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• Commented on Make-up Sensation and Perception/Research methods-Tupac hologram
  Note: Image Credit-Roxanne Palmer (this does not count as a comment)....
• Posted Make-up Sensation and Perception/Research methods-Tupac hologram to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  As far as sensation and perception goes, only one outstanding example of optical illusion stands out to me since the unit: the Tupac "hologram" at this year's Coachella festival, where Dr. Dre and a team of techies created an incredibly...
• Commented on Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
  I actually got off cigarettes using the same form of conditioning that the heroin addict did in that video, where he prepared the pipe to the point of inhalation and then had it taken away to increase extinction. I weaned...
• Commented on WELP. DEES IZ IT
  I enjoy the title of this post compared to the time at which it was posted and the subject matter. ANYWAY, yes, I attribute a lot of any success that I had this semester to knowledge of mass vs. distributed...
• Commented on Nature Vs. Nurture: A New Light/ Are you a supertaster?
  My sister is a supertaster, actually! It's really annoying, she is ridiculously picky because of it, but yeah, it's been shown that she is one....
• Commented on Inattentional Blindness
  I love taking advantage of this phenomenon for studying... noise-canceling headphones, for the win. Highly recommended. There's two of three things to focus on right there... music, and homework....
• Commented on Freudian approach to Homophobia
  Love the examples, and I think this phenomenon is probably true in a lot of cases. I think it's important to remember two things: for one, although first instinct for many is to laugh at cases like this (ha-ha, you're...
• Commented on Alcohol vs. Food
  I love your logic here. I totally clicked on this with intention to argue, but I agree with everything. One thing, though, is correlation versus causation on the obesity study. Obese people tend to be less wealthy, progress less in...
• Posted DS Makeup- PER to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  I found this unit to be pretty crazy with the big 5 personality traits, the concept that all of everyone's personalities can be more or less summarized with only five traits. Since I learned about this idea, it's been fun...
• Commented on The Psychology of Female and Male
  As a male, learning about this stuff gave me a larger drive to work out/be kind. :)....
• Commented on Development: Does Media Increase Violence?
  I think this is both true and false. True, children emulate. But, I think only at a very very young age. I believe that as children grow older and develop theory of mind, and as they understand that things they...
• Commented on Retail Buying and Psychology
  Interesting! Yeah, it's crazy how relevant psychology is to pretty much any major or post-grad career. Good luck with that very specific goal....
• Commented on Blog #4: Safety in Small Groups
  I'm really grateful for having learned this, because I think (and the textbook confirms) that I will be more likely, now, to help out in a situation where a person who hadn't learned this might not help. I like to...
• Commented on The Yerkes-Dadson Law
  Yeah, me too! I have a really demanding job, and my performance has actually skyrocketed since I learned that a lower arousal state is better at complex tasks. Since I've stopped pounding redbulls before work and stressing out I've been...
• Commented on Better Symmetry Means Better Orgasms
  Nice thinking!! Way to take it to ze next level. Alternative hypothesis for the outcome of the study with 86 couples: perhaps those with average faces are more used to being attractive, thus more confident, thus more comfortable in bed,...
• Commented on Just Your "Average Joe"
  All very good points. However I'd like to point out that your examples of stand-outish features that are not average do, in fact, back up the whole "averageness" theory. The fact that average faces are more attractive also relates to...
• Commented on The best parenting styles
  Yeah, I have a sister and she and I are super different, too. But, we're also similar in a lot of ways. Funny enough, the ways in which my sister and I differ tend to be exactly the same as...
• Posted Final blog--empathy and better decision making. to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  One concept in Psychology that I think I'll remember 5 years from now is the development of the mind. This is because I've already spent so much time outside of class applying the ideas of nature v nurture, attachment styles,...
• Posted Kohlberg's Moral Dilemmas--Breaking Bad to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  When I read the segment in the text on pages 395-396, my mind jumped instantly to the TV show Breaking Bad, in which almost every character is morally ambiguous and impossible to judge. The show, very briefly, is about a...
• Commented on You Said What?
  Huh, I've never really considered the learning advantages of being bilingual. So you're saying that you remember facts and sentences better, because when you hear them in one language, you automatically translate it, therefore further engraining the whatever-it-may-be into your...
• Commented on Repetition and Memory
  Goog point, I've never really thought about that but it's totally right. I don't think I could tell you a single non-family member number in my phone. This concept can also be applied to successful study habits. Copying down notes...
• Commented on Are You in Control?
  It's weird to think about this stuff. Whenever I think about this topic, I think about the concept of motivation. For example, you're sitting at your computer, stumbleupon-ing your life away, when you should absolutely be studying. Finally, you reluctantly...
• Commented on TURN THAT OFF!
  Where most old people can't hear the high pitched noise, there are exceptions. I know this from experience. A kid in my math class last year had the app, and he had been using it in class all day (to...
• Commented on Gender Neutral - Sasha Laxton Defies Stereotypes
  I agree with the concept wholeheartedly, because I believe that this may well be a good way for little Sasha to develop a better sense of empathy for females as he goes about his life, and respect for women is...
• Commented on Chapter 9 - The Flynn Effect
  This is also interesting to think about in contrast with all of the "anti-technology" speeches I'm sure all of us have heard at some point. One of the four things Flynn described as an environmental influence was modernization of the...
• Posted Blog #2: Is red wine really good for your heart?? to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  One weekend, I got a call to hang out with some friends. I got to the house, and one of my friends was clutching a bottle of red wine. "Hey", I asked, "is that all for you?" "Heck yeah, it's...
• Posted Chapter 1: Psychology and Scientific Thinking to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  I really liked reading this chapter, for the reason that it kind of got me thinking in circles and questioning my own beliefs. For instance, I have always believed in the "hot hand" in sports, and had never really thought...