Talking Heads: Psycho Killer

Psycho Killer

Qu'est Que C'est

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Psycho Killer

Qu'est Que C'est

Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better

Run run run run run run run away

I can't seem to face up to the facts

I'm tense and nervous and I Can't relax

I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire

Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

You start a conversation you can't even finish it.

You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.

Say something once, why say it again?

Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir la

Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la

Realisant mon espoir

Je me lance, vers la gloire ... OK

We are vain and we are blind

I hate people when they're not polite

Downshifting

• A model based on the triune/triplex theory of brain evolution that attempts to explain why we become emotional or even violent when we are stressed.

Downshifting refers to our brain working like a motor vehicle’s gears

What is the problem with the downshifting model?

Does our brain only work one gear at a time?

What is the alternative model?

• Reflective

• Slow

• Thoughtful

• Usually not stressed

• Reflexive• Stressed

• Quick (like a reflex)

• Abrupt

Reflexive vs. Reflective which is which?

Why might this be a better model?

• Uses the entire brain.

• Looks at the differences between stressed vs. not stressed

• Still indicates that our response system is cued to our level of stress.

• But be careful when using this model, why?

• Reflexive and reflective are easily confused. How will you tell them apart?