Haunted

Hari ini di gereja...
Romo: "Para ketua lingkungan harap segera mengumpulkan data sensus karena akan diserahkan pada keuskupan, kemudian dikirimkan ke tahta suci. Data ini akan digunakan Vatikan untuk mengeluarkan statistik umat Katolik sedunia."

Hal pertama yang terlintas di kepala saya: "Wah, pasti ngolahnya pake SPSS."

OMG, I've been haunted by statistics... >w<
I've never been so interested in numbers. Well, I AM STIILL NOT.
Tapi salah satu syarat kelulusan di kampus telah menjerumuskan saya ke lembah statistika.

So, there I was, looking for a nice way to study statistics
and I found this alluring books...

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Mirip = Jodoh?

It is a common belief that a couple who look alike are soulmates. But, wait a sec, I found a different explanation about this in Aronson's book.

You see, people tend to like someone who has something in common with themselves. That's why primordialism, racism, and any form of in-group favoritism are still relevant topics even until now. Apparently, when it comes to physical appeareance, this favoritism is also likely to happen.

You ask what's the evidence?
A study had been conducted in order to check this phenomenon. A group of people were asked to choose pictures in which there were faces of persons from the opposite sex. They were told to pick out the faces they liked the best (and maybe would like to go on a date with). Actually, one of the pictures was a modification of their own faces, how it might look in different sex. Yeah, the result shows that people are highly interested in their own picture.

*oh, narcissism...

So, if you meet people who said you look like your romantic partner, don't rush into conclusion that you guys are match made in heaven. Look-alike may not because you are soulmates, try the other way around... maybe you choose him/her to be your soulmate because you both look alike.

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Talkshow

 

Saya merasakan hal ini waktu nonton Show Imah. Episode kali itu mengundang Chacha Frederica, Andhara Early & suaminya untuk diajak berbicang-bincang. Entah atas dasar apa mereka ditempatkan dalam satu episode penayangan. Chacha abis kehilangan ayahnya yang meninggal karena sakit, sedangkan Andhara Early ngomongin pernikahan barunya.

(-_-)a

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Developmental Thingy

Robert Havighurst got negative sentiment from my friends for his Developmental Task Model. Here is the most controversial (and sensitive) part of Havighurst's (1972) theory for them...

In ages of 18-30, people needs to complete these developmental tasks:

• Achieving new and more mature relations with age mates of both sexes.
• Achieving a masculine or feminine social role. 
• Accepting one’s physique and using the body effectively. 
• Achieving emotional independence of parents and other adults. 
• Preparing for marriage and family life. 
• Acquiring a set of values and an ethical system as a guide to behavior. 
• Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior.
• Selecting an occupation.

(why don't you mention "completing thesis" anyway??)

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