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• Commented on Heuristics: Mental Saviors
  In certain situations, heuristics are great and can save a lot of time. However, we also have to be careful not to let them fool us. I think it was very useful to learn about them in psychology so we...
• Commented on Fall asleep successfully: I made it!
  I'm really happy that you could get cured! I'm an insomniac too, and unfortunately reading about it hasn't done anything for me. It seems like the more things I do to get rid of it, the worse it gets. I...
• Commented on Will you be a Victim of the Bystander Effect?
  The stories supplied about the bystander effect were incredibly shocking to me, and I almost didn't believe them. I just couldn't fathom how a group could stand by and watch a gang-rape. I assume the events had special circumstances, like...
• Commented on Memory Aids
  I've always been struck by how effective mnemonic devices are; it seems like it doesn't even matter what the phrase is, I remember it forever no matter how little sense it makes! They have definitely helped me remember many things...
• Commented on Five Years From Now
  I could barely decide on a topic for this blog, since there were so many I believe I'll remember in five years. Classical conditioning was easily one of them, partially because I knew about it even before this class. I...
• Commented on What Does Your Personality Say About You?
  Unsurprisingly, like half of the posts I've read have chosen personality as their favorite topic. I think the reason why it's so fascinating is that we spend a good part of our lives trying to figure out how other people...
• Commented on Importance of Personality
  Before I enrolled in Psychology I evaluated people's personalities solely on the basis of instinct. Now I apply the Big 5 to almost everyone I meet, almost just for fun. I feel like if I take anything from Psychology it...
• Commented on Psychology & Me
  I was greatly struck when reading about heuristics and biases, because the more I thought about them the more I realized that I regularly commit most of them. It had never even occurred to me that they were infallible. In...
• Commented on How can you not?
  I have literally never taken any steps to remember the five principles, but I have heard them mentioned so ridiculously many times that I will remember them for a very, very long time. This proves that simple repetition of information...
• Commented on Talk About a Touchy Subject
  I agree with the comment above me. You will never have a perfect test, but the SAT and ACT are decently successful indicators of how one performs in college. I do, however, think that it is a good thing that...
• Commented on Nazca lines
  I agree that to attribute phenomena like the Nazca lines to aliens is ridiculous. I have always thought so, but I could never explain entirely why until I took psychology. I feel like I'm now armed against ridiculous claims with...
• Commented on Using the Scientific Thinking Principles
  I've been noticing the usefulness of the principles more and more as well. Whenever I'm considering an explanation for something, I always keep them in mind and they usually help decide if the explanation is plausible. I've found that Occam's...
• Commented on When worlds collide, depend on Tom Cruise to save your life!
  I agree fully. As I was reading the section about Orson Welles, I remember being shocked at the seeming foolishness of the people who were tricked into thinking they were being attacked by aliens. However, I must keep in mind...
• Commented on Language and Human
  I was raised speaking Hungarian, but over my life I've largely forgotten it in favor of English. I've recently been trying to relearn it, but it's been much harder than when I first learned it. At first I was very...
• Commented on Mind the Jackelopes
  Before I enrolled in this class, I wasn't entirely superstitious, but I did entertain the possibility of a few extraordinary claims. Learning about biases and heuristics and such helped me to realize the implausibility of such claims. Psychology has given...
• Commented on Pet Training and Me
  I agree that what most people remember from psychology isn't the dry facts and names, but the things that apply to everyday life. I'll for sure remember and try to apply classical conditioning if I ever happen to get a...
• Commented on Mental Disorder in My Future
  I haven't had a lot of experience dealing with people with mental disorders, and if I ever encounter such a person I am very unsure in how to handle them. But I think this course gave me a lot of...
• Commented on In all Honesty
  I definitely know where you're coming from. I'm not a psych major either, but I feel like I'll be applying random psychology concepts to my life even far in the future, just out of curiosity....
• Posted The Psychology of Morality to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  In all honesty, I entered Psychology 1001 reluctantly, because I had to and not expecting to encounter any particularly influential ideas. However, I was surprised when learning about psychology changed my worldview in a number of ways. The most significant...
• Commented on You-Know-Who
  This was a very good idea; I think Voldemort is an excellent example of the OCEAN personality traits. I think you summed up his personality extremely well with the five traits, which is impressive seeing as Tom Riddle was an...
• Commented on The Dangers of the Bystander Effect
  Even though I knew about the bystander effect, I was still shocked when so many people simply walked by a child clearly in distress. I think more than anything it was the fact that they simply didn't want to go...
• Posted Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  For the last few years, one of the most hotly debated topics in America has been the question of whether homosexual couples should be able to get married. Specifically I will discuss the issue of whether or not homosexuality is...
• Posted Chapter 16: Psychological and Biological Treatments to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Therapy for the body has been practiced essentially since the beginning of human history, but therapy for the mind, or psychotherapy, has only been practiced seriously since the early twentieth century. In many ways, the stereotypes of psychotherapy sessions are...