This particular research study, titled “Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation”, discussed an experiment that was conducted to see if walking through nature was better for one’s overall mental health than walking through urban areas. 39 healthy participants were given a rumination self-report, or a Reflection Rumination Questionnaire (RRQ), in which they answered … More Media Project – Nature Walks
I have very much enjoyed being in a Psychology class, this semester and I have learned a lot about, not only how the human mind works, but about my own mind and personality. In the beginning of the semester, I wrote an Introductory post about the three classes I was most interested in learning about. I … More A Reflection on Psychology
This week in Psychology, we were given a video to watch, which simulated what having a psychotic episode as a schizophrenic patient would be like: Often, in the media especially, schizophrenia is depicted as someone who has no control whatsoever of their life. In movies, schizophrenics are viewed as the abnormal ones, either being portrayed as a … More FIP – Schizophrenia
This week in Psychology, we are discussing the theory of cognitive dissonance, which is when two opposing thoughts or facts are known to someone and to take away some of the discomfort of these conflicting things, the mind changes its behavior and attitude. For example, one time in my Biology class last semester, I had … More FIP – Cognitive Dissonance
This week in Psychology, we were given a Ted Talks video to watch, in which health psychologist, Kelly McGonigal, discusses the important role that stress plays in our lives. Whenever someone mentions the word “stress”, people tend to think about the negative ways in which it impacts our lives. Kelly McGonigal, however, offers a … More FIP – Stress
This week in Psychology, we are discussing types of motivation and how various strategies could be applied to our own lives. Motivation often plays a large role in the decisions we make about our career paths, relationships and many other things throughout our life. For example, when applying to colleges I had many things which motivated … More FIP – Motivation
Throughout the years, the amount of divorces in the U.S. has seemed to increase significantly. This has led parents to question whether or not divorce is the best option for their family in the long run. Divorce is not something that only affects the two people involved, but it can dramatically change the lives … More Children of Divorce
For this week in Psychology, we were given four (free) online personality tests to complete: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl http://personality-testing.info/tests/BIG5.php http://colorquiz.com/ They each had different ways of classifying what “type” of personality you have and what characteristics most likely shape you as a person. For each test, except the Color Quiz, we had to answer roughly 50 … More FIP – Personality (What type are you?)
This week in psychology, we are learning about the positive and negative effects teachers can have on their students’ overall confidence and intelligence levels. We were told to watch three videos: one about Jane Elliot’s blue eyes/ brown eyes experiment, stereotype threats, and the discovery of the Pygmalion effect. All three of these … More FIP – Affecting Intelligence
This week we are learning about sleep, as in how it affects our brains and ultimately how we function and get through the day with or without it. We were given a TED Talks video to watch titled “Why do we sleep?” in which Russell Foster gave three possible theories of what in our daily lives … More FIP – Why do we sleep?
A perspective on Psychology 