchanging information with this boy, she soon realized that he lied about his identity. A never told anyone about this experience in fear of getting into trouble with her parents. After much analysis, this is why I say she was alone because she never told anyone of her terrifying experience resulting in her always using the pronoun “I” in her first interview, symbolizing her playing the victim. In the second excerpt A uses “we” most of the time. She is very open about the fun she and her friends have on the computer. She admits that she talks to strangers on chat rooms and willing sends pictures and information. She is more confident. A no longer is the victim anymore but she is the trouble maker by sending her pictures, exchanging phone numbers and caring less about what she does. During the second interview A is more confident as oppose to the first interview where she was shy and afraid to say what happened to her.

While the first interview was going on S had to be the leader of the conversation between the two of them. S had to initiate most of what was being say; it was like any answer or information she received from A she had to pull out of her. S was the leader of the conversation because during this time A was the victim. S had to encourage A to tell the story, she had to reassure her that this was just between the two of them. It is ok to assume that A was embarrassed about her past because she really gave minimal detail of what happened to her during her chat room experience. Secondly because A did not tell her parents about the older mad she came across on the chat room this shows that she was fearful and ashamed of what she has done.

Going from a linguistic approach A used the word dangerous to describe her first encounter with someone she met on the internet. On her second encounter A uses the word funny to describe her meeting new people. This shows how much her attitude has changed towards the situation, she is more fearless.

All in all, all of these facts are evidence that A goes from being a victim to being a trouble maker. There are concrete facts that show how A went from being a scared and lonely victim to being a strong tough trouble maker. Because nobody knew about her meeting the older man it shows how alone she really was. After feeling victimized and alone plays a big factor in why she went from being alone to not caring what she did on the internet. I always questioned if A felt animosity towards her parents because they didn’t know anything about the internet which is why she ended up in the position that she was in. Is this why A is to protective over her sister with the internet now because she doesn’t want her dealing with what she had to deal with?

The linguistic approach and the word usage of the story, and how her attitude changes so much shows more drastically how she played the victim to the rebel. I don’t think that is was A’s growing up that happened that caused her to have such a change in attitude but more so because she got away with what she did the first time she feels invincible.

blog 12

Questions, Evidence and Connections

a.      Why is it that “A” didn’t even care that the person she sent her pictures to was someone she ended up knowing

b.      Will her sister end up in the same situation she did even though “A” monitors her on the computer?

c.       Even though her parents aren’t up to date with the internet why is it made to seem as though they don’t even have a concern about that their children are getting into.

d.      Is “A” sister following in her footsteps?

e.      Do you think that the pastor’s son is going to inform her parents on what she is doing on the computer?

f.        Why is there just a change in attitude and the tone between the first interview and the second one?

Blog 11 -DA Focus

I am going to focus on the chat room transcript

There are a lot of main points in the two different excerpts. One of the ones that stuck out to me were how does “A” go from being a victim of the internet to one who finds her own trouble?

Points and evidence that are used

1.      There is a different tone between that two excerpts

2.      When “A” told the first story she spoke like a scared young girl. She used “I” a lot. We spoke in class how her using “I” signified that she was alone in the situation she found herself in

3.      In the second excerpt “We” is used. We also concluded she using the term “we” signified that she wasn’t afraid anymore. She matured and wasn’t alone.

4.      The first excerpt “A” does most of the talking as oppose to the second one her attitude changes drastically on the topic. She as an” whatever” attitude about the troubles that she runs into on the internet. The first interview she was scared that she was even speaking out on what happened to her as a child.

5.      The first interview she was scared of that was on the internet because of the older man calling her house. Now that her younger sister is on the internet she protects her so she doesn’t have to run into the same troubles she did.

If her parents knew more about the internet could her situation with the older man could have been avoided?
 Would her parents put a block on some sites and uses of the internet?
If her parents were more internet savvy would she now still be using the internet in the ways that she does (sending pictures and chat rooms?)
if she would have told her mom about the older man caller her houe do you think that she would have leaned from her mistakes and not be doing that things she is doing now on the internet?
is she mindset of what happened to her when she was younger, does she think it is funny now that she is older?
because of what happened to her, is this the reason why she does what she does on the internet now?

CHAT TRANSCRIPT BLOG #10

Excerpt 1

S so how do you think you felt about computers (when you were young- in grade school/middle school).

A I loved it - I loved it because, when I discovered what AOL was - that I could email my friends, put in little pictures, photoshop - all those things - and like chat with people my age -which can be dangerous. She is explain here how fun the internet was for her back when she was younger but mentions the fact she knows/knew that the internet was dangerous.

A We didn't have a computer, but we had web tv. Must have been in fifth grade. And it was a slow connection and you could have a little keyboard, and you could, check your email, and you could also chat strangers - which was dangerous cause I think I talked to a pedophile I'm not sure, I I was in fifth grade I gave him my phone number when he called me I hung up I was so scared realizes that by her talking with a pedophile could have become a very dangerous situation for herself, was naive to has dangerous it was to give someone your phone number over the internet

S what did that experience do

A That was scary. because

S did you tell your mom

A no I never told my mom or my dad

S we'll be careful if we publish this (laughing) knew the danger and that was she did was wrong because she mentioned that she was more scared of her mother finding out that the actual pedophile.

