Posted What I will take away from Psych to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
Throughout the year I've found myself gaining more and more respect for psychology as a science. I now find myself thinking much more scientifically about thought. Now when people behave certain ways I take the time to step back and...
Posted The Importance of One's IQ/Mensa to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
Our book lists a multitude of variables that are correlated to IQ in good ways. Most of these variables are not strongly connected but from the general trend one might try to say that in general people with higher IQs...
Posted The Mozart Effect - What is it and how can it be used? to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
The Mozart Effect is a term coined to describe the results of a famous experiment done in 1993. The results of this experiment showed that college students could perform better at spatial reasoning tasks after listening to Mozart than they...
Posted Brain Hacking - Popular Psychology to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
I recently read an online article that purported the ability to "hack" one's mind. I went into the article very skeptically. The author tried to claim that with simple mind tricks, a person could "...change just about anything about... [themselves]"....
Posted Plasticity to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
Plasticity is quite simply described as the brain's ability to adapt. Plasticity is integral in learning and memory, but more interestingly can be used to recover from severe injuries to the brain. I did some research into the recovery of...
Posted Study on 3D Learning Tools: How do we Interpret the Results? to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
Several stories have cropped up recently including one in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904537404576554444276847196.html) as well as on the BBC news website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15115059) claiming that using 3D technologies in the classroom can improve knowledge retention. Reading over these articles I...
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