Posted Monika Tawfik 10-8-12 to DSCN Lab Carlson Undergraduate Blog
Today, I made 15 packets for the DCF study after I made a bunch of copies. Then I worked on calling because Wendy wanted one more 3 year-old girl for the study. The second phone call was the one I...
Posted Monika-Oct. 2, 2012 to DSCN Lab Carlson Undergraduate Blog
I'm posting this a day late, but yesterday when I was in lab, I worked on the calling for the DCF study. I wasn't able to call many people because the internet kept timing out. I was supposed to book...
Posted Social Psychology and Service to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
One of the most interesting and fundamental concepts I have learned this semester is the role of social psychology. Specifically, I will remember the following three or four concepts: the fundamental attribution error, the person versus situation debate, and...
Posted I'd Like One Order of Feminine Please...No wait, Make that a Masculine to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Why is it that when we see a young girl playing with toy cars, or a young boy playing with Barbie dolls we automatically wonder why they are acting 'unlike their gender?' To what extent does society influence how we...
Posted Around the World in Flirty Days to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
We all know how awkward it can be when we give the thumbs up signal to someone who believes that the thumbs up is an insult, or wave hello to someone who believes we're telling them to go away,...
Posted Wait...is this real life? to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
When I was young, I saw Bugs Bunny at Disneyland...and that same day, my parents took my in a hot air balloon...but then they lost me, and when they found me, we went out for ice cream and I threw...
Posted Psychic or Psycho? to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
Who hasn't heard of it before, psychic healing? Spiritual healing? The book defines psychic healing as an individual's possession of supernatural gifts or abilities that enables him/her to reduce others' pain. Sounds pretty sweet, right? Of course it would be...
Posted Cold or Hot Reading? to Section 02 & 03 F11 Psy 1001
When we were young, we always played the guessing game where one person would have something in mind and the other would keep asking how hot (how close) or how cold they were! I would ask my friends, after every...