A I mean, I think I told them later on when I was in college, but it's dangerous,

A cause my parents weren't familiar with computers or web tv and I was a child exploring it -like - there was no restrictions, my parents didn't know how to put restrictions, they weren't too familiar with it. Shows how much freedom she had with the internet because her parents didn’t know much about it. It's only maybe three of four years ago that my mom learned how to use a computer so being a child, discovering it on your own could be really dangerous when there's chat rooms, and talking to people telling you that they're your age, but they're not now knows that everyone isn’t who they say they are on the internet.

S Exactly

A That was scary experience

S But you figured that out, you knew to hang up when you got the call

A Yeah, well as soon as I heard a deep voice I was like, that is not a kid, and like I think he asked me what I was wearing, and so I I was like, I'm wearing pajamas - bye, and I was like Oh my gosh, he's going to find where I live, my mom's going to kill me, so I didn't go on WebTv for a long time.

Now realizing the danger that she put herself in because the person who she had been talking to the whole time over the computer was in fact a grown adult.

S Oh my. So that was frightening. but it was also - how did that change the way you used it then?

A I was careful, and then I was strict on my younger sister and my brothers using the computer. I also hogged the computer because I liked talking to my friends. But when my sister started going online I would check up on who she's talking to, I would look over, I would check the history, see what websites she went on gender stereotyping because she was more strict on her sister than brother most likely because of what she went through

S and how old were you when you were doing that.

A High school. I was in high school. I was more familiar with it. And we started learning more about computers from the in middle school in high school by that time I was able to email who ever I wanted, and research, very familiar with the internet

What makes one feel that “A” was scared of the people she spoke with on the internet? How does this make us realize how dangerous the internet can be?

“which was dangerous cause I think I talked to a pedophile I'm not sure, I was in fifth grade I gave him my phone number when he called me I hung up I was so scared…… Yeah, well as soon as I heard a deep voice I was like, that is not a kid, and like I think he asked me what I was wearing, and so I I was like, I'm wearing pajamas - bye, and I was like Oh my gosh, he's going to find where I live, my mom's going to kill me, so I didn't go on WebTv for a long time.

What does this except say about stereotypes and genders?

When “A” was explain how she now monitors what her sister is doing on the computer. She is always looking over her shoulder and she put restrictions on the computer so her sister won’t end up in the same situation that she did with the man on the phone .it’s different for brother because she mentions she never really watches him on the computer. I think this has something to do with her feeling more safe because he is a guy and in her mind there aren’t as many pedophiles there are for little boy as there are for girls

Choice of language

“A” uses a lot of “I” in her interview. It gives you the feeling that she thought she was alone in what she was going through,

a.     She says, “ I think I talked to a pedophile”

b.     “ I was a child that was just exploring”

c.      “ I heard a deep voice”

What was scary in the excerpt like dangerous situations occurred (the tone)?

“A” says “I picked up the phone and heard a deep voice” she then realized that this was not a boy her age who she thought she had been talking to.

Excerpt 2

S so what did you and your friends do on the computer in a typical session - if you went over to your friend down the street

A check our emails, check our home pages, see if people left us messages, go in chat rooms and chat with our friends, exchange pictures with people that lived in our area that was our age, which could be dangerous, cause they could be imposters, we really didn't care ( more of a lighter situation, she states that she really doesn’t care about the possible danger from talking to others)

A I think paint came with our computers, I remember eight grade we were playing with like drawing our own little pictures, um changing the backgrounds and printing out whatever we did on paint, and then it evolved into photoshop, and making my eyes green, and fixing my cousin's nose to make it a little pointier, and then sending it to people will all the photoshop, so we had a lot of fun (learned to have fun with the computer as oppose to getting herself into trouble)

S oh you did (laughing) you did

A we would make ourselves a little thinner, and that's what we did though, I think half of our albums were photoshopped, so um (innocent fun)

S so how often did you use technology with your friends?

A every time we hung out

S every time, every time

A every time, that was just our way of life afterwards

S do you have a particular story about one one adventure with technology (laughing)

A um, one time we were in a chat room, chatting, well my friend and I were like, oh lets go with that guy's sceen name, and then, he was like do you have a picture, we sent a picture, we found out it was our pastor's son who was like 20, and we're like eeuew he's like an older brother, and then when he saw our picture he's like why are you doing that, why were you sending pictures to strangers, and kind of got mad at us ( wasn’t really too thrilled about who she was talking to because she thought it was someone else)

S oh that's really funny it backfired on both of you

A it was kind of embarrassing, we were like eeuuew, we go to church with him, he's old,

S that's really funny, how old were you then

A we were freshman in high school

S ok so you were about 14

A yeah, and he was bout 20, and he was like our older brother, too, and we were like, so now we know how you pick us girls, all these girls you met were from the chat room

S that's really funny

A that was a weird story

S that's a funny story, and it's funny, it's like a reprise of the story when you were little, and you gave, but it's um

A well this time it's someone I know and I think we lied about our age, too, so we said, every time we were 14 we'd at 3 or 4 extra years, we wanted to sound older (small laugh) and we would change our screen name so many times, cause we're like 'ahh, we want to have a new personality today'

S laughing

A we're like "pinkgirlloves whatever" or there, like our new boyfriends name, like Angelalovewhateverhisnameis - we changed it every week. What can you do?

