Posted Remembering Psychology 1001 to Section 12 & 13 F11 Psy 1001
Throughout the Psychology 1001 course I have learned about many interesting topics ranging from human growth to language development to personality and much more. However, one piece of information that I believe will stick with me is the function of...
Posted An Altered Personality to Section 12 & 13 F11 Psy 1001
Seven percent of adults in America take anti-depressant pills. Studies have shown that these medications can produce certain mood alterations exceeding simply helping with sadness. Anti-depressants, like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft, have shown to increase extroversion and decrease neuroticism. The...
Posted Starving for Help to Section 12 & 13 F11 Psy 1001
http://littlefishbigla.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/anorexia.jpg Anorexia nervosa is a major mental illness that is associated with extreme weight loss and a skewed perception of one's body. This illness is diagnosed when someone refuses to keep their body weight at an average weight for his...
Posted Genuinely Mistaken to Section 12 & 13 F11 Psy 1001
DNA testing has saved almost seventy-five percent of prisoners from being falsely identified by eyewitnesses. Today 255 prisoners have been released from prison due to their DNA not matching that of the criminal. It is difficult for an eyewitness to...
Posted Addiction to Section 12 & 13 F11 Psy 1001
When the topic of drugs is brought up, alcohol is not normally what would first come to mind. However, alcohol is in fact a depressant drug, meaning it decreases effects of the central nervous system. Alcohol is the most abused...
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