Monday, January 26, 2015

unconditional stimulus: cool guy
conditioned stimulus: camel cigarettes
Unconditioned response: you will look as fly as this guy
conditional response: you will want the smoky treat

Wednesday, January 21, 2015


 I’m going to use teaching Kourtney how to shoot a rifle for example. She had never shot a gun before so I decided to teach her how. First I showed her how the rifle functioned. It was a break action single shot 22. First I said point it in a safe direction. I told her to look down the sights and put the front sight level with the top of the rear sight.  I showed her how to open the breach, insert a shell, cock the hammer and put it on safety.  Then I said shoulder the gun with a firm grip and put your weight on your front foot. Then I said take it off safety and slowly pull the trigger but take your time. She hit the bottle and I was pretty proud.

Monday, January 12, 2015


Article 1. Nasal spray with insulin equivalent shows promise as treatment for adults with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s dementia

  1. A drug containing insulin was tested that helped improve memory.
  2. 60 adults
  3. 40 were given a higher does than the other 20
  4. They had to have short term memory loss.
  5.  Used a nasal spray containing insulin to improve the subjects memory
  6. The forty that received higher doses reacted to the drug better.
  7. Yes

Article 2.

  1. Marijuana’s effect on children with epilepsy.
  2. 58 kids around the age of seven
  3. No
  4. They had to experience severe seizures
  5. Gave children cannabis to try to reduce seizures
  6. Results vary between studies. Some saw elimination of seizures and for some seizures got worse
  7. No

Article 3. Biological basis for magic mushroom 'mind expansion' discovered

  1. How the affects of shrooms are similar to dreaming
  2. 15
  3. They were tested twice once with the drug and  once with a fake drug.
  4. Volunteer
  5. Gave them shrooms to see how their brains reacted
  6. Showed that the brain displays similar patterns when on shrooms when dreaming.
  7. Yes

Monday, January 5, 2015

intro to psychology


  1. Pissed
  2. Delicious
  3. My free time
  4. Stress
  5. Some sort of technician
  6. army recruiter
  7. Understanding, open, nonconformist 

I believe psychology will be a very interesting subject to start studying. The human mind fascinates me. It’s very complex and what comes from it is almost endless. I’d also like to know the reasons behind people’s choices and actions.  It’s interesting to think that minuet things can affect a person’s personality. I want to learn how environments can affect the way they act. I believe this class will help me better understand the human mind and people in general. And honestly its going to be fun to learn how to mess with people’s minds a manipulate them. I think what I learn in this class will help me in life in and after highschool.