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• Posted Stress: A Part of our Everyday Lives to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Stress, at least for me, is a part of our daily lives and during the college years the stress of finals, interviews and social events seems never-ending. Whether it's the little hassles in life or the large events, stress...
• Commented on People detecting lies
  I think that this is a very good point. I have three younger siblings, and being the older sister I always felt like I could be bossy and in charge. So when they said something that I believed was a...
• Commented on peek a boo
  I had never realized that kids enjoy peek-a-boo so much because of object permanence. The way they laugh when adults say boo and show their faces is way to precious and naive. However, it makes more sense now why they...
• Commented on Dating the Guy sitting next to you in class?
  When I read this in the textbook and when I read your blog post I found the concept of proximity very intriguing. We are attracted to people we see often and who are close by. I had never known that...
• Commented on The Strange Situation
  Being a nanny it is extremely frustrating and sometimes upsetting for myself when the child is so upset with the mother leaving. I often feel like it is my fault or that I did something wrong. For me it is...
• Commented on Aggression
  During the semester in psychology we've discussed a lot regarding aggression. Aggression seems to be a key attribute that was and maybe still is essential for human existence.Even Sigmund Freud believed that aggression (along with sexual impulses) is a basic...
• Commented on White, Skinny, and Big Eyed
  I think it's interesting to even look back in history regarding beauty. In American history in the 1800s pale skin was considered beautiful, it showed that you had the money to hire workers to work in the fields rather than...
• Posted Storm: A Risky Social Experiment? to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Baby Storm is four months old; it lives in Toronto, Canada.... wait... "it"? Yes, "it." Storm's parents are keeping the infant's sex a secret from everyone but the immediate family and a handful of others in an effort to...
• Commented on Who has the best parents!
  I agree completely; I think that an authoritative provides children with the support they need as well as some clear rules and restrictions to guide the child in the right direction. I think, when looking at my friend's families as...
• Commented on Divorce? It may not be as bad as you think.
  I also agree that it is an interesting blog and topic to discuss. People tend to believe that because of divorce children can develop psychological or emotion problems. I think it is also important to point out that this probably...
• Commented on Doctor I need two CCs of touching!
  I thought the study done by Harlow with the baby monkeys was very interesting also. Although the metal "Mama Monkey" provided the nourishment the monkey would cling to the cloth "Mama Monkey" until it was hungry enough to go to...
• Commented on Are Children Really Able to Understand Punishment?
  I think it is important for parents to set good examples as well as discipline their children. This relates to the type of parenting discussed in chapter 10. Authoritarian parents are strict with their kids and show little affection. Permissive...
• Commented on To steal or not to steal
  I tend to agree more with following the law; because it is against the law then the individual should be punished. In this case the stealing would cure the man's wife but, in my eyes, he should not follow through...
• Commented on How Reliable are Flashbulb Memories?
  Something that I also found interesting was that many times recollections of "flashbulb memories" can change over time. An example in the book was about the Challenger explosions. The subject was asked in January 1986 about what he/she was doing...
• Commented on Is modern medicine better than the traditional medicine?
  I think that the focus in this blog can be related to the placebo effect. If people BELIEVE that something will work then often results show that. With the placebo effect, some participants are given a sugar pill or something...
• Commented on Little Albert...Found and in Poor Health
  I think that this article is very interesting. The study of little Albert is a very famous one and if he truly did have health problems that could greatly impact that results of the experiment. Obviously it is considered unethical...
• Commented on Human Meat
  I think this advertisement is extremely strange and alarming; however it does make a statement. Personally I think it's hard to convince people that animals and humans are so similar. Yes, we are both living creatures but our environments are...
• Posted Nomophobia.... a real scare? to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Do you feel anxious if your cellphone isn't nearby? Does just the thought of losing your phone make your heart pound? Do you keep an extra phone on hand, just in case your primary phone breaks? Do you sometimes take...
• Commented on Can Our Religious Faith Be Found in a Gene?
  This was really eye-opening for me. I would have never thought this could have been a possibility. I have grown up going to a Catholic church every Sunday and doing some church camps or activities here or there. However I...
• Commented on Real life "Parent Trap"
  The twin studies have always been fascinating, especially because most of the research for this topic originated here at the U of M! While this set of seperated twins may have some similarities, how much of it is "coincidence"? Would...
• Commented on Heuristics: A Bad or Good Thing?
  Personally I believe that heuristics is a good thing. Like the book states, heuristics are mental shortcuts that help us make sense of the world. Without this we would complicate everything and I think that this evolutionary survival aspect is...
• Commented on OCD: The Face of Psychological Disorders?
  I completely agree. I think that in today's society the media, rather than focusing on how to treat individuals with OCD and provide counseling/advice, is emphasizing the humor in the disorder. Anywhere you go you hear someone say, "OCD, much?"...
• Commented on Where Does Personality Derive From?
  I enjoyed the connection to the novel/movie "Lord of the Flies." Great piece! However, I do believe that nurture has the most profound effect on our behavior. The twin studies that you mentioned above do show similarities in behavior between...
• Posted Chapter 5: The "Amazing" Hypnosis Phenomena to PSY 1001 Section 02-03 Spring 2012
  Hypnosis has fascinated scientists and everyday citizens for centuries. I have always been skeptical of hypnosis: Should "amazing" things happen while hypnotized? Why are certain people prone to hypnosis? During my high-school senior class party a hypnotist performed a...