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• Posted Nsync Pop to MTVersity Writing
  I think this song was an average attempt at best to gain respect for Pop music. Pop music is named that after popular, therefore it is whatever is mainstream at the time. More often then not that ends up being...
• Posted Indie Rock to MTVersity Writing
  Needless to say the last few weeks of class were some of the best in my opinion as we dove into the rock and indie territory of music with videos such as Criminal by Fiona Apple and Smells Like Teen...
• Posted Thank you for the Thriller! to MTVersity Writing
  I am a huge fan of horror movies, there is just something about being scared to the point where you are afraid to be in a room alone that is exciting. One thing that I ave noticed much like music...
• Posted F*** This Music to MTVersity Writing
  I am not a big fan of rap and hip hop in the first place and these types of songs are a big reason for it! I get the whole rap is another way of expressing ones self and that...
• Posted Video Killed a lot of Music to MTVersity Writing
  Watching Video Killed the Radio Star and learning about the origins of the music videos that are everywhere today got me thinking about the music I like and what music videos have done to the industry as a whole. I...
• Posted The shaping of are interests to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  During week 6 we were focusing on behavior specifically how we are effected by adds through the use of conditioned stimuli and unconditioned stimuli. Seeing as we had an exam that was mostly based on the conditioned/unconditioned responses and stimulus'...
• Commented on Violence and Video Games
  I agree completely with your thoughts that their is no correlation between violence on television/video games and the violence in the world. I grew up in Colorado and heard all the time about how the Columbine high school shooting was...
• Commented on Liar Liar
  I am also very interested in this topic. One thing that you mentioned that caught my eye was the information on the polygraph testing. I recently had the chance to take a polygraph test as part of a study and...
• Commented on Facial Expressions and Emotions
  As creepy as it sounds I find reading people and looking for all of the different expressions to be very interesting. A show called Lie to Me, even though it is not one hundred percent factual, covers these micro-expressions and...
• Commented on Learning About What to Ignore
  I agree completely how these are shown in are everyday lives. I watch discovery channel and history channel a lot. Before this class so many of the TV shows seemed to be very factual. However it is quite opposite as...
• Commented on Paranormal State or Paranormal Fake?
  I think this is a great point in how what we are learning in class correlates to the real world. It's odd to see how a single class can change are beliefs so much and how over one semester we...
• Posted Never read a book by it's cover to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Throughout this semester their has been many different concepts that we have covered, all of which have been important. However one of the concepts that I believe will stick with me for some time is what we covered in Chapter...
• Commented on The Young Guns
  I agree with your hypothesis of why children in a family act the way they do. Myself being the oldest in my family am able to see the differences between myself and my siblings. I am very goal oriented in...
• Commented on I Need to Belong
  I agree that there is a very strong need for many people to belong. However I find myself often wanting some time alone. I did not join any clubs this year as I wanted to focus on my schoolwork and...
• Commented on Billy Madison
  I think using Billy Madison is a great way to see all of the traits in one person. It is much like the Simpson's examples being blatantly obvious for each of them allowing for some great humor. It is nice...
• Commented on The Powers of Persuasion
  Several of your points are very true. I have worked in retail a couple of times and find that many times you make one thing slightly cheaper and therefore people think they are getting a really good deal and buy...
• Commented on Social Facilitation
  I find this to be very true when I am working on simple tasks that make me bored. I work at a home improvement store as a cashier and when I see managers around I tend to always be standing...
• Commented on You Said What?
  Being bilingual has been a great experience for me. I grew up in an English speaking home but spent half of my day learning in French throughout elementary school. I have not found knowing French to be all that helpful...
• Commented on Researchers Implant False Memories
  This is a very interesting topic. I find it amazing that are brains can create memories of things that did not actually happen. I also wonder how this can become dangerous to people as like you said other people can...
• Commented on alzheimer's...it happens to the best of us
  Alzheimer's is a very difficult disease for a family member to help with as you feel almost as if there is nothing you can do to help. I have an uncle as well as a grandparent with Alzheimer's and it...
• Commented on Erasing Memories: Is it possible?
  I don't think there is anyone who has lived that hasn't gone through some event that left them hurt, heartbroken, mad, sad, etc. However there are many people that argue whether or not they would want to forget it or...
• Commented on Double Trouble
  I myself am fluent in both French and English, having learned french from elementary school on. Because of how young I started learning French I had a pretty easy time learning the language. In my French classes we learned most...
• Commented on First Blog: Chapter 10, Group B
  This is an interesting topic and the topic of twins and how they grow up is a great way to look at it. I personally believe that it is a mixture of the two that create who we are. I...
• Commented on Chp. 5 Consciousness
  I unfortunately am much like you, when I dream I have never had lucid dreaming and am lucky to remember my dreams. I think it would be an interesting experience to know that I am in a dream and to...
• Commented on Chapter 9 - The Flynn Effect
  I agree that technology is very important to how are IQ's have increased over the years. However I don't fully agree with how someones IQ can be so much higher now then it was in the past because the people...
• Commented on chapter 5
  I find this very interesting, I myself have never had a case of lucid dreaming but I know people that have. never knew that someone can actually train themselves to have lucid dreaming with something as easy as flicking a...
• Commented on Blog #1- Chapter 11
  I find this very interesting and agree with a lot that was said. I find it to be a lot of fun to read people's expressions and try and understand what they could be thinking about. However, I don't think...
• Posted Personality tests galore to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  There are many tests created to measure personalities and preferences. One thing that can become difficult as more tests are created is to determine which tests are valid and which tests are not. An example of a test that has...
• Posted La beauté de parler deux langues! to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  As cultures change and grow, controversy arises. An example is bilingual education. In the United States most people were educated in only one language fluently. As globalization has risen and there is more desire to work with others across the...
• Posted Chapter 16: Psychological and Biological Treatments to Psy 1001 section 16 & 17 Spring 2012
  Chapter 16 covers many unusual forms of treatment for people with mental health issues. It covers several topics including biomedical treatments, spanning from medication to surgery; it also covers several less severe forms of treatments in the form of psychotherapy....