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• Commented on You're A Ten! ;)
  This is certainly a memorable activity for me as well, and the one of the concepts, proximity, is something that I have since been mulling over in my mind. It really is very funny how true these concepts are- after...
• Commented on Am I a Good Parent??
  I disagree slightly with the disregard for raising a child without a parenting style. What exactly does the 'bare minimum' entail? Have there been studies done to quantify this minimal number? In my opinion, it is better to be safe...
• Commented on Confessions of a Say Yes to the Dress Addict
  I still don't understand why people choose to spend an exorbitant amount of money on silly things like a dress. yes, you need a dress to get married but most expensive does not always mean the best. I'm not going...
• Commented on Is Samantha Brick "Too Beautiful" or "Just Average"?
  Man, oh man, some people these days... From an evolutionary perspective Mrs. Samantha Brick is lacking in several aspects. Her face is clearly asymmetrical and the preferred higher hip to waist ratio appears to be absent. It's a shame that...
• Commented on Is Chocolate a Sign of True Love?
  Great blog! People certainly have fallen into the marketing aspect of it. I believe that through 'holidays' and other mass media influences (sappy, unrealistic romantic movies) young people today are getting the wrong idea of what love really is. Although...
• Commented on To Judge or Not To Judge
  An unfortunate situation for all parties involved. How do you think you yourself could have overcome the fundamental attribution error?...
• Commented on Let's Talk About Stress!
  Great blog! As I was looking at The Social Readjustment Rating Scale that you linked to this article, I found a couple of things to be rather peculiar. Marriage is ranked quite a bit higher than a tragic loss of...
• Posted How easy it is to NOT mess up your kids. to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Thus far I feel that Psychology has been the only relevant class to my education and development as a human that I will use in real life. In five years I hope to possibly be starting a family and...
• Posted How the Big5 are reflected in your study habits. to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  As we approach the end of the semester and the weather gets warmer, and our desire to procrastinate and relax into a vegetative state of mind for the next 10 weeks increases exponentially on a daily basis, an ominous...
• Commented on The TRUE Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Although it seems far fetched, it could be possible to erase a part of a memory but I dont think it could be done completely. Take the case of Clive Wearing- although a large portion of his brain was destroyed...
• Commented on Divorce is a GOOD thing
  I completely agree with the closing statement of your blog. Looking back on having gone through my parents divorcing I begin to realize how much damage was done to me while they were still married. Being an only child, there...
• Commented on Why am I Hungry Again?
  Is it possible that advertisers or certain companies are somehow conditioning people to purchase their product? take a look at this advertisement. a bit nostalgic, no? http://www.youtube.com/user/McDonaldsUS?v=Hv2lNjF1Pl4&feature=pyv&ad=21051261212&kw=mcdonalds%20commercial...
• Commented on Advertising between 1960-2012: How much have consumers changed?
  Wonderfully written blog! Its interesting to note how much advertising has changed in the past 50 years- the ad you exemplified in your blog is quite tame by today's standards. In my opinion, the use of sex as an underlying...
• Commented on Diagnosing Rachel McAdams in "The Vow"
  Oh hollywood.. It has been studied that retrograde amnesia is a less common type of amnesia and that typically if one experiences retrograde amnesia some of the memories eventually recover. Personally, I think that a story about anterograde amnesia would...
• Commented on Who decides who I love?
  I love the bit on flirting in the linked article- its universal. Somehow it seems that neurons do play a massive part in our selection of partners. It makes sense for us to choose subconsciously based on traits that would...
• Commented on The Brain as a Ticket to Travel.......out of your body
  That's really interesting but I'm not surprised in the least bit that these experiences just come from our brain and not some mystical force. Is dejavu caused the same way//in the same portion of the brain? do you have the...
• Posted Prohibition! on sugar? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  Why are we so addicted to sugar? In the 1700, the average person consumed about 4 pounds of sugar per year. Today, however, more than 50% of all Americans consume one-half pound of sugar PER DAY (that equates to...
• Commented on Can you tell someones sexuality by looking in their genes?
  This is definitely no longer a debate of nature vs nurture. I definitely that homosexuality is not completely stand-alone choice. The people I've encountered that are homosexual often came from nurture situations that go completely and totally against such a...
• Commented on Zombies Really Do Come Out at Night
  Interesting- this really makes you think about how sleep loss really hinders your ability to recover from the previous day. When the brain regenerates, it builds on what we learned in the brief period before sleep and makes that information...
• Commented on Why Your Dog Wouldn't Bark Up the Wrong Tree
  Huh, this is actually really cool! We have two pointing dogs at my house and this actually explains a lot. When they're not allowed to go after the bird by scent, the dogs are supposed to go by sound- I...
• Commented on Was President Bush Really THAT Dumb?
  Well, you certainly don't get to become president if you're inept at everything, so Bush must have been good at something. Very catchy title and great use of pictures. I like the link you posted- its interesting to see more...
• Commented on The Screen Adds Ten Pounds
  Great use of links! I agree with you, the article claiming that screens actually cause damage to the brain is a tad far fetched. After all, think of all of the people that DO sit in front of computers all...
• Posted What's in a name...or your signature? to Sections 24 and 25 SP12 PSY 1001
  What makes up a personality? We know that each person is truly unique in their mannerisms. We all react to and perceive similar situations differently. But why? Also, how does one measure the psyche? Are there superficial traits that indicate...