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• Commented on Do they really work?
  Maybe these drugs don't have a real effect on the person mentally, but our textbook has illustrated that the placebo effect can be very strong. Maybe just the idea that the person has taken a substance such as Ginko convinces...
• Commented on College Admission Tests: What For?
  The ACT and the SAT have their faults. I believe even the people who write the exam would admit this. A perfect exam that tests everyone fairly would be nearly impossible to create because there is no way to make...
• Commented on Prematurity
  Whenever I hear about premature babies being born, and the struggles that they face so early in life I am astounded. I think that it is amazing that they can survive when being born underdeveloped. I think this entry would...
• Commented on When worlds collide, depend on Tom Cruise to save your life!
  When I read the bit about Orson Welles, I was indeed shocked that people could panic so much over something that was so unbelievable. I scoffed at them. But then I started thinking about something similar that took place just...
• Commented on Using the Scientific Thinking Principles
  I am with you on this one! If you've ever taken a intro to statistics course they basically drill it into your head that "correlation does not equal causation!". Psych class helped me to better understand these principles, and I...
• Commented on What's Wrong With Red Ink?
  To me, this blog post illustrates another great reason why people in all different majors should be strongly encouraged to take a psychology or sociology class. The world that we live in, the societies that are present, and the people...
• Commented on Mental Disorder in My Future
  I thought that your last paragraph was particularly beautiful and inspiring. I too have come into contact with many individuals that suffer from mental illnesses. There are so many people in the world that are content to write these individuals...
• Commented on The bigger the better
  What I think is important to remember is while the women in Mauritania are putting stress and strain on their bodies, so too are women in America. The United States has the largest over weight population in the world, and...
• Commented on Does Midterm Stress Have You Forgetting the Simple Things? You're Probably Not Alone
  I will be the first to admit that I subject myself to unnecessary amounts of stress, and midterms only make that stress load worse. This blog post stood out to me because I have indeed been suffering from small slips...
• Commented on Nature vs. Nurture: Criminal Behavior
  The post above me brings up some intriguing questions. In fact, the government has indeed tried to manipulate genes of individuals in the past, although not in the normal way we would think. The eugenics movement of the early to...
• Commented on Nature versus Nurture
  I'd personally say it's nurture all the way. She was taught how to behave like that in a car. To scream, or cut people off. However, I believe it's important to also focus on the fact that perhaps her family...
• Commented on The big question. Nature or Nurture
  While I agree that a person is shaped both by how they are brought up (nurture), and genetic predispositions (nature), I think it would be worth while to consider twin studies and adoption studies in your post. As we learned...
• Posted Understanding my BIG 5 to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Everyone always says, "You figure out who you really are in college". Parents, teachers, and high school councilors all told me that college would be a time of personal, social, and emotional growth. I guess I didn't really believe them....
• Posted The Most Complex Character on TV to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Perhaps one of the most complex (and hilarious) characters on television is Dr. Cox from the television show Scrubs. When viewed through the different facets of the Big 5, we come to see just home complex of a character...
• Commented on Why you don't want to marry a "Mr. Darcy".
  I found this post to be delightful! I am one among many of teenage girls who swoon of Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy certainly score low in the categories of extroversion, openness, and agreeableness, but the Big 5 are a spectrum....
• Commented on Addison in the Preoperational Stage with Ice Cream
  I have a personal story that connects with this topic. When I was in daycare, each Friday my instructor would send each child home with a "Discovery Kit" for homework over the weekend. These "Discovery Kits" had little experiments in...
• Commented on Is Postconventional Morality Unachievable?
  First I would like to thank you for providing the link to this image. It helped me understand the different "levels" of morality. I would agree with your claim that individuals think they are on higher moral ground than what...
• Posted The Devastating Effects of Alzheimer's Disease to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  We've all had those moments where we forget where we've just put our keys, or walk into a room just to forget why we went in there in the first place. These forgetful moments are a normal part of...
• Commented on Nomophobia.... a real scare?
  I couldn't agree more with the questions that you started this entry off with. If I reach into my pocket to grab my cell phone and it isn't there, I immediately break into a sweat and start panicking. There is...
• Commented on Split brained people
  This topic is very close to my heart, and I also find it very intriguing. Five years ago, my aunt under went a corpus callosotomy. She suffered form sever seizures and this was her last resort to live a normal...
• Commented on America's Most Powerful
  I find this to be a very interesting blog post, but also one that I think needs to be backed up with more evidence. If the claims about J. Edgar Hoover's sexuality were true, I think you would have a...
• Commented on The Placebo Effect
  I do agree with you that the placebo effect can do more harm than go in research studies. However, I do believe that researchers should also look deeper into the placebo effect. The face that just the idea of treatment...
• Posted The Importance of Research Methods to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  One of the main issues discussed in Chapter Two is the importance of sound research methods. The field of psychology is ever changing, so when psychologists conduct experiments they must make sure that the experiments follow a few simple rules....