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• Commented on Knowledge of Psychology Blog #4
  There are so many different fields of psychology, and i never really realized it until i took this class! Even if i wasnt required to take this class i probably still would have just because it is so interesting.I also...
• Commented on Remembering PSY 1001
  I completely agree with you. The chapter on social psychology was quite interesting, especially the topic on memory. Personally i am a person who suffers from extremely horrible memory, both short and long term. I remember specifically reading something in...
• Commented on The Psychology of Female and Male
  I agree that these concepts we learned about were very interesting and i will remember them for years to come. I am going to school to become a marriage and family counselor, so these topics are important aspects that are...
• Posted Personality at its finest to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  I found Psychology to be a very interesting and extremely benefical class for me to take. I am going to school to have a career in counceling and many, many things that we have learned in class can in some...
• Commented on Does nothing really taste as good as skinny looks?
  The topic of eating disorders is very interesting. It really is hard to determine what causes them to arise in individuals, and its very plausible to be due to a large number of factors like people have mentioned above. I...
• Commented on Personality tests galore
  Thats crazy there is a test that supposedly can measure such a thing. I completely agree that although the test may be valid it is definitely not reliable.I also agree that many personality tests are not very accurate. There are...
• Commented on Billy Madison
  I find your example using Billy Madison a very good one. When learning about the Big 5 in lecture i found The Simpsons to be an extremely perfect example that shows all 5 traits in the characters of the show....
• Commented on Beauty Standards as Reflection of the Society
  This is one of the most intriguing post i have read all semester. I always thought of guys focusing more on looks in women than women focusing on looks in men, but i never thought back about those remembered in...
• Commented on Do lie detectors...lie?
  I am also one who has always thought of the lie detector to be correct at detecting lies or not. I figured there was a chance that it could be incorrect sometimes, but i never thought that it would be...
• Commented on What Divorce Does to Kids
  I completely agree with everything you said in your entry. I believe how the parents deal with their divorce really is what has to do with how the child is effected. If the parents dont keep their issues between them...
• Posted A Motherly Touch to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  While reading Chapter 10 I found the various parenting styles to be quite useful to learn, and they all were very understandable. I especially was interested when reading about contact comfort. We are told that the reason children are attached...
• Commented on Moral Dilemmas
  I also agree that moral dilemma is a very interesting topic, and also can be very controversial. We like to hope that situations like these do not arise often, but when they do it is very hard to determine what...
• Commented on Parenting: What's right and wrong
  I have to agree with the comment above. There is no book out there that can teach a parent how to raise a perfect child, and for it to work. After graduating high school I have seen many of my...
• Commented on Violence and Video Games
  Your last sentence stating "There are much more plausible studies done on emotionally disturbed people and their predisposition to commit violent crimes than the ones done on thie subject matter." comes very interesting to me. I completely agree that there...
• Commented on Sorry, I don't speak English.
  I am also a native English speaker, and learned Spanish in high school for 3 years. I also found it was quite easy to learn the second language because of the similarities to English it has. I also realized in...
• Commented on Erasing Memories: Is it possible?
  Growing up I have experienced traumatizing times, but i am a strong believer in what doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Everything happens for a reason, and hard times only make you stronger. Although, I am sure there are people...
• Commented on Researchers Implant False Memories
  I remember you telling our discussion group about this false memory, and i found it very interesting! It reminded me of a couple years ago when i was asking my brother about when we were little how he would hit...
• Posted Can air pollution really increase health factors? to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/15/health/air-pollution-stroke-heart-attack-risk/index.html?hpt=he_c2 In this article Health.com is claiming that the increase in traffic related air pollution may be increasing strokes and heart attacks in individuals. They derived this from comparing almost 2,000 stroke cases to the day to day levels of...
• Commented on Different Perceptions of Time
  This blog seems interesting to me because it is hard to believe that something like religion could affect how you precieve time. It makes me wonder whether it is an extrordinary claim. But ignoring that aspect thinking of how me...
• Commented on something YOU probably don't know
  This blog drew me in with the title, and even more when i saw it was about alzheimers disease. This disease is very common in my family, and the risk factors are something i have looked at a while back...
• Commented on Emotion and Advertising
  This blog is very interesting, and i would have to agree that this add definitely manipulates viewers emotions in the short time of showing the add. They use allt he resources available through their website and tie them into the...
• Commented on Research Methods - Cognitive Biases
  When we learned about the research methods, specifically the cognitive biases you stated above, i never really thought about the scientific aspects behind the way we assume and overestimate things. I agree the Hindsight Bias was very interesting to learn...
• Commented on Blog #2: Is red wine really good for your heart??
  I find this article very interesting much like everyone else. When i think of the saying "a glass of wine a day is good for you" i think back to a year ago when i woke up to seeing my...
• Posted What makes our decisions? to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  I watched the last segment of the BBC video clip, and I found what I learned to be very interesting. The question was who is in charge of our decisions? Is it our conscious self? Or our unconscious mass of...
• Posted Air pollution may increase stroke, heart attack risk- Principles of Scientific Thinking to Air pollution may increase stroke, heart attack risk- Principles of Scientific Thinking
  http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/15/health/air-pollution-stroke-heart-attack-risk/index.html?hpt=he_c2 In this article Health.com is claiming that the increase in traffic related air pollution may be increasing strokes and heart attacks in individuals. They derived this from comparing almost 2,000 stroke cases to the day to day levels of...
• Posted Blog Entry #1 - Chapter 10 to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Chapter 10 mentions the subject of nature vs. nurture, which almost everyone is a little familiar with. Lilienfeld mentions her definition of nature via nurture being individuals with certain attitudes about things or specific ways of acting, which look...