Blog #16

Its been a fun last few months of psych, I have really learned a lot of new things. I have really enjoyed this class and loved every minute of it. I thought that everything was interesting and I loved learning about it. This class has been super fun and I thought that I got a lot out of it. I love learning about they way we think and do things and I liked learning new things about the human mind that I didn't know before or even thought of before.
After taking the AP test, I felt very confident that I did great on the multiple choice part. There was only a few questions that I wasn't sure of the answer too and there was questions that I just knew and felt strong about. I enjoyed that feeling and think that I did quite well on it. The free response was hard and tough. Some of the things I didn't know a few things, but there was a few that I kinda knew. Overall, I think that I did well on the AP test.

Blog #15

One thing that has been confusing me during the last few test was all of the different perspectives. I wanted to way to compare all the perspectives and remember them. I wanted to find a video so help me study and I found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj-kwOvrcYw. I think that this video does a great at being a study tool. It gives excellent examples and then gives you a chance to answer what perspective it is. I think that it really helped me learn the differences and get examples. The video was interesting and I thought that the examples and descriptions of all the perspectives were helpful and I think that it gave me a better understanding of some of the perspectives. I enjoyed the video and thought that it was quite useful. 

blog #14

This week in psych we discussed how authority can have an effect on how people act and do things. Just being told that someone else in higher then everyone else, makes those people feel that they need to fallow the directions even to them. Most of the time it doesn't matter what they are being told to do or how hurtful in can be to some people. If they are being told to do something they will do it because they don't want to get in trouble. I think that having people in charge can be a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing.

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.

Histrionic personality disorder

      I am the histrionic personality disorder and I cause people to very emotion and dramatic to draw attention to themselves. I make people angry easily, dependent on others, and seductive. My self-esteem depends on others approval. In the DSM-IV-TR I am cluster B under personality disorder, people in cluster B exaggerate their emotions and go to excessive length to seek attention.
      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.

Blog #13

    Yesterday, in psych we watched two videos on mental disorders. The first one was on two people who had OCD and the second one was on a women who had DID. I watched both of these videos before and they were just as good the second time as they were the first time. I found them both to be very interesting and did a good job and showing how these disorders can have an effect on people's lives.
    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.

Blog #12

My test results for the three personality test are as fallows:

Big Five Test 1:

Extraversion-3-low

Agreeableness-5- High

Conscientiousness-5.2-High

Emotional stability-5.4-high

Openness-3.8-low

Big Five Test 2:

Extroversion-56%

Accommodation-84%

Orderliness-79%

Emotional stability-79%

Openness-39%

Myers Briggs Style Test

Extraverted-11-low

Sensing-12-low

Feeling-38-mod

Judging-33-mod

I think that these test are valid because majority of my results were about the same and fit be well. I feel that they were right on and were really good at judging my personality. I think that the test were well made and useful.

The letters that I got on the MMPI test were ESFJ. Standing for Extraverted, sensing, feeling and judging. I agree with most of these letters and think that they on right for me.

I think that I did great on the lie test because I read that question carefully and really thought about them. I did notice quite a few questions that would fit on the lie scale. Most of them were in the first big five test. There were only a few in the other two test.

Blog #11

This week in psychology we discussed the theories of motivation and I found them to be quiet interesting. We looked at the instinct theory which is behaviors that are rigid patterned and unlearned. The drive-reduction theory in which physiological needs create motivation, such as thirst and hunger. Another theory is the incentive theory that positive or negative environmental stimulus motivate a behavior. Lastly, the optimum arousal theory increases arousal. Another thing that we looked at this week was Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy of needs. His pyramid shows the basic human needs starting with physiological needs and once those needs are met you move up the pyramid to self-transcendence needs at the very top.

With all of these theories I wanted to find a way to look at them in an easier way so I went and found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4flf6XHJUc which I feel does an excellence job at showing all of these theories and explaining them.