Asch's Confomity was definitely the only experiement that was morally correct. I really think that if I was presented with the same question in the experiment, I would not choose the answer that the others have been choosing if I know a different one is correct. If I was unsure on the answer, I would definitely jump on the bandwagon, but in this circumstance, i would trust my gut. Milgrim's Obedience was very cruel to the "teacher". Although it is tough to say after seeing hte results of the experiemnt, i really think that i would havent finished the testing. I would of felt horrible! Although we cannot conduct such experiemnt today, it would be interesting to repeat to see how the results differ over the last 60 years. The worse of the experiments was obviously the Stanford Prison Experiment. This was near tourture! I can imagine that it would be difficult resisting to falling into the roles, but yet again, I cannot imagine throwing all of one's morals out the window in a 6 day period! This experiment would also be interesting to repeat.
Social Influence is the difference in one while being surrounded or affected by a certain group of people than how they would normally act. A prime example of social influence in my life is that when my friends are slacking and not doing their homework in down time at school, i often choose to procrastinate as well, even though I know I should be getting my work done. Another example is that I tend to curse a lot, but when I am around someone who doesn't curse, or doesn't like when people do, I tend to act a lot more innocent. This works both ways, because when I am around friends that curse a lot, I find myself cursing a lot more as well.
The most interesting thing I learned in this class is about Memory. Specifically, I found the Thompson-Cotton case extremely intriguing. I found this so interesing because I knwo many people that tend to stretch the truth, and everybody does it at some point. I now have a better understanding of how our mind tends to mold our memories into what we want to remember rather than what is actually right.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Blog #12...
A psychological disorder is an ongoing pattern of thoughts, feelings, and actions that are deviant, distressful, and/or dysfunctional (594). We also discussed in class that a psychological problem often becomes classified as a psychological disorder when the problem greatly affects one's lifestyle. Although almost everybody experiences psychological problems throughout their lifetime, they do not always reach the severity of a psychological disorder. For example, Major Depression is often diagonoised after one experiences the symptoms for more than three weeks, as we discussed in class. Many people jump to conclusions when stating sad people are "depressed", two faced people are "bipolar", and people that act strange are "schizo". This is very wrong to jump to conclusions, and because of the first hand situations I've witnessed, I am sensitive to those who jump to these conclusions.
Both myself and many people close to me have experienced Major Depression. I truly believe that no one completely understand the disesase unless they have experienced it first hand. Many people think it would be very easy to overcome. However, it is a disease, and with any disease, it doesnt go away over night. My depression was mainly influenced by my low self esteem. I was very, very dissatisfied with myself. Another thing that I believe really triggered my depression was my inability to talk about my problems with others. I kept everything bottled inside until I snapped. Although I would rather not go into too much detail, I can say that when I hit rock bottom, I literally rolled out of bed, went to school (barely talking to anyone), come home and go to bed, and do it all over again the next day. I have cried myself nearly every night for months. I refused to let anybody care for me because I didnt want to let them down. It got ugly. Fortunately, after I was diagnoised and slowing came out and became comfortable talking about it, I discovered I had many people close to me that suffered from the same illness, which made it easier to talk about. Throughout my depression, I recieved no psychological therapy, although I blieve it would of been helpful. I was put on medication to get me throught, but a lot of my therapy was self healing. I slowly started boosting my self esteem on my own--and people noticed. My parents also played a big role by eliminated many negative influences from my lifestyle.
Also, one of my best friend's dad suffers from schizophrenia. This disease is horrible, and i wouldnt wish it upon anybody. It completely tore their family apart and her and her brother suffered the brunt of it. My friend is now a lot more accepting of her father's condition, but I often become very scarred that she may eventually suffer from the disease as well. I choose not to explain further, for the privacy of her family.
The most interesting thing I learned in this section is simply when I asked a question in class. Mrs. Olson explained that people have a 1% chance of developing schizophrenia. I then asked what are the chances of inheriting it from a parent. That number jumped to 10%. Because of my friend, this is a question I have had for a long time--I feel as if I have noticed symptoms, but maybe I was just being paranoid. However, it really scares that me that she's put at a much higher risk than me, and there really isnt any prevention to the horrible disease. I am glad I now have a better understanding of the disease in order to hopefully help her.
Both myself and many people close to me have experienced Major Depression. I truly believe that no one completely understand the disesase unless they have experienced it first hand. Many people think it would be very easy to overcome. However, it is a disease, and with any disease, it doesnt go away over night. My depression was mainly influenced by my low self esteem. I was very, very dissatisfied with myself. Another thing that I believe really triggered my depression was my inability to talk about my problems with others. I kept everything bottled inside until I snapped. Although I would rather not go into too much detail, I can say that when I hit rock bottom, I literally rolled out of bed, went to school (barely talking to anyone), come home and go to bed, and do it all over again the next day. I have cried myself nearly every night for months. I refused to let anybody care for me because I didnt want to let them down. It got ugly. Fortunately, after I was diagnoised and slowing came out and became comfortable talking about it, I discovered I had many people close to me that suffered from the same illness, which made it easier to talk about. Throughout my depression, I recieved no psychological therapy, although I blieve it would of been helpful. I was put on medication to get me throught, but a lot of my therapy was self healing. I slowly started boosting my self esteem on my own--and people noticed. My parents also played a big role by eliminated many negative influences from my lifestyle.
Also, one of my best friend's dad suffers from schizophrenia. This disease is horrible, and i wouldnt wish it upon anybody. It completely tore their family apart and her and her brother suffered the brunt of it. My friend is now a lot more accepting of her father's condition, but I often become very scarred that she may eventually suffer from the disease as well. I choose not to explain further, for the privacy of her family.
The most interesting thing I learned in this section is simply when I asked a question in class. Mrs. Olson explained that people have a 1% chance of developing schizophrenia. I then asked what are the chances of inheriting it from a parent. That number jumped to 10%. Because of my friend, this is a question I have had for a long time--I feel as if I have noticed symptoms, but maybe I was just being paranoid. However, it really scares that me that she's put at a much higher risk than me, and there really isnt any prevention to the horrible disease. I am glad I now have a better understanding of the disease in order to hopefully help her.
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