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• Commented on Learning a new language.
  I think this is an interesting idea. I'm pretty sure that emersion schools, schools that teach younger children to learn new languages, have begun to be used by more people. I also agree that high school, a time when teenagers...
• Commented on Psycosexual Development Theory ..... WOW!!!
  I completely agree! That entire section of the book just kind of creeped me out. I mean I guess some of the ideas could be plausible, but at the same time I think they're just too outrageous for me to...
• Commented on Titanium Necklaces (From earlier posted wrong)
  I agree that they went about testing this the wrong way. Using the same people a second time would not work because they would already have an idea of what the maze would be like. I think another principle that...
• Posted Psychology in the Future to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Looking ahead, I think that there are two areas we have learned about that will be prevalent in my future. The first of these would be all that we have learned about memory. Throughout my life, I have felt like...
• Commented on Psychological Disorders in Film: Rain Man
  This was very interesting. I've heard about Rain Man, but have never actually seen it; so this was pretty informative. It's interesting to see that even though autism stopped Raymond from forming relationships and doing other more normal things, his...
• Commented on Beauty and Body Piercings
  I found this a very interesting thought! While I personally find a lot of the more extreme piercings very odd, I can definitely agree that many cultures around the world, both primitive and advanced, place value on some sort of...
• Posted Baumrind's Parenting Styles to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  In our textbook we had to read about Diana Baumrind's work on different parenting styles. She came up with a theory that proposed three different styles: authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive. The different styles were marked by how involved the parents...
• Commented on Falsifiability of Morality
  I found this a very insightful analysis of what we read in the textbook! As I read this section of the book, I kind of just read through it and thought about what it was saying, but at more of...
• Commented on Are violent video games making our generation more violent?
  For me, I agree that playing violent video games and watching violent movies an TV shows probably have some sort effect on anyone that plays or watches them. I also think that, especially with younger children, parents and adults...
• Commented on Cat Speak: Beyond the Lolcat
  Wow!! This was really interesting! I can definitely agree with the observation that they may be appealing to our caring nature, wether they "know" it or not. It also seems that the conditioning that takes place in this relationship...
• Commented on The Vaccine-Autism Scare
  Wow, this is a good example of belief perseverance and someone taking things way too far. The fact that someone would continue supporting an argument as influential as this after any evidence for it is taken away is riduculous! I...
• Commented on Don't End Up in a Roadside Ditch
  What awesome commercials! I actually found this a good interpretation of what they are trying to do. It seems they are trying to Classically Condition people so that when one of those situations happens to them, they will then think...
• Commented on Who is in charge of making your decisions, your consciousness or your unconscious brain?
  I found this interesting, but I can't say that I agree or believe it. Yes, you may be able to see the brain activity before actually seeing the product of that activity, but couldn't that just be our brain just...
• Commented on Sense of Smell
  I found this interesting, but you posed a question and then never answered it. You did say that dogs have more smell receptors than humans, but have studies shown that women have more than men? And is there any evidence...
• Commented on Why The Vacuum Is Not A Friend To Your Dog
  Wow! I never would have guessed that that was why dogs didn't like vacuums! But I thought dog whistles were used to get a dog's attention? If that's the case, wouldn't dogs be more likely to run towards the vacuum?...
• Posted Sport's Psychology to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  As a member of the University's men's gymnastics team, I have had the opportunity to meet with several "sport's psychologists". Much of what they have talked to my team about involves the mental preparation needed before going out and competeing...
• Commented on Two Twins Different Families
  This was a very interesting study in my opinion. And while it does point to the nature side as being involved in what makes us who we are, the question does arise about the similarities of their environments. Were the...
• Commented on Nature Vs. Nurture Debate
  I definitely agree that we shouldn't be trying to figure out if it's definitively one or the other. Knowing the impact that each can have on us is much more important and vital to studies in my opinion. But I...
• Commented on 2012: A Claim With Poor Evidence
  I agree with a lot of what you said! Just because their calendar ends at that date does not mean the world will end - I mean, the Mayans were one of only how many civilizations that have existed in...
• Commented on Baseball Superstion: real or fiction?
  I found this very interesting! I am also an athlete (gymnastics), so I kinda have an idea of what you're talking about. It seems to me that a lot about doing well in a sport is just feeling comfortable in...
• Commented on Illusory Correlation
  I also read this chapter, and I found it interesting that you brought stereotypes into the conversation. Drawing that parallel was very intuitive! I guess part why people use these stereotypes is what the authors call the "availability heuristic": which...
• Commented on Common and Potentially Dangerous
  This is definitely really interesting! While I myself have never had to go to therapy or anything like that, I can probably see how most would be helpful. But I think that your first point: how therapies aren't always the...
• Commented on Chapter Nine: Intelligence and IQ
  As I was reading this I was going to bring up the question about whether schooling does effect someone's IQ, but I guess I got my answer! One question I did have though was in regard to brain size. Is...
• Commented on Chapter 11: Emotion and Motivation
  While I agree that both theories seem like good interpretations, are they saying that every time our body reacts to a stimulus we will experience some type of emotion? Or do only some stimuli lead to emotional responses? And in...
• Posted Summary of Chapter Four (4) to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Chapter four of our textbook talked about the different ways that our body senses stimuli and the ways in which it reacts to them. It discussed in detail the different organs involved in these different processes and how they work,...