The first thing that i found very interesting in this chapter is how the brain matures over time but not a long period of time but right after your born. The human cerebral cortex will double in size over just one year of after he or she is born. The reason why I found this so intersting is because i never thought that the brain developed so quickly right after the child is born, I thought that it took a lot of time for the human brain to developed.
The second thing that I found very interesting was the stranger anxiety syndrome in babies. I found this very interesting because babies may not know a lot about different people but they can sure know who their mom is and who a stranger is by crying or reaching for its mom or dad. I thought this was very cool because they know who their mom is at a very early age.
The last thing I learned was basic trust. I found this intersting because even though your children may say they don't like their mom or dad they will always go back to them for help or advice on something because children will know that their parents will always be their for them no matter what or in any situation that may come up.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Chapter 4 Blog
One thing that i found interesting in this chapter is personal space. What i found intersting was how people in America have a lot more different style of personal space then in other countries. Americans like to have a lot of personal space and no one wants anyone to bother that space where as in different cultures or countries they are much closer. People in other countries will hold hands a lot in public much more than American people and even men will kiss each other while greeting one another and that is just unheard of in America.
Another thing that i found very interesting in this chapter was gender roles. What i learned in this book about this topic is a lot of men will do the outdoor work like mowing the lawn and painting the house where as the women will do the laundry and make the dinners. The reason why I found this interesting is because I see women doing mens work all the time and men doing so called womens work. For example my mom will go outside and rack leaves or mow the lawn where as i will see my dad folding laundry and cleaning the kitchen.
The last thing that i found interesting was how twins will act in their lives because of their parents. I found that if your parents were very organized and keep things clean your kids will do the same. But I for one disagree with that because I am a twin and my parents like to be organized and I also like things to be very clean and organized but my brother on the other hand is a very messy person and keeps things out of order. For example his room is very dirty wth clothes all over and stuff laying on the ground where as for me i keep my room very clean and I make sure everything is picked up.
Another thing that i found very interesting in this chapter was gender roles. What i learned in this book about this topic is a lot of men will do the outdoor work like mowing the lawn and painting the house where as the women will do the laundry and make the dinners. The reason why I found this interesting is because I see women doing mens work all the time and men doing so called womens work. For example my mom will go outside and rack leaves or mow the lawn where as i will see my dad folding laundry and cleaning the kitchen.
The last thing that i found interesting was how twins will act in their lives because of their parents. I found that if your parents were very organized and keep things clean your kids will do the same. But I for one disagree with that because I am a twin and my parents like to be organized and I also like things to be very clean and organized but my brother on the other hand is a very messy person and keeps things out of order. For example his room is very dirty wth clothes all over and stuff laying on the ground where as for me i keep my room very clean and I make sure everything is picked up.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Chapter 3: Consciousness and the two track mind Blog
A thing that I found very intersting in this chapter was how a humans sleep stage works. I found this interseting because I always thought you would just fall asleep and wake up but I was very surprised that we sleep in stages. Their are 4 different stages of sleep, 1 being the closest to being a wake and 4 is a stage of deep sleep. In between these stages during the night you would have about 4 periods of REM sleep which is where you would be moving around, eyes moving back in forth while shut, your heart rate will increase and you could also sleep walk during this time. I just thought i learned a lot about this little section because i never new we had all these different stages of sleep and we did all of these different things like sleep walking when we don't even know we are doing this. This affects me in a big way because every person goes through this in his or her sleep and every person will have sleep walked in their life time at least once. I also know for a fact that this has already affected me because my mom has watched me sleep walk before.
Some ideas that I found very surprising in this chapter was REM sleep or sleep stages that I talked about up top but I also found a part on night terrors very surprising. The thing that I found surprising was when a person would have one of thses night terrors they would wake up and be breathing very hard and be sacred as if the night terror dream they were having has came true but when that person would fall back asleep and wake in the morning they would never even remember what happened that night. I find this kind of freaky because if I would see my brother freaking out like something bad is happening in real life after a dream I would be scared myself but when I would remind him in the morning about what had happened he would have no clue what I was talking about and I find that very weird and freaky.
