Uptake Blog #1

 What is uptake? 

    Uptake is the action to take known knowledge from a pass experience and trying to apply in a present situation. I like to think of it as a resource our brains use when we are put in situations, and we don't know how to act or respond. 

This process is done when we find ourselves in situations such as arguments, new experiences, moments of joy and trauma. Our brains will tend to lean towards uptake as a resource to take past information from similar situations and try and apply knowledge gained then and apply them to the present.


Examples of uptake...  


    The best example of uptake I can think of would be my time in the military. You see I enlisted in the Illinois National Guard when I was 17 years old. Therefor I did the "split option." Which is where I completed basic training between my junior and senior year of high school. Then when I graduated High School went to my AIT training. For basic training I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. When it felt like the *insert bad word here* hit the fan, I noticed that I would fall back onto the knowledge I had gained from watching war movies growing up and taking what I learned from that and trying to apply it into my first couple days of basic training. 

Then for my AIT training I noticed that I would fall back onto my prior knowledge from basic training. An example of this would how to properly address a drill sergeant, how to move through the line at the defac when we would eat, and even when I would to fire my weapon. I would rely on the techniques that I was taught prior at basic training. 


In conclusion...

Uptake is the use of prior knowledge and applying it to present time situations. I didn't notice how much uptake is used in everyday life until now. But most importantly I also noticed that uptake isn't always correct on when it comes to how things will go. By all means use uptake to your advantage but keep an open mind when put in situations because you never really know how they will turn out in the end. 



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