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• Commented on Millenials: The Most Stressed Generation
  Yeah! I mean look at movies and t.v. shows now...NO coping skills! Not too shocking to hear, but very affirming. Thanks! Makes me feel better to hear I'm not alone and probably handling things pretty well considering. (also it's always...
• Commented on Now I'm not trying to be a Negative Nelly, but....
  Thanks! What's your major? I'm sure that this sort of "engaging" reply and response was what the profs wanted when they first thought up this thing...when really we all just want to go through all the motions and get the...
• Commented on Ethical Issues in Research
  Awesome topic...not a great thing, but syphilis is one of my favorite subjects because it's so simply ridiculous that it even still exists! Just like it's totally ridiculous for that study to have happened. To me it just shows the...
• Commented on Relationships: how we meet our better half
  I think the trend in t-shirt parties (pheromone sniffing) is on to something! Interesting to know what plays bigger roles biologically...which chemical trigger what and which ones win? Could be a whole other kind of reality tv!...
• Commented on Chapter One Summary
  Nice and super thorough review of the chapter. It's hard to add much, but I personally did not like "the persuasive style of writing- the sharp criticism of pseudoscience and logical fallacies." Mostly because it seemed to be too preachy...
• Commented on Conforming
  True! Super relevant and important to life. I personally would have suupper struggled in that experiment. I would have had to break the rules and ask questions to see why everyone was answering wrong. I have a stronger urge to...
• Commented on Picking Up Chicks
  and then the most popular and biologically fit grandbabies! Good planning and good use of psych concepts! It's kind of humbling to be reminded that that's what it's all about ain't it? Makin' babbbiiees....
• Commented on Freaky Freakonomics (older post, but posted it wrong earlier)
  Man it just really gives makes ya pause and think a bit more about everything in a way, don't it. Good thing to bring up in a psych class I'll say!...
• Posted Now I'm not trying to be a Negative Nelly, but.... to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  What did I learn that I might carry on with me? Honestly it's hard to say...and not because I didn't learn anything, because I did! There were lots of little interesting comparisons, factoids, and tidbits of psych-pop history and color,...
• Commented on Have you had a demon visit you at night???
  Creepy picture! It was great to hear your perspective and about your background, I think no matter the situation sleep paralysis sounds awful. I'm impressed that your mother seems so unfazed and curious too about why it happens with her....
• Commented on Positive Attitude after A Big Deal
  Great example! Group dynamics are tricky...at least when in class most are not as comfortable with each other like they are here in South Park. Most people try to be extra nice with each other since we're mostly strangers and...
• Commented on What is Love? Baby don't hurt me.
  First love (ha!) the title. Second a lot is also going on on a biological level, lots of chemicals and pheromones goin' like crazy. But I like to think humans are a lot more complicated than mating strategies and smells....
• Commented on Middle is First
  How much of it is cultural or even generational and related to age? Some siblings have large age gaps and do not seem to match these findings. Also much older generations seem to shake this trend a little too. But...
• Posted blackface could be a tool, if everyone could shake the herd... to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Been seeing lots and lot of articles like this lately: http://blackwingeddove.buzznet.com/user/journal/9247321/ahead-continue-sexualizing-american-indian/ or the whole Invisible Children meme. Sadly lots of terrible horrors and atrocities happen in the world and they have very little to do with pop culture appropriation or...
• Commented on Divorce and Children
  This was so sad. Even though it didn't happen to me in the same way...with me mine got divorced when I was 2, so I do not have any memories of them together. The hardest part for me was that...
• Commented on The Effects of Too Much Freedom (Permissive Parenting)
  Interesting about the discrepancy over sociability, though the rest makes sense about how it probably wouldn't be the best way to parent. It's good to have things like boundaries be reinforced because they really are more important than one would...
• Commented on Harry Harlow's loving monkeys
  Yes! It's nice to be reminded of just how important contact and touch are. I took a few alternative therapy classes awhile back and things like massage and elderly care involving even simple hand-holding or also the ever popular animal...
• Commented on Video Games: Can They Change You?
  I think some of the problem with video games as well as t.v. and the computers are the amount of screen time. Screens have an almost constant refresh rate of flickers which create an intense stimulus to the reptilian part...
• Commented on combatting racism today in America
  It seems the media wants to make a neat and tidy package out of a white vs. black situation while George Zimmerman's race is not quite so simple. While Trayvon Martin's death is tragic it is wrong to over simplify...
• Commented on Cat Speak: Beyond the Lolcat
  Yeah, I just focused on cats because I'd read more research done on cats specifically. I think the difference is pack mentality vs. independence though, it's a subtle but different sort of dynamic....
• Commented on Sybil- Multiple Personality Disorder
  Super interesting, also there is quite a lot of controversy around Sybil rather closely related to some of the discussions we've had as a class on repressed memories. From a cultural studies stand point, it is interesting to note the...
• Commented on Alzheimer's and Love
  This movie always makes me cry, even though some parts are pretty generically "Hollywood" cheesy. It's just such a terrifying and touching story. I think loosing your memory is one of the most scary things I can imagine. I always...
• Posted Cat Speak: Beyond the Lolcat to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Almost anyone who has ever had a cat "knows" it speaks to them. Our cats take on personalities and little anthropomorphized lives, but never actually say a word. Some people think our ability to communicate with them is due to...
• Commented on Caught in Limbo? (Chapter 5)
  YES! I love this kind of stuff, really interesting when it delves into intuitions, predictions, psychic phenomenons, and shamanism. The mind is a fascinating place indeed! Too bad it is so very tricky to study this kind of stuff, but...
• Commented on Common and Potentially Dangerous
  Indeed! It's a crazy thing to start thinking about especially when you start thinking about different kinds of body therapies as well. The role of a therapist is often much larger and can be either more helpful or harmful than...
• Posted Ch. 12 - Stress, Coping, and Health to Psychology 1001 Sections 10-11 Spring 2012
  Obviously the title gives away what much of this chapter is about. Stress is a great topic to dig into because most people can relate to it, especially students, myself included. The chapter covers the whole gambit of the...