Sunday, April 29, 2012
blog #14
In the video that we watch this week in class it showed "teachers" being told to if an electric shock to "students" when they get a question wrong. The teachers were being told to increase the shock every time. They were testing to see how long they would keep the experiment going and to see if they would stand up to the leader. Most people continued the experiment until the very end and only a few stood up and wouldn't finish. At the end of the experiment they were told that there really wasn't any "students" being shocked. I think that if they really was "students" being shocked that they would be an example of how obedience to authority could be an extremely bad or harmful thing.
On the other side obedience to authority can an extremely good thing. I think that to accomplish a project or to get things done there would have to be a person in charge to oversee what is going on and make sure that everything gets done. If that person wasn't there, it would be hard for things to get done and take longer. Teachers and bosses re another good example of why we need authority in schools and at work. Authority can be helpful and rewarding, but it can also have a bad side and not be so wonderful.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Histrionic personality disorder
I begin in early adulthood and occur more often in women than in men. The cause of me is unknown, but both genes and early childhood events are thought to be contributors. Histrionic disorder people are able to function at high levels and can be successful socially and work. Symptoms of me are: acting or looking overly seductive, being easily influenced by other people, overly concerned with their looks, overly dramatic and emotional, and Needing to be the center of attention.
If symptoms are present, a doctor will begin an evaluation by performing with a complete medical history and physical examination. There are no laboratory tests to diagnose personality disorders, the doctor can use different diagnostic tests to rule out physical illness. If the doctor finds no physical reason for the symptoms, they could possible refer the person to a psychiatrist or psychologist, health care professionals who are trained to diagnose and treat mental illnesses.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Blog #13
I think that OCD would be very hard and scary to live with. I feel that people with OCD have rough lives and I feel bad for them. The video does show very well how having OCD can really have a toll on a people and they life. They have trouble forming and keeping relationships. People with OCD get questioned a lot about the things they do, especial if they repeat the same thing over and over again. I think that would be even harder on them then actually having to deal with themselves.
I think that having DID would be scary and hard. I think that they video did an excellent job at showing how DID works and how someone who has it will act. I feel that waking up one day and thinking you are someone else would frighting. I think that it would be really hard on the person and their family.
Both of these video were great and did a great job and showing on OCD and DID effect a person and the people that care about them. It would be difficult and rough to live with either one of these disorders.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Blog #12
Monday, April 9, 2012
Blog #11
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Intelligence In Men And Women Is A Gray And White Matter
Men and women have significantly differences in their intelligence. A study shows that women have more white matter and men have more gray matter linked to intellectual skills. A professor at psychology in Department of Pediatrics said “These findings suggest that human evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior,” Men have about 6.5 times the amount of gray matter and women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter related to intelligence. Gray matter represents information processing and white matter represents the networking of connections between these processing centers. This can explain why men are better at local processing, like mathematics and women excel at participating and adjusting information from dispersed gray-matter regions in the brain.