This week we finished up the chapter with Social Psychology. There was a concept in there that was called social inhibiting. This simply means that you do worse in something when there are more eyes on you while you do it. An example that would represent this would be if Johnny was playing basketball and during practice he could shoot free throws for days and make them no problem. Then when it came to games Johnny couldn't handle the pressure from other people watching him and he wouldn't perform as well as he would when he was just practicing.
I have related to this, and even more specifically to this example. This also happens to me for a lot of other things, also. So generally, when I get up in front of people I have an instant increased heart rate that happens and I can feel the pressure breathing down my back as I am trying to do my task. This has caused me to do poorly in some speeches that I have given, to miss important basketball shots, run slower in track, and miss important passes that were thrown to me in football. I will have to live with this and hopefully gradually get over this so I can be continuously accomplishing the things that I do in front of people to the best I can.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Glogster
I learned that when a conversion disorder happens that it is because of an unknown cause, but some say that it may be the result from the brain coping with a threat that has happened. I also learned that conversion disorder is more common in females than it is in males and will most likely occur when a person is in their young adult years. This can happen when a very tramatic event has happened and this results in paralysis, blindness, or inability to swallow.
I believe that the best psychotherapy therapy for this situation would be use a behavioral therapy technique. The therapy that I choose would be the exposure therapy. This uses systematic desensitization to treat anxieties by exposing people either through their imagination or reality to the things they fear or avoid. This therapy would be the best because it would expose the patient to how the traumatic event was not their fault and then they would realize that they are only paralyzed in that spot because it is all in their mind. When they are exposed to this reality, then they will be able to use that part of their body again.
If it came down to it, the one biomedical therapy that could be used for this wpuld be psychosurgery. Psychosurgery is used to change a behavior in someone. This would help best because when someone has a conversion disorder they are either paralyzed, blind, or inability to swallow. If their behavior was changed this could allow for them to not be paralyed, blind, or unable to swallow. The brain allows a person to move. Thus, when this tissue can be damaged that is causing them to be paralyzed, this should allow them to be able to move again. This type of therapy is a drastic measure that would most likely not be an option for people because what they do is go in the brain and destroy tissue in there.
I believe that the best psychotherapy therapy for this situation would be use a behavioral therapy technique. The therapy that I choose would be the exposure therapy. This uses systematic desensitization to treat anxieties by exposing people either through their imagination or reality to the things they fear or avoid. This therapy would be the best because it would expose the patient to how the traumatic event was not their fault and then they would realize that they are only paralyzed in that spot because it is all in their mind. When they are exposed to this reality, then they will be able to use that part of their body again.
If it came down to it, the one biomedical therapy that could be used for this wpuld be psychosurgery. Psychosurgery is used to change a behavior in someone. This would help best because when someone has a conversion disorder they are either paralyzed, blind, or inability to swallow. If their behavior was changed this could allow for them to not be paralyed, blind, or unable to swallow. The brain allows a person to move. Thus, when this tissue can be damaged that is causing them to be paralyzed, this should allow them to be able to move again. This type of therapy is a drastic measure that would most likely not be an option for people because what they do is go in the brain and destroy tissue in there.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Narcissism
Narcissism is a personality disorder that deals with a person being super full of themselves and has to brag about themselves 24/7. Just imagine being with someone where all they talk about is themselves and they can't get enough of themselves. How annoying would that be to listen to?? I know that there are some points where people say things and it makes them feel good that they have done something good.
