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• Posted Sociological Talk Review to Intro to Sociology
  The speaker that I'm going to review is Tom Slater, who works at the University of Edinburgh and spoke at the Urban Marginality and the State Conference in Paris, France. The conference had speakers such as Javier Auyero, Kate Swanson...
• Posted The Hunger Games Through A Sociological Lense to Intro to Sociology
  The Hunger Games is a movie and a book that follows Katniss Everdeen as she enters, participates in, and wins the Hunger Games Tournament (a tournament where 24 contestants are forced into a vast arena to battle to the...
• Posted Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts to Intro to Sociology
  These pictures show the societal differences between boys and girls today. They are from the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America, as the first thing you see when you enter the homepage. It shows that boys go...
• Commented on Kamikaze Pigeons!
  I thought that lecture was really interesting as well. Great article. I can't believe that they actually trained pigeons to shoot missiles but BF Skinner....
• Commented on So who is this Father Figure?
  Interesting post. I agree with you that fathers are much more playful with their kids that mothers are (at least that was the way my parents were). It's interesting to think of the different roles of mothers and fathers. I'd...
• Posted Understanding Alzheimer's to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  In 2010, 94,000 people in Minnesota were diagnosed with Alzeimer's Disease. Alzeimer's is a disease that eventually leads to the destruction of brain cells, memory loss and the loss of other brain functions. It is not a natural part...
• Posted Understanding Alzheimer's to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  In 2010, 94,000 people in Minnesota were diagnosed with Alzeimer's Disease. Alzeimer's is a disease that eventually leads to the destruction of brain cells, memory loss and the loss of other brain functions. It is not a natural part...
• Commented on Does Life Not Begin Until We Are 18-24 Months?
  Really interesting blog. I agree that life doesn't start when you become self aware but I never thought of it that way....
• Commented on Difficult Decision? I Think Not...
  That's really interesting how you used the toothpaste analogy as well as the political analogy to get your point across. When we see ads we don't really think of these types of things....
• Posted How Reliable Are Our Memories? to Psy 1001 section 22 Spring 2012
  Chapter 7: Memory is mainly about how memory operates, how to retrieve it and how reliable our memories really are. This chapter says our memories are generally reliable. Most people can often recite lyrics to many songs and recognize people...