Monday Questions

1)  What is your emotional intelligence? Is your letter combination representative of your personality and thought processes?  How does your results compare to those in the chart above? Explain your reasoning. 
I got ISTJ for my result. I think it is representative of me, because it says trustee, and I feel like I can be trusted; it also says dependable, which I think I am as well. My result was 11-14% of the population, according to the chart. I think it's pretty correct, because I can tend to be introverted and I try to make the best possible judgement calls. My letter combination was the highest of all the combinations in the male category, which I think is surprising.
2)  How are you receiving a multiple intelligence education?  How is your multiple intelligence education limited?  Please give examples for both questions! 
I dont think I'm receiving a multiple intelligence education. I don't take music classes any more, even though I dont feel like you need to in order to just appreciate music. I took art, but I felt like there wasn't really enough freedom in that class. They would assign something, but it would still be really specific, and sometimes coming up with an idea was difficult for me.

Queendom Personality IQ

Snapshot Report
Recognition of Other's Emotions

 73


You were relatively successful on the recognition of emotions aspect of the test; however, you seemed to have had some difficulty occasionally. A score in this range indicates that:

• Reading body language and facial expressions in social situations is likely not to be too much of a challenge for you. When you read someone in the correct way, you'll be better able to approach him or her in a manner that fits the situation and what he/she is feeling.
• This means that you are less likely to misjudge others as well - or at least not too often.
• Your ability to empathize is enhanced when you are able to read others accurately

Jung Test & Big Five Test

Jung Test

ISTJ - "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

Big Five Test

Extroversion	||||||	28%
Orderliness	||||||||||||||||	68%
Emotional Stability	||||||||||||||	52%
Accommodation	||||||||||	32%
Inquisitiveness	||||||	26%

Extroversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, neat, structured and restrained at the expense too often of flexibility, variety, spontaneity, and fun.

Emotional Stability results were medium which suggests you average somewhere in between being calm and resilient and being anxious and reactive.

Accommodation results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly selfish, uncooperative, and difficult at the expense of the well being of others.

Inquisitiveness results were low which suggests you are overly small minded, traditional, and conventional at the expense too often of intellectual curiousity, possibility, and progress.

Freud: Freak of Phenom?

For this question, I'd answer freak. I know that he's obviously important, from the fact that we study him in class, but my personal opinion is that he's a freak. A lot of his ideas are very important contributions to what we know about psychology today, such as the three parts of personality, defense mechanisms, and psychosexual phases. So as far as his research and conttributions, you could consider him a phenom. But, my justification for him being a freak comes from his personal life.
In my opinion, someone's personal life/practices are a good indicator of what kind of person they are. In Freud's case, he had quite an interesting personal life. He studied and practiced hypnotism. He also used cocaine as n expiremental stimulant and anti-depressant. He also later argued that children go through a phase where they fixated on their mother as a sexual object.

Your Results:

Closed-Minded Open to New Experiences
Disorganized Conscientious
Introverted Extraverted
Disagreeable Agreeable
Calm / Relaxed Nervous / High-Strung



There has been much research on how people describe others, and five major dimensions of human personality have been found. They are often referred to as the OCEAN model of personality, because of the acronym from the names of the five dimensions.

Openness to Experience/Intellect
High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; Low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative.
You are relatively open to new experiences. (Your percentile: 65)

Conscientiousness
High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; Low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent.
You tend to do things somewhat haphazardly. (Your percentile: 21)

Extraversion
High scorers tend to be sociable, friendly, fun loving, talkative; Low scorers tend to be introverted, reserved, inhibited, quiet.
You probably enjoy spending quiet time alone. (Your percentile: 9)

Agreeableness
High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous.
You find it easy to criticize others. (Your percentile: 4)

Neuroticism
High scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy.
You are generally relaxed. (Your percentile: 37)


What do the scores tell me?

In order to provide you with a meaningful comparison, the scores you received have been converted to "percentile scores." This means that your personality score can be directly compared to another group of people who have also taken this personality test.

The percentile scores show you where you score on the five personality dimensions relative to the comparison sample of other people who have taken this test on-line. In other words, your percentile scores indicate the percentage of people who score less than you on each dimension. For example, your Extraversion percentile score is 9, which means that about 9 percent of the people in our comparison sample are less extraverted than you -- in other words, you are strongly introverted. Keep in mind that these percentile scores are relative to our particular sample of people. Thus, your percentile scores may differ if you were compared to another sample (e.g., elderly British people).

