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• Posted Taught in the classroom- Classical Conditiong. to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  One of the things that I will remember from my psychology class will be advertising and classical conditioning. While most everyone enjoyed the advertising component of class, I feel like five years from now it will especially stick with me...
• Commented on Birth Order: Does It Really Matter?
  Your blog raises an interesting perspective as to how birth order effects behavior in siblings. I do think its important as to how your article showcases the why these statements don't always hold true by using the criteria established at...
• Commented on I challenge you to a duel.....
  I think that you have an interesting perspective on different cultural values within the United States. I knew that there were differences but I think that you really point out one of the key differences, which is the "culture of...
• Commented on "I Can Do Better When You Are Watching Me" - Social Facilitation
  Your blog has some great information about how our personal performance is increased by those around us. However there also seems to be room for when we know other people are around us, where problems can arise. I think the...
• Commented on Crowds Acting As One
  You have some really interesting information in your post. I believe there is something to be said about sports mob mentality, especially in cities where practically everyone loves a team. I believe that the ideas in your blog could explain...
• Commented on Does my physical attractiveness get me a job??
  There have been ideas tossed around that attractive people are more successful in the long run, and that are more likely to get promoted. I think the can both help and hurt the argument in your blog. It helps because...
• Commented on Is Samantha Brick "Too Beautiful" or "Just Average"?
  This is an interesting article. It's difficult to tell if she is completely serious or if there is a little humor in what she claims. I do believe that because men are less picky than women, and perhaps this could...
• Commented on Is Chocolate a Sign of True Love?
  One of my favorite sayings is that Valentine's Day was created by Hershey's and Hallmark. While the validity of this statement is clearly not there, there is some degree of truth to the idea that love seems to be almost...
• Commented on Eating Disorder Causes a High Death Rate
  It's unfortunate that this is such a problem that is now widespread. I never even though that AN existed in other places but your blog definitely changed my perspective on that. I was also unaware of how serious it was...
• Commented on Is Your Brain Shrinking?
  Your blog nicely walks through the stages of Alzheimer's disease, and really gives a basic description of what the disease does. I also agree there is still a serious need for more research on Alzheimer's and what factors lead to...
• Commented on Why don't you understand what I'm SAYING?
  Haidt argues that moral grounds are built on care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority and sanctity. He has found related themes that carry moral weight: divinity, community, hierarchy, tradition, sin and degradation. So the role of the family and morals depends...
• Commented on Virtual Aggression
  I think this provides a great opportunity to look for a correlation versus causation argument. As you pointed out in your blog, crime rates have decreased since the advent of violent video games, raising the question of if there is...
• Commented on The Key to Weight Loss? Eating Snacks
  This is a really interesting diet plan, that I have never heard of before. Growing up with a mother who was in a constant on again/off again relationship with weight watchers, this plan focuses on making smarter choices and less...
• Commented on The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
  Your article really made sense of the different parenting styles. While not all the results of children from the parenting styles will be the same, I believe it provides a good ground work for parents to evaluate what kind of...
• Posted Why don't you understand what I'm SAYING? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Professor Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, recently published a book titled Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion that brings calls into mind new question regarding political polarization in the United States, while...
• Commented on Is that $300 Burning A Hole In Your Pocket? Try Speed-Reading!
  I thought this was a good article. I have seen ads about reading faster since high school (there is a whole section part of the testing preparation section at book stores dedicated to speed reading) and I have always been...
• Commented on WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR
  I really enjoyed your post, it was exciting and informative. I think you raised some excellent points regarding memories, and at the same time tied it in some information from the begging chapters. You talked about how the study is...
• Commented on Bilingualism: An Advantage?
  You had a very interesting post. I enjoyed how you featured personal input, but one of the things that I would like to know is how the context/syntax difficulty that a person sometimes has is impacted with the age at...
• Commented on Implanting False Memory: Inception
  You had a great article! One of the things that I have continued to think about as we've read about these repressed memories is how this impacts our judicial system. As we read about for discussion last week, we can...
• Commented on Zombies Really Do Come Out at Night
  You posted a really interesting article filled with information that I did not know about before. I find it fascinating how complex our brain is and all the functions we perform but never actually know about or to which we...
• Posted Introducing the latest super hero: THE SUPERTASTER! to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  We've all been asked this question once, whether it was during an awkward ice breaker during or a personal questionnaire: If you could have one superpower what would it be? While most people answer, super speed or mind reading or...
• Commented on Sense of Humor: Nature or Nurture?
  You blog raised an excellent point about how its definitely more environmental factors that equate to a sense of humor. I think a great example of this is the "You might be a Redneck If..." sense of humor. Clearly "Redneck"...
• Commented on Was President Bush Really THAT Dumb?
  I think your blog raised some great points abut President Bush and his intellectual capabilities. Clearly, the man was no idiot, as you pointed out in your blog post, by his test scores, and as that translated his matriculation into...
• Posted SAT: A) Accurate or B) Bogus to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  In their junior or senior year of high school, all students at the University of Minnesota were faced with a task: what test to take. By test, I mean the ACT or SAT; the two most popular college admissions test...