Solomon Asch Experiment

The Solomon Asch Experiment demonstrated the power of conformity. In his experiment he had a total of 7 kids come into his class. 6 of the students were told the experiment and 1 of the students was not. They all were shown a piece a paper that had 3 lines that were letter A,B, and C. They then were to say which line was the longer line. The first 6 students purposely said the second shortest one. When it came to the 7th student, he knew that the rest of the students and said the wrong answer but he chose to conform with the rest of the students and said the wrong answer as well.

How Antidepressants Work (blog post 4-3)

An antidepressant is a special treatment that treats depression by altering on certain neurotransmitters in the brain and body. First step is that the message is sent across the synaptic cleft. Next during reuptake, the message is recieved and the molecules are reabsorbed. The prozac then blocks the reuptake, and the excess serotonin causes the mood to lift. But sometimes taking anitdepressants can cause bad side effects. The mixure of medications and depression can cause certain people to react in different ways. Some side effects of taking anitdepressants are: Nausea, sleep deprivation, weight gain, anxiety, sedation, and blurred vision.

Disorder Post (Schizophrenia)

I am schizophrenia.  Over 2 million american adults have been diagnosed with me but when dealt with i can cause problems for many. I get inside peoples heads and i make it hard for them to think clearly about everyday things. I make it hard for the person to distinquish wat is real and wat is just a fantasy. The person can also have a difficult time trying to make descisions and relate with others around them. I attack people who are in their late teens and 20's. I am known as one of the top 10 most debilitating diseases affecting humans. I love playing tricks with the mind; I make people have delusions or hallucinations which makes it difficult to function correctly or focus normally. I can not be fully cured but i can be treated and managed to a certain point. By taking potent medications will cause my disease to stop picking with your brain and allow me to never return. Some medications are too powerfull that cause people to slowly stop taking them, which gives me another chance for arrival.

Psychological Disorders-Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates was born in Houston, Texas where she had lived all her life graduating from high school and college. Later on she met Rusty Yates and 8 years after their marriage they had 5 kids, 4 boys and 1 girl. Yates then attempted her first suicide and was atteneded to a medical hospital where she was proscribed with an anitdepressant and was then released. Once returning home she stopped taking the drugs and then began hallucinating and asking Rusty to kill her. Andrea began to downfall from there. As her conditioned got worse she was diagnosed with Postpartum Psychosis. She was proscribed with Haldol and was sent to a medical institution. She then was released and her condition was getting better. Once she comepletely stopped taking the drugs, 2 days later she had drown her 5 kids, one by one, in a bath tub. Immediately following the incident, she was in court pleading for not guilty due to reason of insanity. The court then sentenced her to life in prison, and she was then moved to a mental instituiton in Texas the following days after her trial.

Undecided Ursula

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This book deserves an A because its awesome.

3 Theories of Emotion

  The first theory is the James-Lange Theory. The James-Lange theory is our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli. For example if we see an oncoming car our first is arousal we are experiencing is pouding heart and then our emotion is fear.

The second theory is the Cannon-Bard Theory. This theory is our experience of emotion aroussing stimulus simultaneously triggers responses and emotions. For example if we see an oncoming car our pysiological response and experienced emotion are seperate but we are experiencing them both at the same time simultaneously.

The last theory is the Two-Factor Theory. This theory or also know as the Schachter Singer theory is that one must experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal. For example we see an oncoming car and experiencing the pysciological repsonse while labeling that "you're afraid" at the same time and then experiencing the emotion of fear immediately after.

Understanding Intelligence 30pt Project Chandra and Emily

Intelligence

What is Intelligence?

Intelligence is an individual’s basic learning by problem solving, adapting to new things, and learning from past experiences

Many schools using intelligence tests to measure ones’ mental aptitude

            -Other forms of intelligence tests are Stanford-Binet, IQ, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Achievement tests assess what a person has learned and aptitude test predict a person future

Examples of aptitude tests are SAT’s or ACT’s

Examples of achievement test are LSAT’s or MCAT’s

Important People

Howard Gardner

            -views intelligence as multiple abilities that come in packages

Ex. Logical is to Albert Einstein as Intrapersonal is to Sigmund Freud as to Interpersonal is to Ghandi

Robert Sternberg

            -more success than traditional intelligence

Analytical-being able to take apart problems and being able to see solutions not often seen (solving problems in unique ways)

Creative-how well a task is performed with regard to how familiar it is

Practical-when one makes a change within oneself in order to better adjust to one’s surroundings (when the weather changes, putting clothes on that adapt to that temperature)

5 Components of Creativity

Expertise- the more blocks we have, the more chances we have to combine them in novel ways

Imaginative Thinking Skills- ability to see thing in novel ways and make connections

Venturesome Personality- Perseveres in overcoming obstacles

Intrinsic Motivation- being driven by interest, satisfaction, and challenge than by external pressures

Creative Environment- refines creative ideas

Disorders

Savant syndrome- limited in mental ability but has a specific skill (Derek Paravincini)

            Mental Retardation- limits mental and sometimes physical ability

Down syndrome- condition of retardation that has an extra copy of chromosome 21

Standard ---à there’s a baseline (normed test)

Reliable -à taking the same or similar test and get the same or close score.

Validity --àmeasuring what it is supposed to measure. (tests)

Gender Similarities and Differences

Males and females both shared the same average for the intelligence score

Females are better spellers, verbal ability, non verbal memory, sensation, and emotion detectors

Females and males contain identical math aptitude scores