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• Posted University of Minnesota to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  The topic of Eugenics is a very interesting one. I really enjoyed that it got brought up in lecture. A lot of people do not really know much about it. People in Minnesota especially do not know the history of...
• Commented on Billy Madison
  By the way Billy Madison is an awesome movie and if someone has not seen it, I highly recommend going and watching it. The likelihood of someone reading this entry who hasn't seen it is not that great. But back...
• Commented on Altruism: Inherent or Learned?
  I understand where you are coming form when you mention that we are helping others to help us relieve the sadness/guilt/anger/any other emotion that is applicable we feel. But other times I help others to receive some gratification for myself....
• Commented on Week 12 - Personality (Make-up)
  That is very interesting that personality is not correlated with birth order which was believed previously. But in retrospect it makes sense that a child's personality is heavily dependent on how much of the parents resources it receives. Children who...
• Commented on IQ testing as a measure of job performance
  IQ tests should be used as one of many methods, I completely agree with that statement. There are so many more factors that I believe aptitude tests do not take into consideration. Experience is one of the main factor that...
• Posted Knowledge of Psychology Blog #4 to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Psychology 1001 has been a very enlightening class. It has shown me many different fields of psychology that are interesting in their own way. The field that stuck out the most to me was the Biological Psychology section. The brain...
• Commented on Birth Order
  This study I find being very interesting. My younger sister is very creative and is very comical. I do not understand why this correlation takes place within the birth orders. I do not see why younger siblings would be any...
• Commented on Genetics of Social Psychology
  I agree our own genes should be only used by the doctor and yourself in determining your future goals and aspirations. But your wife/husband should be allowed to get that information if a child was wanted to begotten. This I...
• Posted An Ethical Dilemma that We Must Address to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Some major ethical dilemmas that are related to genetics are the issues of 'designer babies', genetic testing in the workplace, insurance provided based of genetic information, having kids if genetic diseases are present and terminating embryos with genetics "flaws". These...
• Posted Becoming Numb to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Does watching violent movies and playing aggressive video games increase the likelihood of a child to be more angry and aggressive? My analysis concludes that it may make children more aggressive with the child being completely incompetent in understanding the...
• Commented on Not All Group Members are Lazy
  I love how you focused on that point. Communication is key to all issues. If people would discuss the issue at hand before they assume so many more issues would not come up. To get personal every relationship I have...
• Commented on Do Animals Talk?
  A question I have is what if a dogs bark means different things when they bark at different pitches or the length of the bark is different and another dog understands the difference? Is that not a form of language?...
• Commented on It's all about me
  I agree people in general are very egocentric but children are even more egocentric. I like thinking about the biological aspect of how children might be egocentric. Children might be egocentric because of evolutionary causes and the innate behavior to...
• Commented on Parenting: What's right and wrong
  Your analysis is interesting and I believe is quite accurate. There is no perfectly right way to parent. The environment and the genes are very dependent on how the child will turn out. Nurture and Nature are strong discrepancies in...
• Commented on Erasing Memories: Is it possible?
  Are you really yourself if you do not have your memories. Good and bad create your personality and your personal narrative. To be able to take medication to erase memories or to even take medication to just relieve emotions is...
• Commented on otnemeM
  Your analysis including your tie into the psychology lectures are very interesting and I like how you did it. His explicit memory for sure has been completely wiped out but his implicit memory such as the knowledge how to drive...
• Posted something YOU probably don't know to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Alzheimer's disease is a devastating form of dementia that hinders brain functioning. There are several risk factors that are correlated with Alzheimer's disease. The first risk factor is that you are older; an interesting myth is that AD is not...
• Commented on Dolphins Training Other Dolphins
  Another way that might get the wild dolphins to want to do the new tricks is based on the feeling they get. Maybe they get some sort of an adrenaline rush when they preform certain tricks. They might even get...
• Commented on What happens when we go to sleep?
  So when we are asleep out entire brain is not working together? That is so interesting that selected parts of our brain does not send signals out to other parts of the brain when stimulated. Questions I would like to...
• Commented on Get Fit, Don't Quit
  The advertisement is definitely trying to convince young Americans that if they use the 3 steps of the Gatorade G Series that they can be more athletic than if they did not use it. Getting bigger and stronger easier is...
• Commented on Are You in Control?
  This question of Free Will is very interesting because this data that is shown does not show that we do. If our body knows that we will make a decision 6 seconds before we consciously can think about it how...
• Commented on Are You in Control?
  This question of Free Will is very interesting because this data that is shown does not show that we do. If our body knows that we will make a decision 6 seconds before we consciously can think about it how...
• Commented on Are You in Control?
  This question of Free Will is very interesting because this data that is shown does not show that we do. If our body knows that we will make a decision 6 seconds before we consciously can think about it how...
• Commented on Philosophers still cannot decide!
  The concept of Free Will is so interesting to think about. Do we actually have free will because our brain is genetically determined based off our genes. Then from there our brains thoughts and processes is molded by the environment....
• Commented on Pin The Blame on Vaccinations
  Vaccines are very important for new born children and also pregnant mothers. To try and say that vaccines are a cause for such a severe disability needs to have a lot of evidence to support that stance. More testing should...
• Commented on The Existence of Lobotomy in Society
  Lobotomies was a terrible concept to even engage in. How can a person truly justify cutting a part of the brain out as a method of curing someone? Understandably the practice did "improve" the patients mental disabilities so in their...
• Commented on Chapter 5: Lucid Dreaming
  Is there a way to have lucid dreams more frequently? For example a particular diet or possibly doing a particular task before going to bed. But this is very interesting that people actually know that they are dreaming so they...
• Posted Chapter 8 to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Psych Chapter 8 Language: Largely arbitrary system of communication that combines symbols in rule-based ways to convey meaning/ accomplish a goal--sounds and words don't resemble their meanings Tends to be automatic: requires little attention, even though it requires the coordination...