NOTE: This is a post I intended to put up last year but under certain circumstances which involves my brother and the apple of his eye (not anymore) this post remained in my drafts, at his request, which I gratefully respected.
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I am positively elated, psychotically euphoric, fantastically joyful, fabulously grateful & wickedlyhappy. What can I say? Haha. I'm just bloody cheerful!
Because today, I received a particularly (deceivingly) boring looking package from my brother,Arif. The box looked so freaking dull that I opened it twice and NOT know what it was. Now that I think about it...I feel the urge to bash my head against the wall.
For not recognizing THIS for what it IS at a mere glance, I have FAILED MYSELF. But whatever, I'm just too happy to worry much about it.
Take a look, Potter fans. I dare you to try and NOT be jealous.
Lo and behold!
Now let's get back to my horrendous blunder of NOT recognizing this...this...magnificence at first glance. It explains human nature all too well. Feel free to skip this part and focus on the pictures. Unless of course, you're sort of interested in the workings of the Human mind. In other words, Psychology:
My parents and little brother, Adi had just arrive home from their two week trip to Canada yesterday. Upon unpacking gifts & goodies, mom said she bought me some cookies (which, she knows I adore). Saying that the cookies are in a 'long' package, thus I searched the baggage for something similar and came upon this:
Naturally, I opened it. Saw that it wasn't cookies, I did not even care what it was. Point is, it didn't contain the said cookies in pursuit. Although, in my defense, the was box shielded by the cover of the bag didn't allow for much light to see with. So, I didn't actually see the wand nor the HP symbol on the card. Moreover, the red silky gauze wrapping the wand made me think that it was a necktie.
What went through my mind was:
Long box / Open / Not cookies / Whatever / Probably a necktie since the box is long/ Meh.
My perceptual set (an expectation that guides perception) identified the contents of the box as 'not cookies' thus is dismissed as it does not belong to the set of 'cookies'.
Now, psychologists have categorized motives into two: Primary motives & Secondary motives.
Primary motives help us to satisfy our basic needs for survival, for instance, Food, Drink & Shelter. These needs do not respond to attempts at curbing or controlling them voluntarily quite so easily. Since I was hungry, my search for the cookies is categorized as a primary motive.
Secondary motives on the other hand constitutes of things that may or may not be linked to primary motives. For example, (according to Freud) Honour, Power, Wealth, Fame and The love of women'. Secondary motives are not innate, they are learned an d acquired. In my case, my love for Harry Potter, which would have induced me to recognize the all too familiar 'HP' symbol was overridden by my primary motive of satisfying hunger.
Acoording to Maslow the Hierarchy of Needs (1954) is:
self-actualization and personal growth
aesthetic experience = Harry Potter
cognitive activity
self-esteem
love and belonging
safety
survival = Cookies
Get it? Yeah, yeah, I'm done boring you with annoying terminology and poorly explained concepts of Psychology. I've been reading up on this particular field. Borrowed four books from INTEC library last Thursday. If you're interested & is an INTEC student do borrow these. They're very enlightening. The human mind is a beautiful enigma:
1) Psychology (A Very Short Introduction) by Gillian Butler & Freda McManus
2) Freud (A Very Short Introduction) by Anthony Storr
3) Introducing Freud by Richard Appignesi & Oscar Zarate*
4) Introducing Jung by Maggie Hyde & Michael McGuinness*
*Extensively illustrated. Like a graphic novel/comic book.
Okay, enough. Have some pictures of my magnificently lovely 14 inch exact replica from the movie set Harry Potter wand that my darling brother bought for me during his EuroTurk trip (He's a globe trotter). Thanks, Abang! :D
P.S:
My deepest apologies for having imbued this post with my current interest in psychology. When I get excited, I get carried away
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NOTE 2: Lord, just look at all the PSYCHOBABBLE I threw in! It breaks my heart. All that enthusiasm... oh, how foolish I was.
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