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• Posted Nature Vs. Nurture Forever the Debate to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  It is very interesting that both sides are so established and have valid points concerning which side should be the deciding factor in shaping us as human beings and our behaviors. It is intriguing to think that our genetics may...
• Commented on Hunger Games
  Your title caught my attention immediately. I agree that diets are often used improperly and lead to many different bodily issues. It is very unhealthy to deprive the human body of nutrients it needs, instead of dieting to temporarily lose...
• Commented on Have you had a demon visit you at night???
  I have never experienced sleep paralysis myself but my mom has multiple times. She says it is a very scary thing and that she is aware that she is sleeping but wants to wake up and cannot move or open...
• Commented on Alzheimers.
  That movie was very well done I thought. Alzheimers is very scary to me and i hope i never have to experience having it. I hope a permanent cure can be found to help people that have it. I'm interested...
• Commented on Nature Versus Nurture: Genetic Predisposition and Parenting Styles
  I have experienced and witnessed many different parenting styles. I cannot necessarily say one is better than the other. I think it is interesting how when people become parents they seem predisposed to a certain style of parenting. Over time...
• Commented on Cheers! I'll Drink to That: Alcohol in the Media
  I have also noticed the glorification of alcohol and drugs, specifically marijuana, in the media. I am an avid watcher of music videos and it is almost difficult with one that doesn't have either of those two things in it....
• Commented on Harry Harlow's loving monkeys
  Contact comfort also interests me deeply. It is so odd to me how the monkeys could love an inanimate object because it was soft. The monkeys associated feelings of comfort with something that was simply soft. But it makes me...
• Commented on Calculus Frustration
  Very true I have overestimated my skills in many different activities. Calculus and math in general have always come naturally to me but I often find myself in a fixed mind set where I don't understand how I could be...
• Commented on Video Games and their impact
  I have heard a lot on video games effecting how one acts especially when they are violent. Much like our discussions Power Ranger video we as humans imitate what we see. Although with age usually comes reservation some violent acts...
• Commented on Emotional Expressions
  After learning about conditioning it makes wonder if your pet dogs were conditioned to be different or really did have their own personalities. I believe they did have their own emotions and distinct personalities. Animals also sense tings we humans...
• Commented on Peers vs Parents
  I agree with the peer versus parent argument. My parents definitely influenced me as I grew up but during high school I strayed away from home often times not staying at home for an entire weekend and then only returning...
• Commented on Blog 2: On Dropping Out of School and Becoming a Gypsy
  I myself have felt as though I should pursue the gypsy profession when I discovered my seemingly psychic abilities, jokingly of course. HAHA. My brother and i seem to finish each other sentences all the time and also he seemingly...
• Commented on Conciousness -- Chapter 5
  I also find it very interesting the complexity of the conscious and the subconscious. But is it particular to every person? We do all have separate and our own dreams but there have been studies on common themes of dreams....
• Commented on Common and Potentially Dangerous
  It's scary to think that such a seemingly drastic treatment is used for an attachment issue. i feel that there is another way to treat such a condition or situation. I am interested in what other dangerous treatments there may...
• Commented on Liar liar
  I have heard of lie detector tests as being extremely faulty and that readings can easily be dismissed due to the anxiety created by simply being measured by the test before during and after the test. I have also heard...
• Commented on Say YES to the Dress
  It seems to me that it is everyone's motto for their "perfect" person is to be "funny, smart and make them laugh." It is odd to think that three factors: reciprocity, similarity, and proximity play such a great role in...
• Commented on Relationships: how we meet our better half
  I never thought of the bachelor or the bachelorette as cases for Psychology but I suppose reciprocity, similarity, and proximity do apply. I myself am in a relationship and find all these factors played a major role in how i...
• Commented on Beauty and Body Piercings
  I myself do find a certain attraction to women with certain body piercings. Also though I do find more extreme piercings to be just that extreme are more of a turn off. I wonder if there is some sort of...
• Commented on The Definition of Beauty
  Interesting that your discoveries seem to hold true to the saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." But also in the textbook it describes how the more "average" a face looks the more attractive they are to...
• Commented on Parenting Styles
  I'm just glad I have authoritative parents. They seem to be a nice middle ground between permissive and authoritarian. I wonder if there would be other sorts of parenting styles if more than caucasian middle class families were studied? Are...
• Commented on YOLO: You only learn once
  That is very interesting that there may be a correlation between such a test at a young age and what future self control may be in adult life. The YOLO play on words was a very good attention getter and...
• Posted Nature Vs. Nurture Debate to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  The age long debate of whether nurture or nature as the cause of how we are is still going on. Which one do I believe truly shapes who we are? Well I think it is a combination of the two,...
• Posted Biological Psychology (Chapter 3) to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  This section covers many different topics and concepts about the biological aspect of psychology. I found it very interesting learning about the 100 billion plus neurons that are in the brain and there functionality. Neurons are specialized cells that communicate...