Economy, Psychology, Politics and Us – By Nisal Rukshan The Economy of a country has a profound impact on the effective functioning of all other sectors. To measure the economic perspectives, many standardized factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – the total gross value added by all domestic producers in the economy, Gross National Income – per capita (GNI), Exports and imports of goods and services, have to be considered. In psychology, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are considered to provide a better understanding of human activities. These human activities vary according to social, economic, political, and scientific factors. The behavioural economics reveals how human behaviours are consistent with economic perspectives. It further explains beyond the neo-classical definitions of rational or optimal decision-making. By deriving the foundations of questioning and through researching on these fields, behavioural economists further elaborate that “people as human beings who are subject to emotion and ...
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Personality Development Through Music – By Shaasthrapathy Sangeeth Nipun Rupashika Ranathunga When a human is born as a child, there is no personality development within them. However, eventually, when the brain and body develop, and due to the experience gained while growing up in society along with the proper guidance provided by adults, there occurs personality development. A nice personality with good qualities can be developed depending on one’s living environment, the culture he associates and the religious values he follows. Personality is not a mere physical characteristic. In fact, it is to do with much more such as his behaviour, values, intelligence, thoughts, as well as how he interacts with others. Personality is thoroughly analyzed in Psychology. One’s personal qualities well affect how he is liked or disliked by others in society. The sound waves of the environment we live in have the ability to affect our thoughts. The ...
Theory of Mind: Are emotions needed for machines? By Aditya Abeysinghe Assessing the mental states of other humans is a task that humans have developed from late childhood. Emotions and social interactions are formed with understanding how others behave with a person. Theory of mind (ToM) describes this process of how mental states’ assessment affects the emotions humans make towards others. In my article on *Artificial General Intelligence, I described about how emotions are important for machines. For Artificial General Intelligence to be truly developed ToM is a key component. What is ToM? ToM in simple terms is the set of tasks the mind uses to think about the mental state of others. For example, assume that two people named James and Bred goes to a restaurant to have dinner. When James looks at the menu and tells that he will order some type of Noodles, Bred can infer that ...
