I took time to listen to the discussion about Teens and Sleep. It was very interesting to hear the point of views from other people about Teenagers and their sleep time. I was also interested in all the facts the talk show host used to support what she was trying to make known. I realized no matter how late a person stays up studying a person who doesn't do much studying and gets sleep will do better than the person who stayed up all night studying.
I learned that if you didn't get enough sleep one night, coming home and taking a nap can help to an extent. I also learned that catching up on sleep on the weekends has good and bad news with it. It is good to catch up on the sleep but people are forgetting that you have a clock and then come that night you don't want to sleep and then Monday morning instead of getting up for school you are wanting to have your head on your pillow. I never looked at it in that way. I always thought that not getting much sleep during the week I can make up for on the weekends. That really won't work if I am staying out late with friends and then sleeping until 11:00a.m. the next morning.
I believe this is relevant to me because I have a lot of homework during the week. I don't normally get to sleep before 10:30 at night. I am also involved with sports and clubs that take up much of my time as well. I have to learn to manage my time wisely and make more time for sleep even if everything that I want to get done isn't done. You don't realize how important sleep is until it is hard to get up the next morning, you are falling asleep during classes, and doing well in classes becomes harder.
Getting sleep effects me greatly. Not getting sleep effects everyone no matter what your age is. Being a senior though and wanting to do well in school before college and yet be involved with so much I feel like I don't get enough sleep. I try and tell myself to go to bed early but I never have the time because the next day of school comes and none of my homework is done.
I was very surprised to find out that because teens aren't getting sleep they are driving drowsy. The talk show states that driving drowsy is at the same level of driving drunk. I was shock because even if I don't get enough sleep when I drive I am alert and more focused in my driving then anytime during the day no matter what I am doing. That statement I really didn't agree with because any teenage I talk to really focuses on driving and the last thing they want is to get in an accident. I also wouldn't really compare driving drowsy to driving drunk. They are two totally different situations and there would be no comparison. Driving drunk you are unaware and have no clue what is going on. Driving drowsy you are some what connected with what is going on in life.
I am going to be more aware of the time that I set apart for homework and the time I decide to go to bed. Sleep is very important and I think I need more of it. I believe if I got more sleep I might do a little bit better in my school work and I can achieve the goals that I have set academically.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Blog #3
The first activity I did was takiong time to think. It was an activity that timed me on my reaction to a question and the time it took me to answer the question. The other activity I did was seeing more than your eye does, which, I closed my left eye staring at a picture while marking my blind spot.
I learned many new things from these activities. I learned that for many people reaction ti,e to questions differs causing slower response. I also learned when I was timed it included the time for the input signal to be transduced into neural activity, the time for neural signals to move from sensory structure to muscle involved in action and the time for muslce contractions. For the other activity I learned that what you don't see with one eye you see with the other. Because of that it explains why you have less of a blind spot when both eyes are opened.
I was surprised to find out that the moment you see, feel, taste, hear, or smell something it goes through your neural signals and then to muscles involved and then the contractions which transfer into your brain causing your respones to the intital reaction. You would think that listening to all the steps that it would take forever but really it takes a matter of 3 seconds at the most for everything to go through.
These two activities apply to my everyday life because I am always using my senses and never am I not reacting to something that happens in life. I am also always using my eyes and looking around for my blindspot. People don't realize that they use their senses more than is known. Your brain is consistently thinking and reacting to everything that you do. Your eyes are always wondering around from area to area so you don't miss anything.
I changes how I use my senses and every time I do use a sense I am thinking about how long it is taking me to process and voice an answer. I am also thinking about what it would be like to only have one eye or be blind. I am always looking around noticing new things and if I couldn't see I would go crazy.
I have learned also that Wilhelm Wundt continued studies for the time to think in his labortary. I knew who he was but never would have guessed he played a part in studing the time it takes us to responed and think. I also learned that the front of the eye acts like a camera lens, differently directing light rays from each point in space so as to create on the back of the eye a picture of the world. The picture then falls on a sheet of photoreceptors specialized brain cells. Which both make me think differently about the brain because one i learned something and two the brain is helpping the eye with putting a picture in my head.
