Posted Conformity: Would I give in? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
The idea of conformity is the idea that based on outside influences can affect one's decision even though he or she may already have their own personal answer in their minds.For instance, in the Asch studies participants were places into...
Posted IQ Testing an Inaccurate Way to Determine Job Placement to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
In today's society the IQ Test is used to determine our knowledge based on general information (g) as well as specified (s) in which I am referring to such topics as math, reading comprehension, etc. However, if one were to...
Posted Violent Video Games are Not the Cause of Violent Behavior to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
During this weeks discussion we debated the long time dispute of violent video games and their affects on behavior. While some say that violent video games are positively correlated with violent behavior I would have to disagree. Instead of...
Posted The Ingram Case and The Crucible to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
As seen in the Ingram case we saw the implantation of false memories among the two daughters and the accusations towards their father even though the claims were ridiculous with no evidence to prove them. In fact, the case...
Posted Scary movies effects on health to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
"People who can't handle scary movies are just wimps". This is usually the go to response when someone wants to feel high and mighty for being a horror film addict. Now even though this accusation is somewhat true the...
Posted Correlation vs. Causation to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
The idea of correlation vs. causation can be deceiving to those who are unfamiliar with the six principles of critical thinking. The correlation of a graph is not always determined by the fact of two variables in a scatter plot....
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