Posted Seeing Psychology in my Future Career to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
In five years from now, something I'll remember from Psychology is the concept of emotional appeal in advertisements. I'm going into graphic design and marketing for a career, so knowing how to grab the attention of the viewer with an...
Posted The Many Different Kinds of Intelligence to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
As Dr. Howard Gardner discovered, there are many different kinds of intelligence. This is a concept that is very important and should be taken into consideration when thinking about how "smart" someone is. Just because they're not so great...
Posted Does Mozart really make you smarter? to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
The Mozart Effect is a psychological phenomenon that I found especially intriguing. My question is can listening to Mozart really make you smarter? It was found in a study in 1993 that participants who listened to Mozart would have a...
Posted False Memory, The Misinformation Effect, and Criminal Cases to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
Something that I found to be important from discussion was the misinformation effect. The misinformation effect is where someone creates a memory because they are given misleading information about an event. I found it especially interesting and shocking that...
Posted How do Reality TV Shows Affect Society? to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
Being a huge reality TV show fan, I'm really interested in how people say that reality TV shows affect society and how people act. I tend to mostly disagree with this, seeing that I don't watch reality TV because I...