Posted What I will remember 5 years from now.. to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
In 5 years I think the two concepts that will still stick out to me the most will be "Personality" and "Memory". Personality: I know that what I learned about personality will stick with me for a long time....
Posted Extra Ordinary Claims: Pennies Derailing Trains to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
While looking at the claims on snopes.com , I came across a very interesting one saying: "A penny placed on the tracks will derail a train." I decided I wanted to look more into this and read about it, and...
Posted Occams Razor: Driving during a Thunderstorm to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
When looking at snopes.com for a claim, I came across one that said "The rubber tires on a car protect you if lightening strikes". It took me by surprise, because until I read this I still believed that! When reading...
Posted Occams Razor: Driving during a Thunderstorm to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
When looking at snopes.com for a claim, I came across one that said "The rubber tires on a car protect you if lightening strikes". It took me by surprise, because until I read this I still believed that! When reading...
Posted Extraordinary Claims & Falsifiability: The Extinction of Blondes to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
Natural blondes will be extinct within the next 200 years?!?! As a natural blonde, when I came across the claim on snopes.com that stated that "A study undertake by the World Health Organization concluded that natural blondes will be extinct...
Posted Extraordinary Claims: The Pool Scene to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
While looking at snopes.com i came across a claim that I always found interesting that was proven false.. The old wives tale that there is a special compound added to pool water, so if you peed in the pool everyone...
Posted Replicability: Women Swallow 6 lbs. of lipstick in their lifetime to Fall 2011 Psy1001 Sec21
As a woman in her early twenties, when I came across this claim on snopes.com, I knew it was the perfect topic for me to blog about. This claim is the perfect example of the replicability principle. While reading the...
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