Fallacy-a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument
False
authority- using a non-expert’s opinion on a subject to
sell a product or idea.
I always second guess a product whenever a celebrity
endorses it. Most of the time I question whether or not they really use the
product they are trying to sell. I’m
sure half the time they really don’t and are just doing it for the money. A lot of times the celebrity is used
unknowingly to endorse products. I try to not let these things influence me, although I will
admit I have purchased some things that were collaborated with celebrities
because I legitimately felt that they were good products.
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Memory
Google Effect-the tendency to forget information that can be
easily found online.
Lately I noticed I’m looking
up more and more things online instead of trying to remember it myself.
Spelling words is a huge thing I have started doing; instead of spelling out a
word if I’m not sure of it, I’ll just google it instead. I used to be a pretty
good speller but I think this has actually made things worse.
Tip of the tongue-when you are able to
recall parts of an item, or related information, but are frustratingly unable
to recall the whole item.
This happens to me a lot
when I’m talking to someone about a movie or the particular name of an actor
and I can’t think of the actors name. It really bothers me. I always remember whatever it was at the most
random time, it will just come to me.
Cryptomnesia-a form of misattribution where a memory is
mistaken for imagination, because there is no subjective experience of it being
a memory.
This will happen to me
sometimes if I had a dream that I don’t recall until awhile after I had the
dream, and then I can’t remember if it was a dream or if it actually happened,
like a blurred memory.
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Nature Vs. Nuture
I had analyzed the case of Joshua Earl Patrick
Phillips who at the age of 14 had murdered 8 year old Maddie Clifton. He had been playing baseball with her and
accidentally hit her in the eye with the ball causing her to bleed and
scream. He panicked and brought her into
his home and strangled her with a telephone cord, hit her with the baseball
bat, and stabbed her 11 times. He hid
her body in the base of his waterbed, and his mother found her body
approximately a week later when she was cleaning his room.
He claimed that he did this because of his fear of
his abusive father, who would have been extremely angry at the incident.
He was sentenced to life with no parole. He had
broken down into tears and said if he could take it back he would.
I believe that while Josh was at the age to know the
difference between right and wrong, he was so afraid of his fathers’ abuse that
he panicked and did not think clearly. He was clearly lacking the nurturing and
guidance of his parents, especially his father, that he would not act in a
normal way and just go and get help when she got hurt. The consequences in his mind were far too
great, that he felt this was the only option.
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Observational Learning- also known as social learning is a type of learning most associated with the work and social learning theory of psychologist Albert Bandura.
When I was a little girl I always wanted to dress like an
adult and wear makeup, my mother would let me do this in the house for fun but
not go out like that because I was only five or six. The makeup I would put on back then was messy
and looked funny. When I got into my early teens I learned how to put on makeup
properly by watching my mom do it. Even to this day when I’m not sure how to do
a certain look you can always find a video on YouTube to watch that will show
you ways to do it.
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I
had a dream Wednesday night that I was walking through the city and looked up
at the buildings (which were way higher than they are in reality) and saw men
jumping off of them. Obviously this was really upsetting
to me and when I woke up I was almost in tears. I have never had this dream
before and am not sure what would cause me to dream about that. The main thing
I can remember about it was all the men were in business suits and the buildings
looked like they were a mile high or more.
The
manifest content of my dream could be from watching a show about 9/11 when
people were actually jumping out of the twin towers, but I watched that a very
long time ago. I think I dreamed about it because watching that was extremely upsetting
to me and maybe walking past the new world trade tower everyday from the train
to school subconsciously I was thinking about it.
The
latent content of my dream is that when you dream of death it can symbolize
change and new beginnings. Also, it can be a symbol of letting go or fears that
I may have.
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SENSATION & PERCEPTION
Part I
Take a glass with anything in
it, and fill it halfway, many people perceive this glass as two completely
differently things. They say optimists
will view it as half full, and pessimists will view it as half empty. Either way the glass has the same amount of
stuff in it. It’s how we perceive it
that makes it different. People who view
the glass as half full are generally thought to be happier, more positive
people. People who view it as half empty are thought to be more negative. The way we perceive things can change
depending on what’s going on in our lives at that moment.
Part II
When I was younger it never
bothered me to go on boats, I would wonder why people would get “sea sick” and
be thankful that I wasn’t one of them.
About 7 years ago in the Virgin Islands I went parasailing and noticed
that I felt extremely nauseous while I was on the boat, I thought it was maybe
because I had too much to drink the night before. It wasn’t that though, I now get sick every
time I go on a boat. I don’t know if it’s
because I have it stuck in my head now that I’m going to feel nauseous
before I get on the boat so it’s more of a mind over matter thing, or if the
boat is actually making me feel
sick. My perception of boats now is to
think of being “sea sick”.
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For example, if I could choose free will it would be to not
do any school assignments and probably skip class a lot more to be able to
sleep in and enjoy my day. But, if I did this I would feel guilty and probably
not end up getting the education I need to succeed in what I need to do to make
money and support my lifestyle. So maybe
when I do things I don’t really want to do in a way I still do have free will
because I am choosing to do these things to better myself to be able to live
the life I want to live. If everyone sat
around and did nothing or exercised free will there would be a whole lot of
nothing going on, technically giving us even LESS choices. Hmmm…
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Experimental
Proposal
Question of Interest: Will children who are raised in homosexual
households have a higher chance of ending up homosexual vs. children who are
brought up in heterosexual households?
Hypothesis: No, children who are raised by same sex
couples do not have more or less of a chance of being homosexual or
heterosexual more than children raised in heterosexual families.
Longitudinal Research - Case Studies: Follow six different families throughout the
course of childhood to adulthood.
Experimental Group: Three different same sex couples raising
children.
Control Group: Three different straight couples raising
children.
Observational Research: Children who are raised in loving, stable
households in general usually do better; regardless of the parents sexual
orientation.
Conclusion- *Studies show that between 1 and 9 million
children in the United States have at least one parent who is lesbian or
gay. Most research shows that they did
not differ from other children in terms of emotional functioning, sexual
orientation, stigmatization, gender role behavior, behavioral adjustment,
gender identity, or learning and grade point averages.
Below are two short videos for further research:
