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• Posted Things I Will Never Forget to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  What I will never forget from this class would probably be Development and Learning. While we were going over these chapters over the semester I was particularly interested because I am expecting to have a daughter in August. So just...
• Posted Personality or Situation? to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  Everybody has an explanation for their behavior. Some people say its their personality others blame the situation for their actions. Many people believe that some situations bring out a persons true personality. Another group of people say that some...
• Posted Time to go to Work to KIN 3143
  Our football facility does not have any destinations for the most part. Once you walk into the indoor there is the football field and that's it, the same with the outdoor practice field. The weight room has a couple of...
• Posted 'M' and Tags to KIN 3143
  The Minnesota "M" is one of the most widely used symbols for the University. It is the symbol used for every sports team and is even the symbol for the M Club. Which is the alumni who lettered in their...
• Posted Going Against the Grain to KIN 3143
  I don't think that the unbalance of gender equality in managerial or positions of power will change until somebody decides to go against the grain. A trend has to start with women being considered and hired for jobs like Athletic...
• Posted 2 Factor Theory to KIN 3143
  The time I felt the most satisfied would have been during the middle of last season. I had played great for 3 consecutive games and Coach Kill called me in the office for a meeting. He told me that he...
• Commented on A Tip $$ for Learning a Second Language
  Very interesting blog post. My best friend spoke spanish growing up and learned to speak english as he got older. But he knew english grammar better than spanish grammar so language is something that is very interesting to. I liked...
• Commented on Heuristics, Biases, and How We Are Fooled - Dan Hodac
  I see how "judging a book by its cover" and the use of heuristics could bring conflict. The thing to remember is that we cannot submit to those heuristics when it comes to people and things. Our brain might jump...
• Posted Changing the Standard to KIN 3143
  When I am in charge of a football team I will no longer use combine testing as means of evaluation. I think combine testing is a good measurement of a players athleticism but not necessarily how well someone can play...
• Posted False Advertisement or Brilliance? to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  Many ads like the Tag ad above demonstrate false advertisement; or does it? The Tag ad basically states with a couple sprays of Tag you will smell so great that women will be swarming all over you. The imagery...
• Commented on Option 1 or Option 2? Your Brain Already Made the Decision for You
  I think you raise a very interesting point about the video. I didn't think about it quite the way you did but now that i have read about a different perspective I am realizing how complex the decision making process...
• Commented on Figure-Ground Perception: An Illustration of the World
  I think the way you tie together reversible images and different perspectives of life really interesting. I can tell you put a good amount of thought into this....
• Posted No Thinking Required to KIN 3143
  When i was in high school i worked for a landscaping company. The managers style was very autocratic. Whatever he said went and there were no arguments, discussions or questions. As bad as it sounds, it made it alot easier...
• Commented on Really, is it that easy to stroll down memory lane?
  I will have to admit to being guilty as well. Whenever i go home and hang out with my friends, we always disagree on how something happened in high school. I think you did a very good job on this...
• Commented on Alcoholic: Born or Raised an Addict?
  I very much agree with you on this topic. I think that the nurturing effect has more to do with it than nature. But as you said many scientists will argue that its a bit of both. I think you...
• Posted The Pablo Picasso of Management to KIN 3143
  Managers as engineers have a certain way they believe things should work. That a decision is either right or wrong, that a suggestion should be logical and everything should make sense. To say it more simply, managers as engineers believe...
• Posted School of Baseball? to KIN 3143
  When discussing globalization and industrialization impact on sports you don't have to go much further than Major League Baseball. These two things have impacted baseball by going beyond American soil. Major league teams have schools in other countries where they...
• Posted Moral Development in the Future to KIN 3143
  As coaches moral development can be very influential to players as well as other coaches. If you are a head coach players and coaches look to you for guidance and leadership, so as coaches we have to make sure that...
• Posted Formula for Success to KIN 3143
  My philosophy is based upon three words, commitment, accountability, and trust. I expect all my players to make a commitment to being a student-athlete. I expect school and this sport to be in your top priorities and you do everything...
• Posted Does Intelligence matter? to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  Chapter 9 was the Intelligence and IQ Testing chapter. From what I skimmed over, the chapter is about different types of intelligence and the most effective ways to test intelligence using IQ Testing. What struck me the most in chapter...
• Posted Coaching as a Career to KIN 3143
  This course and having coaching as a minor will help me because I want to be a football coach. My football coach in high school helped change my life and taught me things about life using football. I want to...