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• Commented on Psycosexual Development Theory ..... WOW!!!
  I think it's interesting that Freud is so heavily discussed in psychology because his claims are so bizarre. I think it's interesting that we learned about him but super crazy. I think the titles of the stage are crazy too....maybe...
• Commented on Milgram Experiment
  I agree with you that this is one of the concepts in psychology that I will remember most. There's a quote that says those who don't know history will repeat it--I think this quote can be used in many other...
• Commented on Learning a new language.
  I agree with you that language education should be required early on in elementary school. I think the United States is falling behind in the ability to understand languages. I knew a German exchange student in high school very well,...
• Commented on More than five years from now
  This was really interesting to read, it's cool to hear from a mother! I agree with you on the importance of the father. My parents divorced when I was 2 years old, and now I rarely see my dad. My...
• Commented on In ten years....
  I agree with you that we all need to stand apart in order to truly live a unique life, but I don't think conformity is ALL bad. I find it interesting that Americans aspire to be unique, and different from...
• Posted What Attachment Style Are You? to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Although I found many things intriguing this semester in psychology, the attachment theory and three styles of attachment appealed to me the most, and I know I'll refer to them in my relationships over the next few years. In lecture,...
• Commented on Say YES to the Dress
  This was entertaining to read, I love Say Yes to the Dress! I think it's a great show to look at from many psychological perspectives. You can definitely look at the show for parent-child dynamics (there are so many crazy...
• Commented on Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
  I think it would interesting if we could actually invent a test that was accurate in finding lies. I know personally I find it easier to detect lies from people that I know very well, but it's pretty much up...
• Commented on Are First Born Kids The Best?
  I think birth-order research is really interesting. There seems to be compelling evidence that some of these characteristics are true for first-borns/only-childs, but like you said it could be an availability heuristic. I am a first born child, and I...
• Commented on Asian Parents are STRICT!
  I always feel so bad for people with authoritarian parents! Personally, my dad is authoritative (borderline authoritarian) and my mom is lenient. The thing about this is that my parents are divorced, and so I was mostly raised by my...
• Commented on How is intelligence portrayed in the media?
  That's an interesting observation. I'd say that most definitely in older movies women seem to be portrayed as dumb, weak, etc.. But now women are holding a higher standard in movies and on TV. We are also starting to see...
• Commented on Beauty and Body Piercings
  This is super interesting! I would love to see a study on what people generally think about piercings, and why the like them in places they do. For example do people think they look "tough" with a strange piercing, or...
• Commented on Relationships: how we meet our better half
  Although proximity, similarity and reciprocity are all three main factors in finding a mate, i feel like we often go against these factors. People who seem like opposites date all the time (opposites attract) and so I think that the...
• Commented on Hunger Games
  I've seen my mom try the HCG diet, the medifast diet along with a few others, and I think people need to realize that you can't lose weight that fast, at least in a healthy way. People often lose weight...
• Posted Hypocrite to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  In The Happiness Hypothesis, the book explores the many levels of human actions and emotions. In the fourth chapter, labeled "The Faults of Others," the author spends time on how as humans we generally are hypocritical, and self-loving in nature....
• Commented on Cat Speak: Beyond the Lolcat
  This made me laugh! Haha I have always wondered if dogs and cats or other animals have thoughts about us all, and i really do agree with that we have relationships with our pets. Also, here is a really funny...
• Commented on "Do you think our love can make miracles?" -Allie (The Notebook)
  I absolutely love this movie. I think dementia is a horrible disease because in my mind memory and looking back on it is what makes a human experience. Without memory, there's no learning and reflecting and our interactions with others...
• Commented on Why Are You Eating My BURGER?!?!?!
  I definitely have had this happen to me. I feel like I fight with my friends all the time on something that just happened and neither of us can remember what actually happened. Sometimes I wish someone could videotape my...
• Posted I didn't choose to eat that, I swear to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  In the video "The Secret You" from the BBC network, Marcus de Sautoy experiments with the question: What makes decisions? Your consciousness, or "an unconscious mass of great matter?" Sautoy introduces his thoughts on the subject matter with an interesting...
• Commented on Ethical Issues in Research
  What's interesting is that we wouldn't know a lot of things without invasive, unethical research...during the holocaust there were many experiments performed on the people in the concentration camps, and we actually learned a lot of information about the human...
• Commented on Chapter Three: Biological Psychology
  I actually wrote a research paper during my sophomore year of high school about why teenagers get in fights with their parents--and I researched all of the biology that you talk about above, with pruning and such! As teens we...
• Commented on Baseball Superstion: real or fiction?
  This was interesting to read--wayy back in elementary/middle school I played softball, and I always swang my bat three times while warming up on deck. I also only pitched a certain number of pitches during warm-ups (I was the team's...
• Commented on Chapter 7 Memory
  This blog was really interesting to read! I find it interesting that memory doesn't always correspond to IQ. I went to high school with a guy (#1 in our class) who had an amazing memory, and he would only have...
• Favorited Benefits of Bilingualism on Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
• Posted Chapter Five:Consciousness: Expanding The Boundaries of Psychological Inquiry to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  It was about three PM when I started looking through this chapter today. Around this time of day I tend to get sleepy, and I generally avoid doing anything productive. This chapter was doubly dangerous to try to overcome, considering...