blog 13

The studies are very interesting seeing how some people get into roles and how they can be evil and by human nature just go overboard. People are also influenced by everyone and everything around them, we see how are friends act and think its ok even if its not, or if we watch tv and see what people say on there we think its ok to say. The most interesting thing ive learned in this class is how humans think in a weird way. We all think different and noone is the same which i think is pretty cool and our minds our so complex it is an interesting subject and a cool thing to learn.

blog 12

I think that a person has a disorder when they do something that is socially not normal and they even know it. I dont mean just a little weird but if they really do some weird and crazy things then i think they have something. I also think that it is in alot of peoples heads sometimes. Some people can act abnormally on some days but if they do it all the time they may be just seen as weird and not in the normal group of people but it probally is not a disorder.
I have not had a disorder or have known anyone with a disorder so i am going to describe anti-social disorder. This disorder the person does not have any interest in hanging out with friends and they can be very quiet, and seem nice. Some murderers have this disorder. I think this would be a not so bad disorder since it describes me somewhat but the murdering part would be for the crazy over the edge type.
I am most interested in the amount of people that have disorders. This is kinda cool and concerning, even tho i dont think that all these people really have disorders.

blog 11

My personality is shy, and quiet. I like to be alone alot and dont always hang out with friends. I think i might be bipolar because one day i want to be loud, have fun, hang with friends, and dont want to be alone. The next i may want to be alone. I have a quiet personality. I think my personality traits that are the best are: respectful-I am respectful to people and that makes me more likable, hard working-I do my best at everything i do and makes people happy, quiet-I dont say inapropiate things usually and try to be nice friend, fun-I can be fun when i go out and have good time with others, inteligent-I know alot of things that are useful and make the best of it. My worse personality traits are: crabbyness-I dont like being nagged alot and makes me upset, annoyed easily-Get mad a supid things, being short with people-I dont always put that much into conversations and seems like i am just brushing them off. I am not always that optimistic because if i know what will happen i dont try, but if i dont know and think that i have a chance to do this then i am optimistic. I am not pessimistic that often, just when im having a bad day or am crabby. For sports i am usually optimistic, like going into a game i think we always have a chance, but if there alot better i am pessimistic and say were gunna lose. If I am at school and dont want to be there i will get crabby and short but if im at a party i will be social and have fun. This is because i am not doing sumtin i want to do and i am selfish often too. I tend to think that i never do anything wrong and things shouldnt be blamed on me but i know in my mind it is true that i am not right, and usually i am wrong, but i usually use denial.

blog 10

Thinking is cognition, and consists of all you do in your mind and even with movement. I think i am not very creative at really anything, although i can problem solve ok. Sometimes at home if i need something done while im working outside and something breaks ill need to fix it and be creative because you never seem to have the right equipment. Being creative is very important and can help you in the long run. I did not know that there were so many intelligence catagories and that we could think so different.

Blog #9

If we did not have memories then our personalities would be totally changed and a this would not be good because we wouldnt know who or what we are. Life would probabaly be interesting because everything was new but there would be no progress in life and be very frustrating for others around him. She must be very patient and loving of him. I would get to frustrated having to take care of him and him not remembering anything really but then again most guys dont remember that much stuff so it all be the same. I feel lucky to have a good memory that i do and i hope i never lose it. Yes i see memory more as a good think to have and try to keep and better it. I trust all my memories and see them as the same because i know they really happened and like to think i have a good memory even if i dont. Storage is probably the most important subject in this chapter because your memory needs storage to keep the important stuff and some of the other stuff that it holds. The more storage you have in your mind the better you can do in school and in life in general.

Blog #8

Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. An example of classical conditioning is a dog salavating when hungry once a keeper walked into the room. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher. An example of this would be having a response to an action of the person. Classical is having to do with teaching things through events rather than punishers or things of that sort. This is interesting because it shows the different ways to teach other animals or people things and the way the brain functions. Positive reinforcement is when u give rewards for a positive event. This would be like if i get straight A's and my mother would give me 50 dollars for doing good. The reinforcment would be the 50 dollars and that is positive. Negetive reinforcement is when someone takes something away to help you. If i was locked in handcuffs and someone took them off for me it would help me because i am now free but also be negetive because something has been taken away. Punishment is having something unpleasent happen to you because of a specific action. If i didnt clean my room my mom would say i couldnt go out and that would be unpleasent and would be because i didnt clean my room. I think that the most interesting thing in this chapter was how you can teach something to saluvate just by associating a noice to its food. This can be used in zoos to call animals to eat and have jobs like that for help.

blog 7

I would tell them that the perception is how we see and interpret things and sensation is how we preceive smells or things we feel. I think it is interesting how the brain works and seems to interpret things. I changes how i think because now you can take a second look at things and try to view them a different way that is not how you usually see things. The article i read was about how we only focus on one thing that is clearly perceived but our periphrial vision is blurred out and we just get a hint of whats going on. This is important to how we see things because we have to turn our attension to a single thing and we can not clearly see two things at once. If we play sports we can somewhat see a base runner if your a pitcher but it is not clearly seen and is very blurred.