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• Commented on Do they really work?
  Drugs like adderall are basically academic steroids. You can have absolutely no motivation and if you take one you cannot find enough homework to do. I think it is way overprescribed and most the kids that have it prescribed just...
• Commented on The Hunger Games
  I haven't got to see the movie yet but it looks like an interesting plot. As far as violence video games affecting kids behavior, I really think it does desensitize kids to violent behavior....
• Commented on Do you remember...
  Mnemonic devices are really effective way to remember things. The whole chapter about memory was really helpful. I will definitely remember most everything from that chapter and use the techniques for the rest of college....
• Commented on Language and Human
  I think it is super interesting how children can pick up languages naturally. It is just amazing how that works. My dad speaks Chinese and I am bummed he didn't make me learn it....
• Commented on Classical Conditioning
  Classical conditioning is pretty amazing. My friend's mom actually trained a cat to go to the bathroom in the toilet using classical conditioning. I bet you could do a lot of other really cool things with classical conditioning also....
• Commented on Hypnosis: Treatment or Entertainment?
  I am really glad I wasn't chosen for the hypnotist at our senior party. I still have no idea how that even works or if the people who are being hypnotized are just trying to go along with it. It...
• Commented on Pet Training and Me
  One of my friends mom's actually trained a cat to go to the bathroom in the toilet. It is so weird seeing a cat walk in to a bathroom, climb onto the toilet, and do its business. I had no...
• Commented on Lie to Me
  I did my third blog post on human lie detection. I find this kind of stuff very interesting and also applicable in every day life. It's nice knowing a few of the indicators that can give away someone who is...
• Commented on What's Wrong With Red Ink?
  I see things differently @hart1065. I don't use red ink everyday. I have researched extensively the meanings of using a red pen to write a letter. That is very intriguing that red ink signifies death in Chinese culture. I'm Chinese...
• Commented on Mind the Jackelopes
  The picture is dope. It is not important to be mindful of heuristics and confirmation bias along with other things that allow us to be gullible. I am never gullible and I don't understand that it is important to be...
• Commented on Who said I'm not intelligent?
  First off, I admire the double picture on the blog. Pictures are better than words a lot of the time. You also wrote some words though which is important in a psych blog. Yeah but like you know....
• Commented on Human Meat
  This caught my attention immediately, but at the same time it made me want to close my eyes. Those gangstas did a fairly decent job of creating sensitivity towards their cause. Good work, nice sentences....
• Commented on Watch for the Warning Signs of Pseudoscience
  I agree. I agree with everything in this blog. This sentence lengthens my comment while also increasing my credibility because it makes my comment longer. Psuedoscience can be bad sometimes. And it like totally exaggerates some stuff, bro....
• Commented on How can you not?
  Yes the five principles were excessively drilled into our heads. They can be applied to real life sometimes which is kind of neat. Now I am so much smarter because I know the five principles....
• Commented on Snow Globed World
  It is interesting how naive realism can be viewed from different perspectives across different cultures. My grandparents are also immigrants and they certainly view the world differently than I do and add length to my comment. In all areas of...
• Commented on Psychology & Me
  Heuristics can really get the best of you. You have to make sure that you avoid misconceptions created by using heuristics and try to view things deeper than just at the surface level....
• Commented on The Scientific Method
  Yes i agree with everything you said and I also think the scientific method is very important. It is something that you can use very extensively for the next couple of years and in certain situations in real life and...
• Posted Study Skills and Memory to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  The concept that I think will definitely be relevant for the next five years is the concept of memory retention. Mastering memory retention skills such as chunking, rehearsal and the use of mnemonics are of utmost importance to me...
• Commented on ADHD is Personal to Me
  I feel the same way as you do about ADHD when it comes to autism. I have a brother with autism and I never really knew what exactly the symptoms were. After reading about the disorder it really makes the...
• Commented on Let's Get Down to Studying
  I also found this section of the textbook very helpful. Using the techniques suggested I have done much better on tests. Now I make sure I spread my studying out much more than I used to and I also use...
• Commented on "I'm sure that line 1 is the right answer, but everyone else is saying it's line 3... I'll go with 3"
  This study is probably the most applicable study I have ever seen. Like the comment above I had no idea that people find it that important to fit into the group. Conformity is something you see just about everywhere and...
• Posted How to Detect a Lie to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Paul Ekman published a study in 1991 in which much was learned about lying and people's accuracy when detecting lies. In the study, participants were shown video clips of people talking and were asked to judge whether or not the...
• Posted Autism and Vaccines: Seek and Ye Shall Find to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Have you heard the hype behind the claim that autism can be caused by vaccinations? According to an editorial released by the British Medical Journal, there is no truth to this claim. Turns out that claim was a result of...
• Commented on I Swear I've Done This Before...
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• Posted I Swear I've Done This Before... to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Many of us have had those moments where you come across a place or done something that seems awful familiar even though you are sure you have never been there or done that before. That extremely odd sensation you...