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• Commented on Importance of Personality
  I found the subtopic in personality, five basic categories of personality, to be very interesting. I find it true that the categories have very influential parts in the creation of ones personality....
• Commented on Remembering to Remember
  I also realized after this section, that for many tests in high school I wasn't truly learning anything when i studied, just merely placing random facts into my brain. I kinda changed my ways after thinking through my methods of...
• Commented on Using Psychology Moving Forward
  I also found the inkblot test to be very interesting, since it is seen in movies all the time. Its once I started seeing little connections from psychology to real life, that I started taking an interest in the class....
• Commented on Language and Human
  One thing has always bothered me, the fact that my parents hadn't got me learning a language at an earlier age. I agree that there is a critical point in the developmental process of the brain where learning another language...
• Commented on Mind the Jackelopes
  I also agree that the scientific thinking methods will be very beneficial not only to psychology majors, but to the other sciences as well....
• Commented on Snow Globed World
  I find this article very interesting since I have thought of the affects naive realism has had on past societal behaviors, such as the salem witch trials. What seems cruel now, through naive realism, could have been logical then....
• Commented on You-Know-Who
  This was very interesting and a creative way to put psychology into such a great movie. I agree with all the ratings given....
• Commented on Am I the Only One?
  This is very interesting, since it is seen all the time! Everyday things such as someone dropping a bunch of papers, once the first person volunteers to help the easy task, everyone jumps in to help. Yet if the task...
• Commented on A Cure for Discrimination?
  I believe that there is help on the issue of discrimination. Most people discriminate because they are not educated in the other cultures way of life, therefore a helping hand most be given to encourage the learning....
• Commented on College Admission Tests: What For?
  I agree, there are various faults contributed to the ACT and SAT, but these faults are not easier or harder questions. They are just things the test itself can not account for, such as cultural differences and other outside factors....
• Commented on What's Wrong With Red Ink?
  This is a very interesting blog. It doesn't surprise me that different cultures have different business techniques, but I would be baffled if I were the one responsible on figuring out how to get around them....
• Commented on Prematurity
  I was a premature baby as well and it is bad that nowadays premature babies are more common. I agree that some mothers are not attending regular doctor visits and healthy diets, but many don't have a choice. I think...
• Commented on Mariah Carey is my Biological Mother!
  This story is really cool. Its amazing what empty spaces the mind can fill just to create a safe haven for a person. I myself have also experienced false memories and it amazes me everytime when people tell me they...
• Commented on Nike's Reconstruction of Tiger's Image
  I think the commercial is a very good example of classical conditioning. Its interesting too, how well the commercial actually implies the feeling of empathy towards tiger....
• Commented on Real life "Parent Trap"
  I agree, I think both nature and nurture could have been affecting this study. I think even outside the study, nature and nurture have a team system in the upraising of human beings....
• Commented on Do they really work?
  Being in college, you encounter adderal or other ADHD medications quite often. I agree, I think it is a complete placebo effect....
• Commented on Smart Phone in My Head
  Multitasking is college. I don't remember the last time i wasn't listening to music or watching TV while studying or attempting homework. Now, I do feel that my full potential may not being reached while I watch TV and study,...
• Commented on You betcha
  This is an interesting topic since Wisconsin and Minnesota have always been the stereotypical odd dialect states. I have lived in Germany previously and its even more weird to see dialects in a different language. In some cases I couldn't...
• Commented on Heuristics: A Bad or Good Thing?
  I believe as well that heuristics are overall beneficial to simplifying complex ideas that otherwise would yield to complex for our understanding. The book does make a good point on heuristics possibly leading to over simplification and I can see...
• Commented on Is Venting Actually Effective?
  I also believe that a lot of people would be shocked to find that venting is not a good way of coping with anger. At the beginning of this semester I would have vented myself, but I can see now...
• Commented on Chapter 15- Psychological Disorders
  I also find it very interesting that there are certain cases of psychological disorders that have only been seen in different cultures. It makes me wonder which psychological disorders are most common in the US. I looked it up, its...
• Posted Decoding the World Around Us to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Throughout this semester in psychology, one unit in particular got my attention more than others, this being sensation and perception. The world around us is different for each and every person, all of us perceive the world in our own...
• Posted Boredom Made Me a Lie Dector to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Looking to cope with my Sunday night boredom, I decided to escape to the ever so popular website stumbleupon.com. A website devoted to helping people over come their boredom as well as teaching people a thing or two. On this...
• Posted A Possible Dangerous Influence to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  As a typical college student, my Sundays consist of recovery and procrastination. Many times my procrastination is aided by the every so great invention of television. Today it consisted of an epic marathon of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,...
• Commented on Decisions or Not?
  I agree with you as well, I feel that certain outside influences may have affect on our actions that we are unaware off, such as if a car were to drive off the road at you. However, i know for...
• Commented on Bigfoot, UFOS, Ghosts, and God?
  This is a very interesting topic and I actually had just recently seen the show on T.V. My first was exactly in connection with your blog, that being, how can the legitimize such a topic as Bigfoot for a T.V....
• Posted Social Psychology: Mass Hysteria and Cults. (Ch. 13) to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  As you sit in class today pay attention to some of the thoughts you may be having and the things may be doing. Are they any different then the things you may be thinking or doing when you are at...