Posted Fundamental Things I Won't Forget to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
While thinking about what I would remember in five years, I thought about living in the dorms, my first day of walking into a lecture of 700, and studying a lot more than I did in high school. When...
Posted One, Two, Three, Four, FIVE! to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Kind, outgoing, funny, caring, or smart; these are traits that may come to mind when asked to describe the personality of yourself or someone else. Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism; these traits probably are not the first...
Posted A Test of IQ...Are You Smart Enough to Know Who's Smart? to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Google IQ and hundreds of websites are found, all promising to "fast, free, and accurate." But, we do not need these tests; we all know we're smart, right? After all, we did get in to the University of Minnesota....
Posted I Wanna Walk Like You, Talk Like You, I Wanna Be Like YOU! to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
We've all been warned to watch what we say around young children because according to their parents, "They repeat everything!" Children copy actions, as well as words, all in an effort to "be like you," the adult they admire. In...
Posted Been There, Done That to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Been there, done that, seen that? Déjà Vu translates from French to mean, "already seen." Have you ever had the experience of walking into a room and feeling as though you had been there before, even though you never...
Posted Jump On! ....The Bandwagon? to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
"A lot of people are doing it, so I should too!" Great logic, or maybe not so much. This logic, commonly known as the bandwagon affect, is a logical fallacy. The Bandwagon Fallacy, to be exact. As much as...