I know I feel great when I tell someone the accomplishments that I have done, but going further than that and talking about it non-stop is definitely going too far. You know how it is to be a teenager and to say that you have done something better than someone else. There is that sense of "I'm better than you" that makes you feel good, and people diagnosed with this disorder must feel all the time. :)
http://mrcannonpants.edu.glogster.com/narcissism/
I know I feel great when I tell someone the accomplishments that I have done, but going further than that and talking about it non-stop is definitely going too far. You know how it is to be a teenager and to say that you have done something better than someone else. There is that sense of "I'm better than you" that makes you feel good, and people diagnosed with this disorder must feel all the time. :)
http://mrcannonpants.edu.glogster.com/narcissism/
Friday, April 8, 2011
Higher Achievement
In the experiment, kind of, that we did in class, we had to choose 5 different garbage cans to shoot for with a beanie bag. When we decided which one that we chose then that would determine if one was a higher achievement or lower achievement. It turned out that I was lower achievement because I went for the farthest one. I was lower achievement because one with lower achievement will always be the risk taker because if they don't accomplish what was wanted to get done then they have an excuse or a way out explaining why they didn't have success. A higher achievement person would have chose either the 3rd or 4th garbage can because that one would have been the one that would have given them some of the most success and most money earned. In real life I am not always a lower achievement, sometimes I feel the need to just win instead of going for it all and it feels good to have that higher achievement.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Chapters
1.
Hindsight bias is when a person as a moment where they realized they knew what was going to happen all along. This only happens after the incident happens.
I was stupid enough to leave my cookies out in the open, in my room downstairs. Then recently, yesterday, I came back downstairs and my dog is sitting there ripping up the box after she has eaten all my cookies. At this point, I told myself, 'gosh, I should have seen this coming. I should never leave these things out in the open, because my dog will get it.'
This is considered hindsight bias because I had that moment where I suddenly realized that I knew that incident was going to happen. Looking at it now, my dog has eaten so many things because they were out in the open. I knew it was going to happen and I should not have put my cookies in a place where it was not possible for my dog to reach them.
2.
The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is involved in speaking, the movements of muscles, and decision making.
I used my frontal lobe all the time during spring break. From playing board games to playing wii games to playing xbox, I used my frontal lobe for every one of those things. I not only used it for games but also to decide what to get at the grocery store. I used my frontal lobe every day.
For the board games, I used my decision making skills. In order to try and win I had to use strategy which involved me in heavy thinking skills. To play my wii games I had to use my muscles movement skills with my balance. Then for my xbox games I had to use my verbal skills and intimidate the other players so I could win. For grocery shopping I had to carefully pick out what I needed to get because I only had a certain amount of money and I needed only certain things.
3.
Sleep is known as a period of loss of consciousness that allows your body to regenerate.
I slept every night and boy did I get a good nights rest, too. While I slept, I had many dreams. One dream was that I got married to my girlfriend :) I also had many other dreams during spring break, but I will not talk of them because I do not feel comfortable.
This a good example because a dream proves that I sleep because it happens in REM sleep, which is the deepest part of the sleep that is the most important for people to feel good and not tired when they wake up in the morning.
4.
Culture is the thing that shows each person's different behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions by a group of peole that is passed onto the next generation.
This is mostly related to families and the way that they work. My grandpa loves to stay in touch with other people and especially family members. He has passes this trait down to my dad who now likes to be in touch with all the family members. He is being to pass it down to me to start talking to everyone more.
This is a great example because this shows the traits that each person has and that this trait is being passed down to each generation from my dad to me. The trait originated from my grandpa. I will most likely pass this trait down to my son if I get the honor of having a son.
5.
Concrete operational stage deals with the ideas about people and their own mental states. This allows the children to think logically about things.
I had the opportunity to hang out with my Little Brother this past spring break. We did a little homework while I was with him. We worked on math. He could easily do a math problem that dealed with multiplication but when it came to division, it took him a lot longer to figure out.
This is exactly what should happen for a child in this stage. I couldn't believe how accurate from what we learned in class to how it actually is. He should have taken longer in his division than what his multiplication is.
6.
Accomodation is the process when my eye lens changes its shape so it can see far and near objects.
I remember a specific time during spring break where my contacts where bothering me and it took me a while to fix my eyes on something that was farther away. I was looking outside in my backyard and there was a squirrel but it was a little blurry and I had to continue to look at it longer in order to see it well.
This is a good example because accomodation is when the lens change to look at something farther away so that it can be more visible like something that would be closer.
7.
Classical conditioning is a type of learing for a person to use two different stimuli to create the same response for each one.
I have classically conditioned my cats to stay off my counter. I would first spray my cats with water for them to get off of the counter. They then started noticing that when they would hear my footsteps that they would then get off the counter because they knew I would spray them if I caught them on the counter. They would be on the counter and I would be secretly be watching them and then start stomping my feet on the ground and they would jump off the counter.
