Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block

Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling

of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block

Background Research

Mike discussed writer's block to ten UCLA undergraduates where he found the frustrating and self-defeating inability to generate the next line. "The ten people represented a fair cross-section of the UCLA student community." This is how he started gathering the information for his research.

The General Subject

The subject of "Writer's Block" revolves around this article, which is an experiment from the start. In our eyes it is that our circle of rules depends on how far our creativity goes. Mike Rose states that there are a significant number of reason why writers have difficulty in composing an essay. It explains on the comparison of Algorithms and Heuristics and how "writer's block" is come upon us during composition. Its importance is quite an eye opener due to the fact that not only the lecturer would understand but the learner also, as you can realize after the article Algorithms is more of a formula, while Heuristics is more of hands on learning, giving us the opportunity to find ourselves. We cannot let our creative move on thanks to rules that were set when we were taught basic composition for ex. strong grammar, catchy ideology etc.

Blockers & Non-blockers

also called "determining tendency" or "readiness," refers to the fact that people often approach problems wit habitual ways of reacting, a predisposition, a tendency to perceive or function in one way rather than another.

Set

Blockers are certain thoughts that come to mind that cause the writer to have trouble revealing there next move in there essay

Non-blockers is a certain structure of rules that open your ways of writing, helping you release more of your writing.

Plans subsume and sequence heuristic and algorithmic rules, include criteria to determine successful goal-attainment and, as well, include "feedback"

Plan

CITATIONS

"Mike Rose."Mike Rose's blog. September 5 2012. September 16 2012.

Group Q&R

<http://mikerosebooks.blogspot.com/>.

"Mike Rose." Wikipedia. September 14 2012.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rose_(educator)>.

Rules

Rose, Mike. “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block.” College Composition and

Communication 31.4 (1980): 389-401.

Most problem-solving theorists would

affirm Gagne's dictum that "rules are probably the major organizing factor,

and quite possibly the primary one, in intellectual functioning."

Is the real question to see how we can prevent writers block? Or is there more information to bring another question to mind. Throughout the article there is a certain comparison of how both Heuristics and Algorithms can be used to help or hurt you in essays. But if we read beyond the line of the readings you can separate the facts that make both subjects very different. Mike Rose shows how an experiment breaks down writers block effects on those who come across it, not stating a problem or a solution at all. So it all leads to asking should there be an algorithms that is universal for all writing prompts and situations?

If you look in front of you, left, right, behind you will find a person that is different in every way other than the fact that both of you are humans. But you see where I'm getting at? Your thoughts are different ergo your writing is different. So imagine where a formula existed that was the structure of each and everybody's essays. Not only will we be rendered to have a small amount of our creativity, but everyone's paper would be the same. We see that Heuristics is our only way to see our own path, sure it would take more time but the way it finishes in our choice.

Mike Rose was born 1944(68) to italian

parents

Words to Know

Loyola University:Bachelor's

University of Southern California: Masters in Science

University of California Los Angeles: Masters in Arts, Doctor

in Philosophy

A structure on which is to serve as a way to control or establish an easier route to your need

Dr. Mike Rose

· Currently, Rose is Professor of Social Research Methodology in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

The Author

Introductory Period -

during which a problem is presented, and all theorists, from Behaviorist to Gestalt to Information Processing, admit that certain aspects, stimuli, or " Functions" of the problem must become or be made salient and attended to in certain ways if successful problem-solving processes are to be engaged.

When the problem is presented......

Processing Period -

critical stage, that past learning and the particular "set," direction, or orientation that the problem solver takes in dealing with past experience and present stimuli have critical hearing on the efficacy of solution.

The period on which one is wondering how to control/fix the problem(writers block)

Solution Period -

Books & Articles

Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us. The New Press, September 2009.

Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America

has a new preface in which Mike reflects on the current state of public education.

"Writing for the Public," College English, January 2010.

"On Using History," Historically Speaking, January 2010.

"When the Light Goes On," The American Scholar, Spring 2010.

"Learning from Anthony," In Character, March, 21 2010.

"Reform: To What End?," Educational Leadership, April 2010.

"Working with Working-Class Students," Diversity and Democracy, v. 13, n. 3 2010. Click here

"Education-for-All: Unpacking the College-for-All Versus Occupational Training Debate," Teachers College Record online, September 20, 2010.

"The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning in Contemporary School Reform," Dissent Spring, 2011.

"Making Sparks Fly," The American Scholar Summer, 2011.

An end-state of the process where "stress" and "search" terminate, an answer is attained, and a sense of completion or "closure" is experienced.

Where both critical thought and realization of the problem crash and give you a closer or just a way to resolve your problem

Algorithms & Heuristics

Algorithms are precise rules that will always result in a specific answer if applied to an appropriate problem.

Heuristics won't allow the precision or the certitude afforded by algorithmic operations; heuristics can even be so "lose" as to be vague.

Algorithms are a certain structure to

find an answer the person is looking for

Heuristics in plain words goes to "trial-&-error"