Human behavior Error

1 human behavior

1.1 oral , written language
1.2 gaffe
1.3 medicine

human behavior

one error , catastrophic results: napoleon s retreat moscow, painted adolph northen in 19th century

one reference differentiates between error , mistake follows:

an error deviation accuracy or correctness. mistake error caused fault: fault being misjudgment, carelessness, or forgetfulness. now, run stop sign because in hurry, , wasn t concentrating, , police stop me, mistake. if, however, try park in area conflicting signs, , ticket because incorrect on interpretation of signs meant, error. first time error. second time mistake since should have known better.

in human behavior norms or expectations behavior or consequences can derived intention of actor or expectations of other individuals or social grouping or social norms. (see deviance.) gaffes , faux pas can labels instances of kind of error. more serious departures social norms carry labels such misbehavior , labels legal system, such misdemeanor , crime. departures norms connected religion can have other labels, such sin.

oral , written language

an individual language user s deviations standard language norms in grammar, syntax, pronunciation , punctuation referred errors. however, in light of role of language usage in everyday social class distinctions, many feel linguistics should descriptive rather prescriptive avoid reinforcing dominant class value judgments linguistic forms should , should not used. 1 may distinguish various kinds of linguistic errors – some, such aphasia or speech disorders, user unable intend to, considered errors, while cases natural, intended speech non-standard (as in dialects), considered correct speech in descriptive linguistics, errors in prescriptive linguistics. see error analysis (linguistics).

herzliya airport (israel) runway location , traffic pattern chart (left) erroneously printed result of black layer 180° misplacement. corrected chart on right.



the judas bible in st mary s church, totnes, devon. edition known judas bible because in matthew c26 v36 judas appears instead of jesus . in copy mistake corrected slip of paper pasted on misprint.


gaffe

a gaffe verbal mistake, made in social environment. mistake may come saying true, inappropriate. may erroneous attempt reveal truth. finally, gaffes can malapropisms, grammatical errors or other verbal , gestural weaknesses or revelations through body language. revealing factual or social truth through words or body language, however, can commonly result in embarrassment or, when gaffe has negative connotations, friction between people involved.

philosophers , psychologists interested in nature of gaffe include freud , gilles deleuze. deleuze, in logic of sense, places gaffe in developmental process can culminate in stuttering.

sports writers , journalists commonly use gaffe refer kind of mistake, e.g., dropped ball player in baseball game.

medicine

see medical error description of error in medicine.