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I read the article that was entitled "What? Me Biased?". This article explained how the majority of people are subconciously biased, whether they conciously believe so or not. After reading the article, which explained how when tested, most people appeared subconciously racist towards Barack Obama, I could not believe it. Nevertheless, I decided I should engage in the linked activities that calculate one's level of bias. These "quizes" i took were called IATs. Although there were many options, I first chose the weight one, and then the race one. After completely a series of questions and caterogizing words and pictures as fast as I could, my first result explained how I prefer thin people over heavy people, and my second, white people over black people. Although I really dont feel like I am prejudice against either group of people, I feel like my results might reflect the people I am more exposed to.

Another thing I learned about while reading this chapter was that the more derived one is from sleep, the greater their chance is to become overweight. This was always a conflicting idea to me. I understand that while one is asleep, they obviously cannot eat. On the flip side, one burns very few calories while sleeping, so if they are awake and active, they would be burning more calories.

What suprised me the most about this section was that although only 1 out of 10 males' dreams and 1 out of 30 females' had sexual overtones, Freud believed that these sexual dreams are not nearly as erotic as we think.

I highly agree that many of those that use drugs are often influenced by others. I feel as if the majority of drug users do it for status more than anything. This explains why many kids do it with their friends, or do it at a social event like a party, and also explains why many people quit when they start surrounding themselves with friends or family that are drug free.

After reviewing the chapter for a second time, I cannot find anything it contains that I truely disagree with. All of the information is very factual and statistical, and I cannot argue with that. Although some of the statistics seem a little bit exaggerated, I believe I feel this way because of where I live, both geographically and culturally, and also the people I surround myself with. When considering the entire nation, these stats seem much more realistic to my knowledge.