Why Do We Discriminate? Unlearning Behavior Patterns

Why Do We Discriminate? Unlearning Patterns of Behavior ~ Mirror Neurons 

Action Potential ~ Neurotransmitters

Primary Neurotransmitters

Color TEM of a neuro-muscular synaptic junction

DopamineAcetylcholine

GABA5-HT

WE share 50% of our WE share 50% of our genes with a Banana. genes with a Banana.

Discrimination…making a distinction....making a difference between things.

We CHOOSE to Discriminate.

DiscriminationDiscrimination is the actual is the actual Behavior.Behavior.

Referring to the treatment taken Referring to the treatment taken toward or against a person of a toward or against a person of a certain group in consideration certain group in consideration based solely on class or categorybased solely on class or category.

_____________ does not discriminate on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnic group identification, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic condition, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices;

nor does the ______ discriminate against any employees or applicants for employment on the basis of their age.

This non-discrimination policy covers admission, access and treatment in programs and activities--including but not limited to academic admissions, financial aid, educational services and athletics and application for employment.

The ___________ is an equal opportunity employer.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972California State Law AB 1825 (California’s Sexual Harassment Training Law) Civil Rights Act of 1991Disability Discrimination Act 1992Equal Opportunity Act 1984

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999Equal Pay ActFair Employment and Housing ActFair Work Act 2009U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Employment Commission (EOCC)

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination ActHuman Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970Racial Discrimination Act 1975Racial Vilification Act 1996Sex Discrimination Act 1984Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

EVERYONEEVERYONE

For Allowing the Situation ANDFor Allowing the Situation AND

Expecting the Person to Tolerate the Expecting the Person to Tolerate the SituationSituation

Who is Responsible?

Slices in Time ~

Repeating Patterns

What thoughts come your mind? Uptown Funk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE

Why Does Discrimination Happen?Why Does Discrimination Happen?

My entire family grew up tap dancing!

My great grandmother made dresses for the Shirley Temples movies.

Domestication• To tame

• To learn patterns of behavior

• Feel safe, accepted in tribe

Domestication• Genetic Inheritance

•Mental NegligenceBelieve everything you hear or not believe everything you hear. Either way requires no work or energy…. (Korzybski)

Cultural Meme

Mirror Neurons fire Before, During & After

an Action is Intended, Performed & Observed.

an Observation is Intended, Performed & Observed.

Mirror Neurons fire creating Habits, Behavior Patterns, and Re-enforcement.

•Why is this Important?

The Observer is doing! Inside our heads, we constantly mirror. Mirror neurons are a tool to understanding.

Imitation

Understanding Intentions

Empathy

Inference Context

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Fall 2016

P ~ Theory

Perceptional Field How We Transform

Automatic Response

To often we enjoy the

comfort of opinion without the discomfort

of thought. JFK

• Autopilot (habit)

• Discern (to separate from by means of any senses)

• Fallacy Shift– Learned Meme (maintained or not)

– Behavior, Thought, Emotional Response

Second Attention

Membrane

Cancer Stop Signal Runaway Cell

Reverse the Mirror

Containment of Poison by Healthy Cells

Neurotransmitters• Discrimination • Domestication• Mirror Neurons• Perceptional Field• Second Attention

WE share 50% of WE share 50% of our genes with a our genes with a Banana. Banana.

Get over Get over ourselves!ourselves!

Agreement is not necessary, thinking for one self is.

Wisdom Literature

Attributions and Thank you!

• Pharmacology & Pharmacy Technician Class 2016• Alexa Cadman, Lynn Houser, Lauren Lopez

• Renata Breth, Art Department

• Scott Conrad, Information Technology Department

• Ann Foster, English Department

• Zerai Ghebremariam, Media Services Department

• Eric Thompson, Religious Studies Department

• Mike Williams, Media Services Department

References

• Bear MF, Connors BW, Paradiso MA (2001). Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

• Dretske, FI (1988). Explaining Behavior, Reasons in a World of Causes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

• Flinger, Stanley (2001), Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function (3rd ed.), New York: Oxford University Press, USA pp. 3-17

• Gallese, V. (2001) The Shared Manifold: from Mirror Neurons to Empathy. Journal of Consciousness Studies: 8, N 5-7; 33-50.

• Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessel TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Knapton, Sarah. "Keep cancer cells alive to stop it spreading, say scientists." The Telegraph. 5 February 2016. ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12140850/Keep-cancer-alive-to-stop-it-spreading-say-scientists.html

• Ruiz, Don Miguel (1997). The Four Agreements. San Rafael: Amber-Allen Publishing

• Lepage M (2010). "Research at the Brain Imaging Centre". Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

• Meltzoff, A Gopnik, A (1993) The Role of Imitation in Understanding Persons and Developing a Theory of Mind in Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Autism, eds S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg & D. Cohen, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Rizzolatti, G, Craighero L. (2004) The Mirror Neuron System. Annual Review of Neuroscience 2: 661-192.

• "Stopping tumor cells killing surrounding tissue may provide clue to fighting cancer." University of Cambridge. 6 February 2016. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stopping-tumour-cells-killing-surrounding-tissue-may-provide-clue-to-fighting-cancer

• Tenenbaum, David. "What's All the Buzz? Fruit Flies Provide Unique Model for Cancer Research." Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology." Volume 95, Issue 23. 6 August 2016. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/23/1742.full

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