We learned so much in this psychology course and we are still continuing to learn up until the last day of class, but there is one thing that will stick with me for more than five years. I will remember the conformity concept. The reason that this will be so memorable is because it comes up in everyday life and we see it as students each and every day. After watching the video on conformity n discussion class I started to see this more than ever in all my classes. For example when the teacher will ask a question and tell you to raise your hand for answer A and then raise your hand for answer B. If you look around the classroom you will see everyone looking around and when they see certain people raising their hand they will then raise their hand too. It is amazing how many people conform to their peers without even realizing that they are conforming, all for the comfort of not being the odd one out. Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs and behaviors to a group norm, and this is an interesting topic and takes part in everyone's life. This concept will stick with me throughout my whole life, standing out more now that I am aware of it because of this psych course.
vasqu056: April 2012 Archives
I have always had an interest in psychological disorders. I find them very interesting to learn about and to see just how differently they affect different people. I watched the movie Rain Man a while back and was able to see how autism affected one of the main characters, Raymond. The movie was made in 1988, and the in the movie it followed around Raymond and Charlie Babbitt who were brothers. Raymond was autistic and his brother Charlie is not affected by a disorder. When there father dies they are given their inheritance and Raymond received the fathers fortune and Charlie was left with a pittance, a much smaller amount of money. They then follow them on their travels as they grow closer as brothers.
Autism is a developmental disorder. It usually shows up within the first 3 years of life and it affects the way that the normal brain develops. People with autism have a hard time with the social perspective of life. The brains social and communication skills are not fully developed, and causes autistic people to have a hard time making relationships and also just communicating with others in general. This was seen in Raymond in the movie, he was the long lost older brother of Charlie. They had no brotherly relationship and he was not married and had no friends. Although he did excel in other areas. They traveled around and grew closer as brothers and Charlie found out that Raymond was an expert at counting cards, he was good with numbers and many other things because of his weakness with communication and social skills. He made up for these weaknesses with other areas in his life. It was a very cool and informative movie. I always love psychology related movies, they are always very interesting and have cool twists.
