Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Dreams & Latent Content

One of the dreams I've had when I was younger, this is a dream I've always remembered. Me and a group of kids were in the desert in this old cabin, and a box of pizza just fell from the sky, and none of us wanted to eat it because it was poison. I've had this dream twice. The desert could represent feeling abandonment, loss or misfortune, or isolation and hopelessness. The pizza could represent lacking or feeling deprived of something, choices, or variety.

Another dream I had when younger, was I randomly was in a big, dark, room that had small clown puppets all over the walls, they were everywhere. Puppets, can represent easily swayed by others, let others control me, and feeling that I can't stand up for myself.

Another dream that I had a few days ago, was in the morning my dog, Joey, got out of the house and ran off, I didn't really care, then when I was coming home for lunch, he was lying in the middle of a random street, he wasn't dead or hurt, he was just lying there. The dog could represent loyalty, and protection.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder - Twilight Zone reaction

In the beginning I thought it was kind of weird and boring, and I couldn't see where it was going. Then when they started pulling of the bandages on her face, I thought the experiment "worked", but then someone in the class said that she was gonna be really pretty and all the nurses and doctors were gonna be ugly, so I wasn't really surprised at the end. Yes, I do think beauty is subjective, in different cultures and in different times beauty could be considered something completely different than what we think beauty is here and today. Yes I do think beauty changes, because 60 years ago girls of different body shape were considered beautiful, than the girls considered beautiful today. Here in Kimberly, beautiful is tan skin, longer hair, lots of make-up, the right kind of clothes, like the boots with fur, for girls. Guys who are attractive are guys who are tan, tall, buff.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Stanford Prison Study

Part A: Sometimes when you get into an arguement with a friend you say stuff to them you wouldn't normally say.

Part B: I believe the guards changed the most. I started to forget they were really college students. Each day the punishments they did got worse and they did more and more each day. Even thought they didn't physically hit or hurt any of the prisoners, they used many other punishments that seemed worse. I don't think real prison guards would do the things they did. They took advantage of the power they were given. I think the situation took control over their actions. Because of the situation they became bad people, but in real life they're truly good people.  

Friday, October 15, 2010

Rorschach Ink Blot

  I see the guys head from toy story 2, buz lightyears dad, the villian, purple guy.

Friday, September 24, 2010

The Lobotomist

   I think this procedure is weird, gross, and scary. I think he is a mad man, because I think it's crazy going into someones brain to experiment something. Especially on conscious patients. And after the procedure the affects wore off after a few months, why would they do it again if they knew it would just ware of in a while. I don't think he has the right to do this to these people. I don't see how he could come up with something like sticking an ice pick in someones eye to enter the brain. It's risky doing this eye procedure in the first place, and more risky doing it with a huge crowd around you. I think that the mother who started hearing voices is a good example of how this doesn't always work very well. I think what's important to him isn't the health of his patients but the control and the fame of this. When several patients died on the operating table because Freeman wanted to take a picture that shows what he really cares about. I don't agree with doing this to kids with basically normal behavior.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Scott (from keeping up with the kardashians)

     From the Neuroscience perspective Scott had soo much on his mind that he started drinking too much. Form the Psychodynamic perspective Scott maybe had an alcoholic parent and that why he's drinks and parties all the time now. From the Social - Cultural perspective Scott parties all night and drinks all the time and lies to his girlfriend because of his friends, his friends party all the time and his job is at a night club so that would make him wan to party. From the Humanistic perspective Scott doesn't get a lot of love from his girlfriends family so he might express his need for love by drinking and lying. From the Behavioral perspective Scott drinks and stays out all night because it's what he's learned to do when he went out on his own. And finally from the Cognitive perspective he thinks that work is partying because he's never had a real sit down job.

Let Me Introduce Myself

       My name is Rachel, I am a junior in high school. I am originally from the state of Indiana. I have three older sisters and a dog, who is a mix of a German Shepherd, Yellow Lab, Golden Retriever, and a Rottweiler. I love to hang out with friends and family. I can be outgoing but quiet in the classroom.
     Things that irritate me are when people interrupt a lot, and I absolutely will not accept snoring!
      I love to watch movies and go out with friends. My favorate subjuct in school is history because I think it's interesting. And my favorate color is green but I like them all.