Posted Bystander Effect to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Social psychology has always been interesting to me. There have been at least a couple situations in my life where I have seen something bad happen to someone and everyone in the area either ignored it, or just stood there...
Posted Beth, the "Child of Rage" to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
I came across this documentary while I was searching for interesting videos on contact comfort. The videos below do not describe contact comfort, but something I find much more interesting, if not disturbing. The documentary is about a child named...
Posted That's Not What I Meant! The Importance of Non-verbal Cues to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
In chapter 11, the topic of nonverbal cues comes up. Whether we realize it or not, we use nonverbal cues such as vocal inflections, hand gestures, body language, and facial expressions. Talking face-to-face allows for all of these cues to...
Posted It's on the tip of my tongue to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Surely everybody has had the frustrating experience of knowing the answer to something, but just weren't able to spit it out. "What's that animal called that lives in Australia that is really weird with a bill and swims in the...
Posted Placebo Brownies to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
For those of you who have seen the movie Eurotrip, I bet you know exactly which clip I'm about to show. But first I should explain how I am connecting to this to psychology. We read about the "placebo effect"...
Posted Classical Conditioning with the aid of an airsoft gun to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
This past week during lecture we started learning about, well... learning. We talked about Ivan Pavlov who researched digestion in dogs. Pavlov used an initially neutral stimulus to induce a response. In Pavlov's case, he used a metronome and food....
Posted Placebo Brownies to Brownie Placebo
For those of you who have seen the movie Eurotrip, I bet you know exactly which clip I'm about to show. But first I should explain how I am connecting to this to psychology. We read about the "placebo effect"...
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