"Man with Two Brains" was a very interesting video. I don't know how I could handle being able to do two things at once. The only thing that I would not be able to handle is not being able to put two things together which I am still wondering how he shouldn't be able to. He has two brains and they are connected if he sees one thing and sees another he should be able to put the two together without a problem. A person with one brain can do that. I also find it very interesting how one part of the brain is verbal and the other is more graphical.
I learned many new things from these activities. I learned that for many people reaction ti,e to questions differs causing slower response. I also learned when I was timed it included the time for the input signal to be transduced into neural activity, the time for neural signals to move from sensory structure to muscle involved in action and the time for muslce contractions. For the other activity I learned that what you don't see with one eye you see with the other. Because of that it explains why you have less of a blind spot when both eyes are opened.
I was surprised to find out that the moment you see, feel, taste, hear, or smell something it goes through your neural signals and then to muscles involved and then the contractions which transfer into your brain causing your respones to the intital reaction. You would think that listening to all the steps that it would take forever but really it takes a matter of 3 seconds at the most for everything to go through.
These two activities apply to my everyday life because I am always using my senses and never am I not reacting to something that happens in life. I am also always using my eyes and looking around for my blindspot. People don't realize that they use their senses more than is known. Your brain is consistently thinking and reacting to everything that you do. Your eyes are always wondering around from area to area so you don't miss anything.
I changes how I use my senses and every time I do use a sense I am thinking about how long it is taking me to process and voice an answer. I am also thinking about what it would be like to only have one eye or be blind. I am always looking around noticing new things and if I couldn't see I would go crazy.
I have learned also that Wilhelm Wundt continued studies for the time to think in his labortary. I knew who he was but never would have guessed he played a part in studing the time it takes us to responed and think. I also learned that the front of the eye acts like a camera lens, differently directing light rays from each point in space so as to create on the back of the eye a picture of the world. The picture then falls on a sheet of photoreceptors specialized brain cells. Which both make me think differently about the brain because one i learned something and two the brain is helpping the eye with putting a picture in my head.
"Man with Two Brains" was a very interesting video. I don't know how I could handle being able to do two things at once. The only thing that I would not be able to handle is not being able to put two things together which I am still wondering how he shouldn't be able to. He has two brains and they are connected if he sees one thing and sees another he should be able to put the two together without a problem. A person with one brain can do that. I also find it very interesting how one part of the brain is verbal and the other is more graphical.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Formal Blog #2
Research is very important in our everyday lives. The more you research and study something, the more you know about that topic. Knowing more about a certain thing will help you to understand it better. When it comes to psychology the more you research a person and know about their everyday lives you might be able to understand why they are doing the things they do.
The article I read from Pysblog was titled Don't Stand So Close it is interesting because it is about a study conducted showing the data of men's toilet habits. It showed that men who are right next to another man in the urinals the flow of urine changes and is weaker than when they aren't right next to eachother. I thought this was an interesting fact to know about the opposite sex. Maybe it will help to understand guys better.
Hindsight bias is also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. To explain this try to unscramble the letters RADEB unscrambled it makes the word BREAD. If you just try to unscramble the letters without knowing the answer it will take an average of 3 minutes. However, once you know the answer hindsight makes it seem so easy and obvious.
This chapter explains the different ways to study people. One way is by the case studies. In a case study, you examine something or someone in depth. You study them carefully to describe why humans do the things we do. Case studies can also show us what can happen. However, case studies are not always 100% accurate; they do suggest some ideas while not fully discovering truth in everybody.
Naturalistic observation is the third descriptive method to record behavior. Naturalistic observation takes place in a normal environment. For example, scientists might be studying something dealing with an animal such as a monkey. Using the naturalistic observations, the scientist will head out into the jungle in search of a monkey in its natural habitat. They will then record their observations and come to conclusions about the monkey. One thing about naturalistic observation that isn't always good is: it doesn't take into account other controlling factors in life that may influence behaviors.