About these things I learned about I agree 100% that these things can happen in sleep because I have had been sleep walking before during REM sleep. I also highly agree with night terrors because I have woke up before like something bad has happend but the only thing different about it is I would remember the dream. But I also would agree with people not remembering it because their will be many times I will know I had a dream the night before but not remember exactly what it was about.
Some ideas that I found very surprising in this chapter was REM sleep or sleep stages that I talked about up top but I also found a part on night terrors very surprising. The thing that I found surprising was when a person would have one of thses night terrors they would wake up and be breathing very hard and be sacred as if the night terror dream they were having has came true but when that person would fall back asleep and wake in the morning they would never even remember what happened that night. I find this kind of freaky because if I would see my brother freaking out like something bad is happening in real life after a dream I would be scared myself but when I would remind him in the morning about what had happened he would have no clue what I was talking about and I find that very weird and freaky.
About these things I learned about I agree 100% that these things can happen in sleep because I have had been sleep walking before during REM sleep. I also highly agree with night terrors because I have woke up before like something bad has happend but the only thing different about it is I would remember the dream. But I also would agree with people not remembering it because their will be many times I will know I had a dream the night before but not remember exactly what it was about.
Implicit Association Test Blog (Skin Color Test)
These tests tell a lot about the unconscience mind in my opinion beacuse when i was doing these tests i would want to click the one i was supposed to but my finger would do somwthing else. But their was also times when i would think the opposite of what it was supposed to be and I would queston myself. What this tells us about our society and their unconscience thoughts is that we're always qusetioning ourselves to do what we really think is right but their will be times when we will over think it and it will end up being the wrong desicion. I don't think we are very aware of our attitudes because it is the way we are and the way we live so we won't notice them like other people will because it is our way we act on things. Our attitudes affect our actions and behavior everyday because one person could have a negative attitude and be a stick in the mud everyday where as a positive attitude you will have people that see the glass half full. I don't think these tests had changed what my opinion was before i took the test to when i took it after because I will never care what a persons race is and that showed in the test but i also think if i would have perfered a skin color over another because of this test i would highly disagree with it.
Friday, October 2, 2009
3 Things I Learned in Chapter 2 Blog
One thing that I learned in chapter 2 was that our brain uses many different parts to analyze data that we recieve and how it transfers messages. This impacts my life in how we process and recieve information because if we did not have all these different parts of the brain trying to work as one to make messages that we recieve to make sence. If we did not have one of these parts we would not be able to understand things. I always thought that the brain was just one big tissue of a soft slimmy substance that just sits their and is one as a whole.
Another thing that I learned in chapter 2 was what is an Endorphin. An Endorphin makes a person happy. This impacts my like because if I didn't have any Endorphins I would never be happy. I never new that the brain released Endorphins just to make a person happy. I always thought it was just a sence that you get and you just will feel happy.
The last of the three things I learned was how an MRI is used. An MRI is used to show the anatomy of the brain and show if their is anything wrong in your brain. This impacts my life because if we didn't have thses types of machines to detect that their is something wrong going on inside my head I could be dead before you know it. I always have heard of an MRI but I never actually knew what it did and now I do Know. I know how important it is to patients that might have a tumor or cancer in their brain and this can really help to save a persons life if caught or detected early.
Another thing that I learned in chapter 2 was what is an Endorphin. An Endorphin makes a person happy. This impacts my like because if I didn't have any Endorphins I would never be happy. I never new that the brain released Endorphins just to make a person happy. I always thought it was just a sence that you get and you just will feel happy.
The last of the three things I learned was how an MRI is used. An MRI is used to show the anatomy of the brain and show if their is anything wrong in your brain. This impacts my life because if we didn't have thses types of machines to detect that their is something wrong going on inside my head I could be dead before you know it. I always have heard of an MRI but I never actually knew what it did and now I do Know. I know how important it is to patients that might have a tumor or cancer in their brain and this can really help to save a persons life if caught or detected early.
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