VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

explain what is anchoring in psychology

Hypnosis cannot really make somebody sleep
just your mind is like sleeping so I think hypnosis is nothing amazing
4 years ago I study psychology but just elementary and I studied bad so I think hypnosis is just a normal method.
It is hard to really understand. Sometimes like English I know this word but when it becomes a sentence I don’t understand anymore.

but if you study well with psychology you can solve many questions in your life.
Many psychologists have mental disease. So I think normal person cannot study well. I think I am a normal person.

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Hypnosis cannot really make somebody sleep / make someone fall asleep. / make someone sleepy
only your mind is somehow sleeping/ your mind is in a state similar to sleep so I think hypnosis is nothing amazing
4 years ago I studied psychology but just elementary / only the basic level and I didn’t study well so I think hypnosis is just a normal method.
It is hard to really understand. Sometimes it is like English I know this word but when it becomes part of a sentence I don’t understand what it means anymore.

but if you study psychology well you can solve/answer many questions in your life.
Many psychologists have mental disease. So I think normal people cannot study well. I think I am a normal person. / I think most people don’t study that well

why does she easily get angry?
according to her childhood and her environment when she grew up. you can have an answer.

Dear Boss,

I’m the earliest member of the shared service center team, I have been working in our team for 3 years and I have been working in our company for 4 years.

In these 4 years, I have worked harder and harder, I always do my every tasks seriously / I am very serious with all the tasks I work on.
I often work over time, but I still feel happy and satisfied. I really like my job responsibility.

In this position I finished all the work responsibilities independently, although my workload increased a lot. I support many colleges to help them solve eService problems . They also recognize my work ability / they also think highly of my work;.
I would like to apply for a promotion, I think I’m ready for more responsibilities.

Looking forward to your reply.Thank you!

Vocabulary

motivation (n)积极性
I lacked motivation in University so I didn’t study well

to motivate (v)
A 500% increase of my salary would motivate me to work harder

anchoring (n) using past information for a decision
I offered 1 gold bar for his house and he said yes because he remembered that 3 years ago gold was very expensive but today it wasn’t so he made a bad deal because of anchoring.

anchor 锚
The boat dropped the anchor

rare (adj) : not often happening / not common
Gold is rare

degree (n) 学位证
I think degrees are important

state owned companies : companies that belong to the government
State owned companies require a degree

to require (v) 需要
This position requires a degree

to envy (v) 嫉妒
I envy good students

to open up : start to relax and tell the truth
It took me 5 months before my boss started to open up to me

elementary/basic 初级
I studied elementary psychology

spirit/mind  (n) 精神
Psychologists help us with diseases of the mind

lottery(n) :game in which you buy a ticket and can potentially win A LOT of money
He won the lottery and bought a Ferrari.

vicious cycle (n) :something that becomes worse and worse
recently something went wrong and the next thing will be worse. I am in a vicious cycle

virtuous cycle (n) : something that becomes better and better
I won the lottery and invested the money, I entered a virtuous cycle.
Tom sold his house and invested everything but the market went down and he lost his money, he started drinking and taking drugs he entered a vicious cycle

to invest (v) 投资
I invest the money and became rich.
Tom sold his house and invested everything but the market went down and he killed himself

investment (n)
I made a bad investment and lost everything

pitiful（adj) 可怜
Tom has a pitiful life

pity (n):
It is a pity that we didn’t arrive on time
It is a pity that we had to cancel our trip because of the virus.
Tom lost his job, what a pity.

to hypnotize (v) 催眠
He hypnotized me and made me work hard

hypnosis (n)
I don’t believe in hypnosis

psychologist (n) 心理医生
The psychologist used hypnosis to make me speak

Pronunciation

circle

cycle

hypnosis (hip no sis)

Grammar

by to talk about a time in the future
I will send you the report by Friday (before / on F
riday)