This is an example of classically conditioning because the unconditioned stimulus which was the spray bottle was paired with a neutral stimulus, my walking, and then soon my walking became a controlled stimulus and caused the cats to jump off of the counter.
8.
Memory is the persistence of learning over time through storing information and then retrieving that same information.
Before break happened, you had me do a little type of experiment. You told me to remember your phone number and I put a lot of effor into remember this information. The more effort that I put into this allowed me to remember it easier. I still remember your phone number 268-5948 :)
Since I put so much effort into remembering it, which involved me to repeat it over and over again, this allowed me to store it into my long term memory, which then will allow me to retrieve it for days, weeks, or even months, depending on how much more effort I put into remembering your phone number. I won't try to remember it because that would just be kind of creepy...
Hindsight bias is when a person as a moment where they realized they knew what was going to happen all along. This only happens after the incident happens.
I was stupid enough to leave my cookies out in the open, in my room downstairs. Then recently, yesterday, I came back downstairs and my dog is sitting there ripping up the box after she has eaten all my cookies. At this point, I told myself, 'gosh, I should have seen this coming. I should never leave these things out in the open, because my dog will get it.'
This is considered hindsight bias because I had that moment where I suddenly realized that I knew that incident was going to happen. Looking at it now, my dog has eaten so many things because they were out in the open. I knew it was going to happen and I should not have put my cookies in a place where it was not possible for my dog to reach them.
2.
The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is involved in speaking, the movements of muscles, and decision making.
I used my frontal lobe all the time during spring break. From playing board games to playing wii games to playing xbox, I used my frontal lobe for every one of those things. I not only used it for games but also to decide what to get at the grocery store. I used my frontal lobe every day.
For the board games, I used my decision making skills. In order to try and win I had to use strategy which involved me in heavy thinking skills. To play my wii games I had to use my muscles movement skills with my balance. Then for my xbox games I had to use my verbal skills and intimidate the other players so I could win. For grocery shopping I had to carefully pick out what I needed to get because I only had a certain amount of money and I needed only certain things.
3.
Sleep is known as a period of loss of consciousness that allows your body to regenerate.
I slept every night and boy did I get a good nights rest, too. While I slept, I had many dreams. One dream was that I got married to my girlfriend :) I also had many other dreams during spring break, but I will not talk of them because I do not feel comfortable.
This a good example because a dream proves that I sleep because it happens in REM sleep, which is the deepest part of the sleep that is the most important for people to feel good and not tired when they wake up in the morning.
4.
Culture is the thing that shows each person's different behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions by a group of peole that is passed onto the next generation.
This is mostly related to families and the way that they work. My grandpa loves to stay in touch with other people and especially family members. He has passes this trait down to my dad who now likes to be in touch with all the family members. He is being to pass it down to me to start talking to everyone more.
This is a great example because this shows the traits that each person has and that this trait is being passed down to each generation from my dad to me. The trait originated from my grandpa. I will most likely pass this trait down to my son if I get the honor of having a son.
5.
Concrete operational stage deals with the ideas about people and their own mental states. This allows the children to think logically about things.
I had the opportunity to hang out with my Little Brother this past spring break. We did a little homework while I was with him. We worked on math. He could easily do a math problem that dealed with multiplication but when it came to division, it took him a lot longer to figure out.
This is exactly what should happen for a child in this stage. I couldn't believe how accurate from what we learned in class to how it actually is. He should have taken longer in his division than what his multiplication is.
6.
Accomodation is the process when my eye lens changes its shape so it can see far and near objects.
I remember a specific time during spring break where my contacts where bothering me and it took me a while to fix my eyes on something that was farther away. I was looking outside in my backyard and there was a squirrel but it was a little blurry and I had to continue to look at it longer in order to see it well.
This is a good example because accomodation is when the lens change to look at something farther away so that it can be more visible like something that would be closer.
7.
Classical conditioning is a type of learing for a person to use two different stimuli to create the same response for each one.
