Week 1 - Two Cultures - Flora Huo

     As a transfer student who transferred to UCLA two years ago, I barely spent time on campus. I am majoring in psychology, which is defined as a science, but I personally think it is more like the art of human behaviors, and the majority of the public doesn't consider it a formal science. However, we do learn and discover a lot of topics that are related to brain circuits and how neurons connect each other and deliver information throughout the body. Kind of difficult to understand, but fascinating to explore. 


The Major Branches of Psychology

https://www.verywellmind.com/major-branches-of-psychology-4139786

The motivation that encourages me to take the path of psychology is to help people through the art of communication, and learn how people’s behavior is formed. Sometimes, I could find some intersection between the science of psychology and art, such as emotions and color. 

http://laimeskelias.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Plutchik-Wheel-and-Uniting-


Opposites.pdf

Body Maps and Emotion Colour Wheel - Blossom Irelandhttps://blossomireland.ie/body-maps-and-emotions-colour-wheel/

    In the picture, we could see that colors and emotions had been categorized into different clusters. And the most interesting part is that we could feel the emotion from the color, which is exploring science through art, we could understand how people feel when we are showing them a certain color. 

    As C.P. Snow said, the separation of art and science leads many capable minds to ignore science as a vocation and prevents us from solving the world’s main issues. In the case of separating colors from emotions, we would be able to find out people's feelings through the colors they see. If we could combine the understanding of art and science together or try to understand another side, we will be able to solve more problems that exist on this planet.



Citation

Andrew J. Elliot and Markus A. Maier. (2013, June 26). Color Psychology: Effects of Perceiving Color on Psychological Functioning in Humans. Annual Review of Psychology. Retrieved April 3, 2022, from https://deweycolorsystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Credentials-Color-Psychology.pdf

Kelly, Kevin. "The Third Culture." The Third Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 1998

Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures; and the Scientific Revolution. University Press, 1959.

Solso, R. L. (2005). The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain. MIT. 

Valdez, P., & Mehrabian, A. (1994). Journal of Experimental Psychology, 123(4), 394–409. 

 

 

 

 





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