4.2 Assignment #s 2,6,9

2. New house designs are tending increasingly toward open plans in which the kitchen is not separate from the rest of the house. New house designs continue to have a room called the living room, usually a space at the front of the house near the door, but many also have a separate space called the family room, which is usually in some part of the house farther removed from the front door and closer to the kitchen.

-The kitchen are has now evolved into a space where all members of the house engage in. There is decline in the traditional use of the where only the mother was allowed and cooked everyday; thus, the kitchen area is a more practical room and is usually open and in the center of the house.

-Kitchen designs are becoming more open because women (mothers) sometimes must/enjoy multitasking, there is a want for watching over small children and maybe some television when mothers are perhaps cooking in the kitchen.

-Arriving at home from work, most people enjoy leisurely time in the living room. This space is  usually decorated as it is the first impression (face) of the house.

-Family rooms are designated for quality family time. It is the room where most waking hours are spent and therefore near the kitchen. Also it is where the family spends their time when they are together home alone.

6. Neuroscientists tell us that the frontal cortex of the brain, the part that is responsible for judgement and especially impulse control, is not fully developed in humans until roughly the age of twenty one. What are the implications of this observation relative to 5?

-People under twenty one sometimes make decisions without fully thinking through the consequences; these decisions are skewed.

-Recourses for committing crimes are now more feasible then ever; hence, there is potential for an increase in crime rate among people under the age of twenty one.

-Juveniles are being convicted as adults when in fact they lack some adult attributes. I think this is unfair but is not a valid defense.

9. All data are neutral; they are neither good nor bad.

-Data is unbiased factual information.

-Peoples emotion toward data ie. happy or sad is completely independent of the data itself.

-A single set of statistical data can make two people feel extremely different.

-People are predetermined to feel certain ways in some situations.