I have classically conditioned my cats to stay off my counter. I would first spray my cats with water for them to get off of the counter. They then started noticing that when they would hear my footsteps that they would then get off the counter because they knew I would spray them if I caught them on the counter. They would be on the counter and I would be secretly be watching them and then start stomping my feet on the ground and they would jump off the counter.
This is an example of classically conditioning because the unconditioned stimulus which was the spray bottle was paired with a neutral stimulus, my walking, and then soon my walking became a controlled stimulus and caused the cats to jump off of the counter.
8.
Memory is the persistence of learning over time through storing information and then retrieving that same information.
Before break happened, you had me do a little type of experiment. You told me to remember your phone number and I put a lot of effor into remember this information. The more effort that I put into this allowed me to remember it easier. I still remember your phone number 268-5948 :)
Since I put so much effort into remembering it, which involved me to repeat it over and over again, this allowed me to store it into my long term memory, which then will allow me to retrieve it for days, weeks, or even months, depending on how much more effort I put into remembering your phone number. I won't try to remember it because that would just be kind of creepy...
Friday, March 4, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDxRCa_wfc&feature=related
This week we learned about classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is learning a behavior or response from a new stimulus. For example, one may love chocolate and when a person is given chocolate from someone, that someone will then be loved by that person. This may not actually happen but it is just an example to show what would really happen when someone or something was classically conditioned. This video is a good representation of can happen when someone is classically conditioned. First of all, the name of the bar is Pavlov's bar, so right away it is giving you a clue that it is classical conditioning. When people are thirsty they usually drink something but in this case when the bell would ring then everyone would drink something because they were conditioned to drink when the bell rings.
I have also been classically conditioned in my life many times. One time that I have been classically conditioned is around 5:30 at night. This is the usual time when my mom gets home. I will be downstairs in my room working on homework or something and then my mom will come home. Which then I usually go upstairs to talk to her. So I have conditioned because many times in a row that my dog would start barking which meant my mom was home. After a while, I would just go up stairs once I started hearing my dog bark. There have been many other times that I have classically conditioned and this is just one instance that I have been conditioned.
This week we learned about classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is learning a behavior or response from a new stimulus. For example, one may love chocolate and when a person is given chocolate from someone, that someone will then be loved by that person. This may not actually happen but it is just an example to show what would really happen when someone or something was classically conditioned. This video is a good representation of can happen when someone is classically conditioned. First of all, the name of the bar is Pavlov's bar, so right away it is giving you a clue that it is classical conditioning. When people are thirsty they usually drink something but in this case when the bell would ring then everyone would drink something because they were conditioned to drink when the bell rings.
I have also been classically conditioned in my life many times. One time that I have been classically conditioned is around 5:30 at night. This is the usual time when my mom gets home. I will be downstairs in my room working on homework or something and then my mom will come home. Which then I usually go upstairs to talk to her. So I have conditioned because many times in a row that my dog would start barking which meant my mom was home. After a while, I would just go up stairs once I started hearing my dog bark. There have been many other times that I have classically conditioned and this is just one instance that I have been conditioned.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
PSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZlSilyQCWc Luke and Drew's PSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcSE0e6oqA Erik, Ben, and Derek's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL9nuzWy5mo Marin, Becky, and Chloe's
My favorite one was Marin, Becky, and Chloe's. Even though most people wouldn't find it to be very appropriate because of the different 'characters' that each person played, I found it to be very comical and enjoyable to watch. It showed all the different things that Ashwaubenon does do and also showed how great of a city Ashwaubenon is. I know I would be excited to move to Ashwaubenon after seeing this video. I would say the best part of this video is when that old person is talking about Bingo. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcSE0e6oqA Erik, Ben, and Derek's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL9nuzWy5mo Marin, Becky, and Chloe's
My favorite one was Marin, Becky, and Chloe's. Even though most people wouldn't find it to be very appropriate because of the different 'characters' that each person played, I found it to be very comical and enjoyable to watch. It showed all the different things that Ashwaubenon does do and also showed how great of a city Ashwaubenon is. I know I would be excited to move to Ashwaubenon after seeing this video. I would say the best part of this video is when that old person is talking about Bingo. :)
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