The article I read from Pysblog was titled Don't Stand So Close it is interesting because it is about a study conducted showing the data of men's toilet habits. It showed that men who are right next to another man in the urinals the flow of urine changes and is weaker than when they aren't right next to eachother. I thought this was an interesting fact to know about the opposite sex. Maybe it will help to understand guys better.
Hindsight bias is also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. To explain this try to unscramble the letters RADEB unscrambled it makes the word BREAD. If you just try to unscramble the letters without knowing the answer it will take an average of 3 minutes. However, once you know the answer hindsight makes it seem so easy and obvious.
This chapter explains the different ways to study people. One way is by the case studies. In a case study, you examine something or someone in depth. You study them carefully to describe why humans do the things we do. Case studies can also show us what can happen. However, case studies are not always 100% accurate; they do suggest some ideas while not fully discovering truth in everybody.
Naturalistic observation is the third descriptive method to record behavior. Naturalistic observation takes place in a normal environment. For example, scientists might be studying something dealing with an animal such as a monkey. Using the naturalistic observations, the scientist will head out into the jungle in search of a monkey in its natural habitat. They will then record their observations and come to conclusions about the monkey. One thing about naturalistic observation that isn't always good is: it doesn't take into account other controlling factors in life that may influence behaviors.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Chapter 1
I thought, along with a lot of other people, that psychology was just the study of behaviors and the effects they display among other people. I didn't realize it goes more indepth and has many other ways of studying psychology. I learned that once I started to read chapter 1 and the three main components of the scientific attitudes.
I believe that psychology affects my life because I tend to think critically. I always think more into a question or proposal when given. Most people just answer what is asked or say what comes right to their heads. I normally sit there and think about what was asked and I take the question into many different directions. According to my reading thinking critically means that I have a scientific attitude. I also see how psychology can affect my life because I watch people as they progress during school and I see how they react towards a homework assignment or how they interact with other students. Their behaviors amaze me. I question myself to why a person complains about a certain assignment or why a person might treat someone the way they do.
Throughout the reading I did in chapter 1 I found a lot of interseting things, one that sticks out in my head is the case study. Case study is the examining of one indiviual in deoth in hopes of revealing things true of us all. I learned that if you study a person long enough and more in depth you find things out that you never knew. I found this intriguing because I realized after asking a person so many questions they are bounded to finally tell the truth and reveal what they truely have inside. Another thing I learned was illusory correlation. This has happened to me many times and I never knew there was a name for it and that it has been studied. I have believed there was a relationship between two things and then later what I had believed came true. I don't believe that because we are trusting in it that that is the reason why it happens. I strongly feel that because we think there is a relationship we have the mind set that it could happen.
I believe that psychology affects my life because I tend to think critically. I always think more into a question or proposal when given. Most people just answer what is asked or say what comes right to their heads. I normally sit there and think about what was asked and I take the question into many different directions. According to my reading thinking critically means that I have a scientific attitude. I also see how psychology can affect my life because I watch people as they progress during school and I see how they react towards a homework assignment or how they interact with other students. Their behaviors amaze me. I question myself to why a person complains about a certain assignment or why a person might treat someone the way they do.
Throughout the reading I did in chapter 1 I found a lot of interseting things, one that sticks out in my head is the case study. Case study is the examining of one indiviual in deoth in hopes of revealing things true of us all. I learned that if you study a person long enough and more in depth you find things out that you never knew. I found this intriguing because I realized after asking a person so many questions they are bounded to finally tell the truth and reveal what they truely have inside. Another thing I learned was illusory correlation. This has happened to me many times and I never knew there was a name for it and that it has been studied. I have believed there was a relationship between two things and then later what I had believed came true. I don't believe that because we are trusting in it that that is the reason why it happens. I strongly feel that because we think there is a relationship we have the mind set that it could happen.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Hello my name is Cheyenne Hoffman and I attend Stratford High School. I am a senior this year and on September 30 I will be turning 18 years old. I strongly believe that my family has shaped me to be who I am today. They have supported me and taught my many lessons in life that will help me successed in life. I don't know what I would do without my family. In my opinion psychology is important to study because it helps people understand certain things about human beings and the way our minds work.
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