Choice of language

This time she uses terms such as “we” and “our”. The situation is more light. This funnier because she is engaging in these activities with her friends she isn’t alone. Even her since of talking about the situation more lightly in the phrases she uses shows a whole change in the story.

a.       What can you do?

b.      Pinkgirlloves., whatever

Mood change:

The words fun and laugh were used a lot more frequently in the second excerpt. This expresses a change of mood.

Change in maturity levels between the two excerpts

During excerpt 1 “A” was more so nervous about her getting in trouble if her mother found out she had given her number to a person she met on the internet.  She was so afraid of what her mother would say that she stayed off the WebTV for a long while. She was nervous that the man who called her would find out where she lived. In the second excerpt when she realized she was talking to her pastors son she really didn’t care as much as she did the first time she found out she was talking to someone. This time there was an I don’t care attitude. Although she was embarrassed about talking to her pastors son this time it didn’t stop her from continuing to talk to other people on the internet.

blog 9 part 2 Goldmans Cognitive approach

The surface of the conversation

The base of the conversation

Situation Model

Ch        I wanted to talk a little, you  talk about your self as a hardware expert, you said software novice, although I bullied you into being competent, what software do you know how to use?

B          you know, what everyone else knows how to use, word, frontpage, powerpoint, excell, spreadsheet things

Ch        so it's interesting, games aren't really considered software are they?

B          they are -

Ch        so you know lots of software

B          yeah, but it's just games (laughing)

Ch        so what kind of crossover did you find between learning the games and learning the software everyone needs to know?  Obviously it wasn't real hard for you to learn, frontpage

B          I think it's because I had ah, background exposure

Ch        what background?

B          Well, just in learning how to learn a program, I just see buttons, tool tips and ah I make a go at it, the scissors mean I can cut in here, and I can just cut and drag and drop - these a simple things everyone knows, I guess the only reason I can pick up learning a program is that I just have that knack, no other way to explain it.

Ch        that's literacy - you have the basic tools, the right basic set of assumptions for how to read, understand, interpret a program.  And so what I'm looking for is the connection between all the gaming experience you have and your ability to do that with the applications - the academic applications

B          well like a lot of games, in the beginning, there's menus.  You don't just start playing.  There's menus, you get to customize your decal your spray, clothes,

laughing

It's not all playing the game it's a lot of process to prepare for it, there's like box, scripts, you practice it, and you're not playing with other people, you're just like fooling around.

Ch        OK so all those things - same kinds of processes, same kinds of moves - so navigating menus is something you learned from games that can carry over - anything else?

B          I think that is the main thing, I can't connect a First person shooter with Microsoft word, that would be a real stretch

Ch        how about file systems and gaming spaces?

B          you know, you're right, because the game, the games are still software, and they're still files, so there are certain organization of a game that is different from regular files

Ch  - so what's another thing - so playing those games when you were a little kid set you up to be able to disentangle that DOS system more easily than your stepfather, so what were you doing?

B          like I was navigating through menus

Ch        you got used to trial and error

B          I wasn't being graded - there's no - all right man, let's pass this class you've got to

Ch        so you're completely comfortable with messing it up and starting over.

B          Oh yeah

Ch        I think the print generation has a lot of hangups with that - what's something else

B          there's a song by Natasha Ben ? I hear it on the radio - it goes like, she says in her song, that we're taught not to make mistakes, we really can't live that way

Discussion Patterns:

Goldmans three part approach does not relate mainly to the text but its applies to the transcript analysis and follows the three layers of comprehension.

a.       In the first pattern, the surface of the conversation is the first layer of Goldman’s form of analysis. In this section it shows Brains thought about his gaming knowledge. This was introduced in a literal representation way. During this part of the conversation Brian does not make the connection between his knowledge that he has for games and learning software.

b.       The base of the conversation is the second pattern. In the second pattern of the conversation Chandler tries to convince Brain that his knowledge about games that was previously discussed can apply to general computer knowledge as well as the software knowledge.

c.       The third section is the situation model. This is the last aspect of research in the model. In this section Brain is now aware that his knowledge of gaming can be applied to the other things besides games. He can now apply his knowledge to other things besides gaming but to software task.

Questions this analysis my answer:

a.       This analysis proves and demonstrates how someone learns. If one has a lot of knowledge in one subject they can apply it and use it to other subjects.

b.       The way Brain learns things, for example the song on the radio can be studied on ones thought process.