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• Commented on All I've learned
  The element of correlation does not prove causation has been well embedded in how i think about studies for a while now. My teacher in AP stats my senior year in high school often emphasized that correlation does not mean...
• Commented on Personality
  I too felt the projection tests were very interesting in the fact that they are intended not to have any clear desirable answer to them which really gets the viewer to stew over their own thoughts and not skew them...
• Commented on Remembering Ms. Anne
  Incorporating psychological concepts into ones everyday life i feel definitely helps with retention of the material and interesting in the subject matter overall. I see why the blogs are a part of this course and you did a great job...
• Commented on Whose memory is correct? Yours? Mine?
  I think that most memories may in fact be false simply because each person will pay attention to the things they consider most important in any particular situation and when you try to recall those situations you will vividly remember...
• Commented on Chapter 12: Stress, Coping, and Health
  Stress is an important part of all of our lives. One thing to keep in mind is that there is not only bad forms of stress but also good ones that we encounter throughout life....
• Commented on Twin Studies
  I am an identical twin and me and my twin are similar in many ways but different in others. We usually come around to trying whatever the other twin finds interesting or enjoyable and we often like the same things...
• Commented on Are you still there?
  I agree with many other people that have posted that being aware of your surroundings in such a state would be scary. I like to think that i would never want to live in such a state but you never...
• Commented on Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
  This idea of sensation and perception is probably the primary factor in why people can remember the same situations in such different ways. Each person's attention is drawn to different elements and the other less important elements might be embellished...
• Commented on Chapter 10: How children construct their worlds
  Early development is clearly important and such ideas bring attention to how much the environment plays a role in human development, at least at these early stages. I don't think it matters how well your genetics have endowed someone, they...
• Commented on Baby Development
  Those lectures really bring attention to how much people learn about the working of the world at a young and which obviously makes the environmental factors very important early on in life. Children need interaction to learn how to function...
• Commented on Baby Development
  Those lectures really bring attention to how much people learn about the working of the world at a young and which obviously makes the environmental factors very important early on in life. Children need interaction to learn how to function...
• Commented on The Truth Behind 50 First Dates
  In my opinion, that movie definitely served as a humorous way to show people how difficult it can be to deal with such memory issues when it comes to people that mean a great deal to you in real life....
• Commented on Chapter 2: Research Methods
  I think it is great that you were able to acknowledge this chapter as not particularly interesting to you. Identifying that and expressing it seemed to help you with sorting out your other thoughts on the chapter rather than just...
• Commented on Nature vs. Nurture: Homosexuality
  I think an excellent question is what will happen if there is ever definitive evidence of whither it is primarily nature or nurture. will there be some sort of eugenics like movement if the primary factor is nurture? will certain...
• Commented on Will I remember anything?
  This post reminds me of the idea of Correlation does not prove Causation. IQ and success may be correlated their are so many factors that go into all aspects of life. Job performance, for example, would be much more influenced...
• Commented on Intelligence portrayed in the media
  I agree with your opinion on the portray of intelligence as well. This post reminded me of a paper i wrote for my Writ 1301 class last year about Bobby Fischer. When he claimed the Chess world champion title he...
• Commented on Birth Order
  I find the idea of traits through birth order silly but i still humor it with my attention at times because i have one older brother (who is only 11 years older than me) and one younger brother (Actually a...
• Commented on Quit Feeling Bad About Yourself
  I used to highly value this idea of upward comparison when i played the card game Magic the Gathering (which i plan to get involved in again over the summer). I think a huge factor in why i valued it...
• Commented on Five years from now
  I too feel that the idea of critical thinking has been and will remain with me for many years because i personally find it important to understand for hobbies i am involved in such as chess and Magic the Gathering...
• Commented on Blog 3 Repost: Tiger Mother vs. Permissive Parenting
  I feel you bring up an excellent point in acknowledging that parenting styles and expectations are not universal. What is done in one culture may seem harsh in another cultures practices but many cultural practices persist because it is what...
• Posted Biases of the experimenter to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  I think the thing I will remember most about this course was the idea of realizing that no one person, not even I, is immune to biases. This I feel I will remember well because it stands out in...
• Posted Problem Solving to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  One recent problem I had to solve that I think exhibits some good problem solving technique was on my last Precalc II exam. It was a simple multiple choice problem that had to do with solving the triangle (finding the...
• Commented on Bigfoot Sightings
  That is an excellent point. Something in the environment could have stimulated some sense of fear and then they may have just misidentified the creature and their brain would emphasize and to some degree create characteristics that may not have...
• Posted Bigfoot Sightings to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  Bigfoot sighting(s) Link: http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_article.asp?id=621 In this article two children claim to have seen a Bigfoot in Wilson County, Tennessee. At the time of the claimed sighting they were each 12 years old. An investigator from the BFRO (Bigfoot Field Researcher...
• Posted Consciousness: Expanding the Boundries of Psychological Inquery to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  Chapter five sets its focus on various states of consciousness. More specifically, it seems to focus on altered states of consciousness whither these modified states of mind be due to sleep cycles, hypnosis, or brain altering drugs (any depressant or...