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• Posted "F~R~I~E~N~D~S" to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  The concepts that we learned about in this psychology class that I feel I'll be able to remember the best in five years are the ones regarding relationships and how we maintain them. I consider this to be the most...
• Commented on The Polygraph Test: Convicting Innocent People Since 1915
  I definitely think that a lie detector test is NOT a valid test for proving someone's innocence or guilt in a crime....
• Commented on Beauty Standards around the World
  It's so interesting to think that different cultures can have such different views on beauty. When I think of beauty, I just assume it's universal....
• Commented on Consider the other Sexes
  It's interesting that Anne Fausto-Sterling thinks that there should be five different sexes. I guess I've never really thought about there being any more than just male and female....
• Posted "Vampire+Human=?!" to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Twilight seems to be the most popular star-crossed lover story since Romeo and Juliet. For those of you who haven't seen it or read the books, here's a link to the trailer. It's basically about how a human girl named...
• Commented on Freakonomics: Decision Making with a Twist
  It's interesting to think about just how many decisions we make in a day. I'm definitely going to have to read this book or watch the movie!...
• Commented on Aggression and Video Games
  I definitely think that there are many different aspects that can affect how aggressive a child turns out to be. Some aspects are how they're parents bring them up, what they watch on T.V., and what kind of environment they...
• Commented on Virtual Aggression
  This is a subject where there isn't really a clear conclusion. There are so many reasons why you could argue children grow up being violent. There isn't really a concrete way to prove that violent video games is the cause...
• Commented on Divorce is a GOOD thing
  I agree that in a situation where the parents are constantly fighting so the child can hear them, the parents divorcing would probably be beneficial to everyone in the family, especially the child. Not having to live with the fighting...
• Commented on The Death of Reason = The Human Heart
  I definitely agree that people stick to their beliefs because that's where their heart is. No matter the scientific evidence against it, they'll believe what they want to believe....
• Commented on Blame Your Brain, Not Your Stomach
  That's a really interesting view of eating disorders. I didn't know that hunger was controlled via the brain, not the stomach. That definitely makes eating disorders more..understandable. If someone can tell their brain that they need to be skinnier, and...
• Commented on you don't smoke? you can't be cool!
  Isn't that last ad against smoking cigarettes?...
• Commented on Jason McElwain, an unlikely hero
  It's so interesting how society sort of overlooks autistic kids even though they have such potential, as you showed in the first paragraph of your blog. I personally believe that if we just worked with these kids, like in the...
• Commented on Advertising. Is It Really That Simple?
  It's pretty smart of advertisement agencies to have used psychology to sell their products. I liked how you mentioned that the colors also have an affect on someone's mood, not just the way the people in the ad are acting/wearing....
• Commented on Take more Naps and STILL Have Time for Homework?
  It'd be pretty cool if we could only sleep for three hours a day instead of eight. But like you mentioned in your blog, that's not very realistic. I personally wouldn't be able to find time during the day to...
• Posted "Who IS that?" to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  At the beginning of the video starring Marcus de Sautoy, he observes Gordon Gallup's mirror self-recognition experiment in person. In this experiment, the parent of a child sticks a black dot to the child's face without them knowing, disguised by...
• Commented on The Art of Deception
  This are so cool! I wonder who first came up with the idea to make them? It's weird to think about them just being 2-D when we see them so differently from a certain angle. It's interesting how they manipulate...
• Commented on Prohibition! on sugar?
  My belief is that we consume so much sugar because that's what's in the food that we eat. If scientists could find a way to substitute a non-harmful substance for sugar, that still tastes the same, then by all means,...
• Commented on The Importance of Getting Some Zzzzz's
  This was an incredibly interesting post. Does having the prion disease fatal familial insomnia mean you can't sleep at all? If that's the case, it's pretty amazing that humans can live nine months without sleep, whereas rats can only live...
• Commented on The Screen Adds Ten Pounds
  I agree that it's hard to find an exact cause for obesity. Most people would just assume it's from overeating and not exercising. But some people are just genetically inclined to be heavier than others. I don't think that computers,...
• Commented on Was President Bush Really THAT Dumb?
  That's a cool take on intelligence and IQ tests. It sort of shows how someone's IQ score doesn't really prove that someone acts like they're smart. It was also interesting to learn that there're different types of intelligence and just...
• Commented on Think you can resist conformity?
  It's interesting but also hard to think about whether people are unique or not. I feel like we want to believe that we're unique. But then nobody wants to be regarded as different or looked at funny. Your ending questions...
• Posted "Oh, NO you didn't!" to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Chapter 11 focuses on the emotions and feelings that humans encounter throughout their everyday lives. What I found most interesting was how different cultures have different views on certain emotional and human behaviors. This applies to everything from the most...