Case Study

We conducted a case-by-case study between young and middle-aged students.

The study was conducted within the discipline of Histology, using pedagogical observation as a tool.

The reactions of the students were much better highlighted during the internship hours as opposed to the course. This fact is due to the involvement in the practical activity during the internship, the course being characterized by a predominantly passive participation of students.

From the first stage, significant differences in behavior were observed between the studied subjects. Being an introductory practical paper, I did not have expectations about providing answers from students in terms of the content of the presentation, because it is a new discipline for them, not being studied in general school or high school to have a starting point. At the end of the presentation, I wanted to make a brief recap of the notions taught and I noticed that middle-aged students were more active and more involved. The young students had a certain degree of hesitation. We also noted that the young students, although they were hesitant to solve some items, they proved to be attentive during the internship, accumulating the necessary information. This hesitation was motivated by young students by the fact that the faculty is a new environment for them and they need time to adjust to both the team and the rigors imposed. In the following internships, the young students showed more involvement.

Another aspect observed was that middle-aged students defend their opinions much better and with better arguments, unlike young people who often do not fight for their own opinions and tend to be influenced much faster. An advantage of young students is that they can still be shaped, guided, with flexible thinking. Mature students are characterized by rigidity in thinking. They consider that due to their age they have accumulated a life experience that gives them security, certainty in the decisions they make. At the same time, they are reluctant to approach a different style of learning, and are also skeptical about using new technologies or learning methods. This inflexibility in the thinking of mature students often makes it difficult for teachers to require both a good professional training in the field of study and a good knowledge of psychology in order to determine the students to adapt to current study requirements.

Fake news has led to the onset of other phenomena than public misinformation. They led to the division of society and the accentuation of the concept of discrimination. Basically, the society was divided into two camps: the camp of those who support vaccination and believe in its beneficial effects on health and the camp of anti-vaccination people. This division of individuals results in the occurrence of violence. Verbal violence is most frequently noticed, only in extreme cases it can lead to physical violence. Even among students, there have been numerous conflicts on this topic of anti-covid vaccination19, and bullying manifestations can be seen especially in the online environment on social networks (Alexa, 2014).

This short period of time has given rise to much speculation, being the starting point of many conspiracy theories. Few know, however, that messenger RNA platform was not discovered in a hurry now, but about 15 years ago, but did not benefit from financial resources to be able to be used to its full capacity and for various medical purposes (from treatments up to vaccines).

The causes of mistrust in COVID vaccines19 come largely from information from the external environment (especially online and the media). People should document official and up-to-date sources on the evolution of the pandemic and the

effectiveness of the vaccine. Such sources are represented by medical scientific articles, medical books, online medical education platform.

6. Conclusions

The concept of flexibility in thinking is of particular importance in the field of education. Optimizing this concept leads to success for both the student and the teacher. The case study conducted by us highlighted the existence of major differences in terms of rigidity / flexibility in thinking of students of different ages.

The results of the study emphasized once again the importance of knowing the psychology corresponding to the age of mental development. Also, another element of novelty brought to the fore was that of the mechanism of action of brain waves, as well as the ways of recording them using the electroencephalogram.

Understanding how brain waves work is an important step in determining whether or not there is a psychological pathology or mental disorder.

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