Thursday, March 26, 2009

Article Review #4

This Article was about colors and how they can change your moods and effect healing. Different colors are supposed to make you feel different and can possibly cure certain sicknesses. For example reds represent warm colors and are supposed to stimulate your mind and body. Blue is supposed to reduce pain and heal the lungs while heightening energy levels.

This is related to the field of psychology because the way you perceive and act to color is apart of the brain. Here's an example say I wake up and I'm in a bad mood so I decide to wear black well i'm still in a bad mood so I listen to sad songs. If this became a habbit a psychologist may tell me to chanfge the black shirt i'm wearing to an orange shirt and instead of listeing to sad songs listen to happy songs. By changing little things in your life it can change your moods and the way you look at life.

Color Psychology

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Article Review #3


This article is about Hypnosis and how it has been used to decrease pain during childbirth and chronic pains. It also can help reduce nausea for cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. People who are most likely to be hypnotised are children and people who indulge themselves in their dreams. During hypnosis your brain divides into two different consciousness. One of the brain's activities is responding to the hypnosis while the other is aware of everything else going on.

The article also talks about some of the common myths you hear about hypnosis. For example: while being hypnotized your hypnotizer can make you do what they please. This is false you have total control over your body. Another common myth is that you don't remember what happened while you were hypnotized. This is false sometimes amnesia can occur but it's not often. Being hypnotized can effect different people in different ways some people in the experiment done by Ernest Hilgard said they felt detached or very relaxed while other people can have full conversations while being hypnotized. In Ernest Hilgards experiment showed that being hypnotized can alter your perception. Ernest showed this by taking two people, one of them was hypnotized and the other not. Ernest placed both people arms in iced water, the person who wasn't hypnotized had to take their arm out of the water after a couple of seconds while the hypnotized contestant could leave their arm in the water for a longer period of time.

I think that it would be a good idea for psychologist to keep studding hypnosis because it can help with pain and sickness. If psychologists keep studding the brain and try and figure out how to use hypnosis in reducing pain maybe doctors can use less medicine in our daily lives.

Hypnosis link

Project little bro

So I have chosen one of my brothers heads to mess with, Don't worry my mom said it was ok. 3 out of the 4 memories will be real and one will be fake. All I have to do is get him to believe the fake one is one of the real ones.

The First memory is the following: When you were little mom was at the changing table changing you diaper. Julianna was standing at the end waiting patiently, mom said don't stand there because you never know what little boys might do. Sometimes they pee and as she said that you peed and made a fountain that squirted on Julianna's shirt.

Second Memory: When you were about Four there we lived on a dirt road and outside of our house was a big mud hole. Mom told us we could go outside and play it was muddy so we all had our boots on and were having a good ole time. While we were all playing Julianna was in the road playing in the mud and she called you over. Julianna told you to step in the hole and you did because she told you to shove your foot in there really good and stuck, you got stuck and started to cry. You asked Julianna to help you but she wouldn't because she was too busy laughing. It wasn't until two cars were coming from both directions of the road that Julianna went and got help.

Third Memory: When you were little the family went to a restaurant with Grammy Gloria. We all ordered our drinks, mom ordered you milk well we were all drinking our drinks and you weren't. Mom and Dad made you drink the milk, you were crying so Grammy said maybe something was wrong with it. Sure enough the milk was chunky and sour and later that day you puked... everywhere.

Fourth Memory: When you were a toddler you were in Grammy Becky's arms, you were really wiggly and jumped our of her arms and lost your two front teeth. Mom was so angry and sad that she cried for days because her poor baby's teeth were missing.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

My Day

Today I woke up about 6:10 took a shower and got ready for school. I had left my house at about 6:45 to be at school at 7. I was late. After Jazz band which I wanted to leave so desperately so I could actually do this test thing among other class work. Homeroom came and we were talking about our parents and lectures and how we wish they wouldn't do it cause we tune them out after 5 minutes anyway. First period was honors English 11 which was good today, we had IRP and then we talked about some stuff i can't remember but i know that i have to read a story. Second period was math and that class dragged.... forever. I don't have much to say it's not the teacher its the subject.

11:15 Lunch i had a tuna sandwich and chocolate pudding with water. Yummy although they don't really go together; chocolate and tuna what a combo. During lunch our table reminiscing about the childhood sweets we loved ex: pops, baby bottle pops, and push pops. After lunch i went to Jazz chorus, T was sick but came in for our class he was basically dead and so wasn't everyone else. I wanted my own bubble to hid in so i wouldn't get sick. The period ended and i was supposed to go to french 111 but my project due tomorrow for film and lit needed to be done, Glidden wasn't doing anything but making us do stuff for his conference, so he let me stay. Bronson helped me edit and I got that done and the transitions done.

Then after school Mr.Middleswart help me with the music and final touches. Too bad my group wasn't there to help. I worked till 4 and then i came home and watched the doctors, which was good bye the way. After my little break I ate diner and cleaned the stove cause i didn't watch the potato's and they spilled over, my mom said if i didn't clean it and the stove broke i would have to pay for it so i did it. after diner i called Alex to figure out how we were going to do the project for Mr.Viles class tomorrow. We are so confused we have the summary part but that's it. I know Mr.Viles doesn't check his e-mail at home so hopefully he will help Alex and i before we present. My sisters were dieing to watch their basketball slide show so i poped it on the computer and we watched it quickly took pictures of our belly buttons and now i'm writing about my day so i can do the next part.