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• Commented on Blog 3 Repost: Tiger Mother vs. Permissive Parenting
  I suppose I agree with this post. You make a good point that we are in no place to pass judgement on other peoples' parenting styles (unless it's clearly defined as abusive of course), even though we may strongly disagree...
• Commented on Parenting Styles
  I think that's one of the great things about psychology to people who are receptive to what it offers. In the case of your blog, the study of psychology has taught us how to best parent your children, and you...
• Commented on Don't Always Trust Science
  I love this blog because it is what will still resonate with me in five years from now as well. You're correct in saying that humans are lazy and tend to oversimplify things. Of course, it's stressed that this is...
• Commented on Stress.
  It's interesting to hear the rationales behind why coping mechanisms for stress are so effective. As students, we experience stress on a regular basis and developing techniques to cope with stress are undoubtedly important. I'm glad it was a topic...
• Commented on Do you believe in love at first sight?
  You make so many interesting and great examples in this blog! I agree that the studies of emotion (especially love) are extremely interesting in psychology. I now find myself overanalyzing how genuine my emotions are. Are they true or being...
• Commented on Bias in Today's World
  I think you make a very valuable point in your blog. I agree that confirmation bias is extremely pervasive within arguments, and before this course I was never aware how often I used it in arguments. It makes sense why...
• Commented on Will I remember anything?
  I'm surprised that nothing really stood out to you, but perhaps a lot of the course concepts came very easily and were common sense to you. I thought overall, a lot of the concepts did make common sense, but I...
• Posted In the future... to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  I think what has resonated most with me with everything I've learned throughout Psy 1001 is how easy I identify with many of the psychological tendencies displayed by humans and why it is important to be critical about everyday perceptions...
• Commented on Eating Disorders, Hard to Crack
  I think the idea of nurture within families may be a strong force in the generation of body image and, perhaps, eating disorders. Think of how little girls are treated when they get all dolled up for family get-togethers like...
• Commented on Beauty Across the World
  I think you make a good point in how subjective the idea of beauty is. I think it's also easy to look at other cultures as "other" and ours as right. The idea of neck stretching for beauty seems shocking...
• Commented on Who's that girl? It's Jess!
  Fun idea for a blog! I liked how you could use the big five to apply to TV characters. In order to memorize the traits for the exam, I also tried to think of characters from my favorite programs that...
• Commented on The Book was Right
  When I read this in the book it definitely made sense to me, and it only seems to align with common sense. However I think its still important to be cautious about being to eager to accept the books claims...
• Commented on Remembering Ms. Anne
  I definitely think you make an excellent point when you say how psychology will only help you in your career endeavors with children. Throughout the course I've also been making that same connection. Psychology connects to just about everything!!! This...
• Commented on A living nightmare-- Childhood schizophrenia
  Again, if you view this video you will see the horrors of schizophrenia. These children have strong urges to hurt members of their families (even kill) and have frightening hallucinations (one girl imagined one of her imaginary friends holding a...
• Commented on A living nightmare-- Childhood schizophrenia
  If you have time, I definitely encourage you to watch the movie. It will probably answer all of your questions. They did mention in the video that one of the children was noted to fix her gaze on an imaginary...
• Commented on Attractiveness Bias
  Interesting concept that attractiveness is not found on that list. I wonder if being attractive while applying for a job that was not gender biased would have an effect if attractive people were shown to actually have lower job performance...
• Posted A living nightmare-- Childhood schizophrenia to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/inside-world-childhood-schizophrenia-10090286 This past weekend, 20/20 featured an expose on children living with Schizophrenia. Not really knowing anything about schizophrenia (other than it's a serious psychological disorder), I decided to tune in. What I learned was shocking. The symptoms elicited by...
• Commented on Dream House? or Nightmare House? (spoiler alert!)
  I agree with Sarah. I may want to actually see this! What I think is interesting is how prominent the theory of "repressed" memories appears in media today, when in actuality from the class readings, there seems to really be...
• Commented on Alzheimer's: Life Changing at Minimum
  I really liked this post. I have a grandmother who is currently living in a caregiving home specialized with people who have Alzheimer's and dementia. You're definitely correct in saying that many hours of caregiving and money is spent on...
• Commented on Flying kites with my uncle too?
  It still just blows my mind how common the creation of memories in our minds takes place. When I reflect back on memories such as this one, I too experience the same deficits in retrieval, encoding, and storage. I also...
• Commented on Pros and Cons for being bilingual
  I was so surprised by your blog that one disadvantage of being bilingual are slower cognitive development. I commonly perceive people who can speak two languages as highly accomplished, so maybe that's why this fact comes as a surprise to...
• Commented on Not-so-much Subliminal Messaging
  The applications of psychology in our everyday lives still shocks me. I used to think ad marketers were creative. Perhaps they are, and just don't realize the psychology behind their creations. I'd be interested in knowing! Whatever the reasons though...
• Commented on Autism Speaks
  When we watched the video about autism in class last week, I too had this question. I think it's very typical of society for form perseverance in the belief that "our way is the only way" and anything differing from...
• Commented on Nature vs. Nurture: Homosexuality
  I really like this blog. First, it shows that you've really taken it upon yourself to develop traits of a psychologist (skepticism, humility, etc.) when looking at studies and comparing them to your personal beliefs. I never knew there was...
• Commented on The Truth Behind 50 First Dates
  I've always wanted to see this movie! I think it's so amazing how incorporated psychology is within media we experience everyday, even in our favorite movies. I personally cannot imagine having something like organic amnesia and not being able to...
• Commented on A Whale of a Tale!
  That's a good question! Seaworld maintains it is essential the whales are reinforced every time they perform a desired behavior, hence the necessity of a conditioned reinforcer. That way if a primary reinforcer isn't immediately available, they have some other...
• Posted A Whale of a Tale! to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  SeaWorld uses operant conditioning techniques to train Orcas. Food is used as the primary positive reinforcer. It's essential for the whales to know they have performed their desired behaviors immediately. When performing tasks, the reinforcement cannot be administered immediately, so...
• Posted Chapter 3: That mushy thing between our ears... to PSY 1001 section 06-07 Spring 2012
  Here's a question for you. What weighs a mere three pounds and has the consistency of gelatin? You got it, that mushy thing between our ears--the brain. Previously thought in ancient times to be irrelevant to mental life, biological psychologists...