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• Commented on What are the real effects of alcohol?
  Is your last sentence of the blog supposed to have links in it? I would be interested in reading them. I find this topic intriguing because it seems many college students that consume alcohol seem to use it as an...
• Commented on The Science of Arousal
  This is a great concept that probably has more influence on our lives than any of us realized before it was brought to our attention in this Psychology class. It seems like a type of classical conditioning that influences us...
• Commented on Crazy Cat Lady
  Yes, my bad. The last part is about reciprocity....
• Posted Crazy Cat Lady to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Five years from now, the majority of us will be done with this chapter in our life, and potentially have moved on to the years where we may begin to settle down. If you don't want to be that...
• Posted Beauty in the eye of the Beholder to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  From country to country and culture to culture, most agree that youth and symmetry represent beauty. But specific beauty standards differ immensely. For a moment, imagine an ideal American woman. An image of Megan Fox or Katrina Bowden may...
• Commented on The Fastest Way of Losing Weight?
  A huge contribution to the causes of bulimia and other eating disorders such as anorexia are social media and peer pressure. Our popular culture are trained us to think that unrealistic skinniness is an ideal trait that should be striven...
• Commented on Is Samantha Brick "Too Beautiful" or "Just Average"?
  Another problem that could be found with Samantha Brick's claim is that of her constant use of anecdotal evidence. Each experience she portrays is a personal one that she has a story about. This could be considered bias. Nonetheless, I...
• Commented on Is Chocolate a Sign of True Love?
  You said that American popular culture is focusing on the feelings and responses of being in love, not the physical or mental conditions that are associated with it. I think that it is because these conditions are the ones that...
• Commented on The Key to Weight Loss? Eating Snacks
  Weight could be regarded as a very controversial topic for many people. I think you did a good job of being unbiased and informative. The snack-all-day diet plan seems like something I would like, as especially while studying, I like...
• Commented on Freakonomics: Decision Making with a Twist
  I found this book very interesting when I read it for a previous class! Now looking back on it, and with what I know from this Psychology class, I question some of the things in it in relations to causation...
• Commented on Animal Talk (Speechless)
  Reading this blog made me think to how dogs are trained, with the high pitched whistles. By using these, we are communicating with them. Is it therefore possible for us to also communicate with rats and mice, cats, and bats?...
• Commented on Am I a Good Parent??
  I agree that you shouldn't stress about what type of parenting style to use. There is a lot of social media dedicated to them when all that really matters is, like you said, giving them love, attention, and discipline. I...
• Commented on Am I a Good Parent??
  I agree that you shouldn't stress about what type of parenting style to use. There is a lot of social media dedicated to them when all that really matters is, like you said, giving them love, attention, and discipline. I...
• Commented on Is that $300 Burning A Hole In Your Pocket? Try Speed-Reading!
  I like how you have had personal experience with this subject, and in the process of going through it realized it was sort of a scam. It makes me wonder though, why the University would offer such a class, especially...
• Commented on Diagnosing Rachel McAdams in "The Vow"
  Compared to many Hollywood movies, the symptoms The Vow displayed were fairly accurate. She didn't like loud noises because she heard louder than normal, suffered frustration and headaches, was forgetful. These were the symptoms I focused on, because the ones...
• Commented on True Versus False Memories - Lost in a shopping mall by Elizabeth Loftus
  This blog is very relevant to our last discussion. When Paul Ingram confessed, it was because of the false memories that were created. You named off two reasons of why false memories can be created and there are others as...
• Commented on State Dependent Learning: Drunken Recall
  While it seems like an unhealthy and dangerous test to perform, I would be interested in some evidence and explanations as to why it works/doesn't. Since the alcohol dampers the brain's ability to transmit back and forth from the hippocampus,...
• Commented on Advertising between 1960-2012: How much have consumers changed?
  I agree that the the similarities in the advertisements then and now strikingly similiar. The above comment mentions how much they have changed but the themes are the same, it is merely the message that is different. And I think...
• Posted Diagnosing Rachel McAdams in "The Vow" to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  There are numerous well-known films that are based on memory loss. The first that came to mind were classics like the Notebook and 50 First Dates. But after seeing the newly released movie "The Vow" this weekend, I figured it...
• Commented on Take more Naps and STILL Have Time for Homework?
  This is great!! It’s a topic that every college student is very interested in I'm sure. The Uberman Cycle that you mentioned is something I've never heard of before so I found it very intriguing. Is there a link to...
• Commented on Sugar, Spice and Everything....Not Nice..?
  I find this topic intriguing as it affects many people in their everyday lives and in the definition of a supertaster lies the explanation for common behavior we might not have thought twice about before. I was curious as to...
• Commented on Bike Helmets, should they be mandatory?
  I agree that people should have the choice of whether or not to wear a helmet. As you mentioned in your article the danger level of bike riding is very low, however it is always better to be safe than...
• Commented on Why Your Dog Wouldn't Bark Up the Wrong Tree
  I found this article interesting because dogs have such a great sense of smell as well as hearing and many of us seem to heavily rely on our vision more so than hearing or smell. When I was reading about...
• Commented on Airborne debunked?
  You said vitamin therapy claims to cure things like asthma, migraines, fatigue, upper respiratory infections, allergies, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression and cardiovascular disease. While I agree that vitamens will not magically cure you from these and things like common colds, they...
• Commented on To Spank, Or Not To Spank
  I thought it was interesting to read about what people thought of the different ways of parenting. However I also think it is important to realize that every child is going to respond to punishment/parenting styles in different way. Another...
• Posted Mr. Spock's lack of emotion; advantage or disadvantage? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  In the well known and loved classic of our childhood Star Trek, there is a character known for his solid reasoning devoid of emotion. While for some, having these often difficult and contrasting feelings out of the way may...