Posted Chapter 11 Overview and Opinions to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
Chapter 11 - Emotion and Motivation This chapter seems to focus a lot on the interdisciplinary studies surrounding emotions and body language: how they differ between cultures and across time and space, and how one can observe and study these...
Posted RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
The youtube video aptly entitled "Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us" by theRSAorg is cartoon narrating a speech by Dan Pink. The speech address the age-old fable that "If you reward something, you get more of the behavior;...
Posted RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
The youtube video aptly entitled "Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us" by theRSAorg is cartoon narrating a speech by Dan Pink. The speech address the age-old fable that "If you reward something, you get more of the behavior;...
Posted Right and Left Brain to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
The above youtube video does not describe exactly what each half does, but rather what each hemisphere specialize: a generalization. The video does an excellent job in pointing out the linearly popular approach to problem solving and thinking. In...
Posted Dispelling Urban Legends to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
It is common to believe in all sorts of "urban legends" because of a human tendency to use availability and representative heuristics: what seems the easiest and quickest to remember is usually the logic we settle on. However, there are...
Posted The Secret You to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
http://youtu.be/8Biv_8xjj8E The above video discusses consciousness and the sense of "I" in the world - some of its nature, causes, and explanations. The video addresses some very real issues, but is not free of the classic pitfalls of logic fallacies....
Posted The Patriarchal United States to Section 04 and 05 F11 PSY 1001
One things that's really caught my eye in recent years is the feminist movement: probably one of the most misinterpreted ideas in modern society. Perhaps it is best observed from this man's opinion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_jKNxM65Nw Of course, what he thinks also...