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• Commented on Are we destined into certain weights?
  I know genetics play a small role in some people's weights and obesity, but I think its FAR too sensationalized and people look to it as something to blame for their problems. Obesity is a mental problem that people need...
• Commented on Our most beloved memories - not what we remember
  I've chosen to just take it in stride, and hopefully it won't impact my life negatively. I don't think it's really something that I can filter, how could I? If some person got inserted into my memory I don't think...
• Commented on Birth Order
  I think its just a superstitious belief that, like I said in my blog post, is something that people look to to try and find a reason for how they are. People are always looking for reasons!...
• Commented on Blog 1 - Chapter 4: Consciousness
  I would be willing to try being hypnotized but I don't think I have the right mindset. I think you need to be pretty relaxed and let your mind be at ease and I have a very difficult time doing...
• Commented on Are You Smarter Than The Media?
  I also disagree with leva, I think that there is definitely a correlation between success and intelligence. Yes the ideas took some creativity, but for every 1000 ideas very few are successful, it takes intelligence to properly implement it and...
• Commented on Bigger Head = Higher Intelligence?
  I too have a rather large head (probably due to being on a large body) and found your research pretty interesting! It was really thorough and I liked how you followed up on the thought that head size may not...
• Commented on Anorexia
  Anorexia isn't as personal to me as it is to you, but I can definitely relate as I know two people right now that are battling issues of self-image and anorexia. I'm not sure what help they are getting (one...
• Commented on Parenting Styles
  I think this is a very interesting topic, when I read about it I definitely started analyzing my own parents parenting style (they were authoritative) and thought about what I would change from their style in the future when I...
• Commented on Similar beauty stanards
  I found this pretty interesting as my partner is from Korea as well. We've talked about attraction and things like this and while there are lots of similarities, I think there are still many many differences in what cultures find...
• Commented on Analyzing Magic Tricks
  "Magic tricks" or optical illusions are definitely amazing. This reminds me of one of my friends that is absolutely amazing at magic tricks, several that I just could not figure out and didn't use anything but his mind. Crazy. I...
• Commented on Personality
  Personalities within our species and culture are so diverse I don't find it too strange that I am a unique individual. There are just soo many components to a personality that the possibilities are endless....
• Commented on All I've learned
  I think that the critical thinking skills from this class are some of the most beneficial things to take away from it. I'm glad other people found them somewhat enlightening as well, there are several other blog posts that agree...
• Commented on In One Ear and Out the Other...
  I won't lie there was an awful lot of information and facts that we took in over the semester, I definitely agree with you. I'm glad you at least took something out of the class (and went into it with...
• Commented on STRESS
  I am glad that you have control over your stress and have made your life a little less hard. I hope I can get to that point sometime as well....
• Commented on Stress.
  We are students, and I think stressed more than or at least as much as many other people. Learning about some of the solutions to stress and ways to manage it have been helpful....
• Commented on Stress.
  We are students, and I think stressed more than or at least as much as many other people. Learning about some of the solutions to stress and ways to manage it have been helpful....
• Commented on Five years from now
  This reminds me of a research study I took part in for my Marketing class, one part of it I had to read a news article and halfway through I was already guessing it was fake. Critical thinking definitely comes...
• Commented on In the future...
  I think one of my strengths is that I am a very skeptical person by nature, so many of the concepts in psychology and the scientific process resonate with me as well. Although, that might not necessarily mean I'm any...
• Commented on I've Been Conditioned to Remember Conditioning
  Conditioning is definitely a very fundamental concept, that I will probably remember as well. I've had a great experience traveling throughout my life and now I'm conditioned to like it. I haven't had a good experience eating green things so...
• Commented on In 5 years..
  I too find the false memories concept extremely interesting, and have mentioned it to one of my friends. This friend in particular has a habit of inserting herself into memories that everyone agrees she was not a part of. Not...
• Posted Sleeping to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  I think a concept that I learned a bit more in depth during my psychology class this year is consciousness and sleep. I've always found it fascinating and just a wonder to think about. I'm not sure a lot of...
• Posted Birth Order to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  Explore the research on birth order. It's something we all like to believe, but as the textbook points out, "Many popular book...claim that firstborns tend toward achievement, middle-borns toward diplomacy and later-borns towards risk taking. Yet virtually all of these...
• Posted Our most beloved memories - not what we remember to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  I find it pretty amazing how our vivid memories that we are certain occurred as we think they occurred can decay so drastically over time. The example given in the text seems to be on the extreme end of this...
• Posted Blog 1 - Chapter 4: Consciousness to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  This chapter is about consciousness, sleep and different things that can affect what happens. The first part of the chapter goes over the five different stages of sleep, and discusses the necessary processes our brain goes through during our sleep....