Phases of Adulthood

http://prezi.com/sgzghw5ndrn7/phases-of-adulthood/
and just for fun, if it works...:

Phases of Adulthood on Prezi

Memory

From the memory test on Virginia Tech's website, I used my study locations of the desk in my bedroom, my kitchen table, and the office in our house. The results showed that the office was my best place to study, and second was my bedroom. This is pretty good, because I use my room mainly for studying, because there are always people in the kitchen and I can't concentrate with that. I don't use the office that much, but seeing these results, I probably should. I could only remember seven of the words, but I got them all right. I think my memory strengths are my ability to keep information and visuals help me a lot to do that. I can learn things better if I can associate them with something else or connect them. My weaknesses would probably be being able to be motivated enough to go over the information regularly and having a positive atitude about certain subjects. I also don't really understand the brainstorming method they talk about. I came up with these acronyms: IIML - Iconic Implicit Memory Learning, LIMI - Learning Iconic Memory Implicit, LEMIP - Learning Explicit Memory Iconic Psychology, IMPEEL - Implicit Memory Psychology Echoic Explicit Learning, and EMP - Explicit Memory Psychology

Time Interview Project

Time: Thank you again for coming in and interviewing with us today Mr. Dyrdek
Dyrdek: No problem at all, thank's for having me.
Time: Most will recognize you from your hit show, Fantasy Factory. Tell us, are you always the high-strung, idea-filled person you portray on television?
Dyrdek: I'd have to say I definately am. I don't feel right when I don't have a bunch of things going on at once, and I feel like you have to be energetic and excited about your work, otherwise you just won't get it done. Yeah, we mess around a lot, but we're also running several successful businesses at the same time.
Time: Interesting. Tell us about a few of your business ventures.
Dyrdek: My most important would probably be co-managing DC Shoes. Ken and I like to throw around ideas for shoes every now and then, and we work together well. I've also started creating Safe-spot Skate Spots, with the help of Hardee's. In fact we just recently opened up our first spot in downtown Los Angeles, which was just awesome. I also started Rogue Status clothing and Wild Grinders, a line of kid's toys.
Time: It sounds like you've definately got a lot on your plate Rob. How do you manage it all?
Dyrdek: Well, it all started when I was a kid. My mom never let me quit anything, so I realized, if I wanted to do something, I had to be sure it was something I really liked and wanted to do, otherwise I would be in trouble.. Luckily, I've found myself interested in a lot of different things, which explains all that I have going on I guess.
Time: So, I hear you have gotten into jockeying, of all things?
Dyrdek: Yeah, I've always found it really interesting, and after having mini horse, I decided to try out the real thing.
Time: Was it difficult for you to ride the horse, having little experience like that?
Dyrdek: Definitely. The horse didn't even like me at first. I'd go up to pet him and he'd just try and bite me, so eventually what I did was bring him a treat, carrot or sugar cube or something, and give it to him, then pet him. It definitely built up our relationship. Two of the most experienced riders I know came up and spent the whole day teaching me different riding techniques, and there was so much more training involved that people at home didn't see. But after all was said and done, I feel like I was a pretty good rider.
Time: Fascinating. Now, really quick, can you tell us about your relationship with Ken Block, and how that came to be.
Dyrdek: Wow. Ken had to be one of the first people I met when I came out to California. I thank God he was, because I really didn't have a clue what I was doing at first, and he helped steer me in the right direction. He really liked my skate videos and approached me when DC Shoes was just starting out. He asked me if I would sponser them skating, and I said sure. I had no idea that he and the company would grow to be what they are today. I'm really thankful for all his help through the years and I hope his business will only grow.
Time: Well that was truly a good story Rob. I'm afraid that's all we have time for though. Thank you for coming in and having a talk with us.
Dyrdek: No problem, it was good talking with you guys

Memory Article

The memory related article I found is titled "Drugs May Save Memory of the Sleep-Deprived." This article states that lack of sleep makes it harder for the brain to memorize newly learned information. The article also states that scientists may have found a way to work around this problem. The scientists set up an experiment where they used electrical shocks to train mice not to move to certain cages, then deprived them of sleep for 5 hours. The results showed the mice were worse at remembering not to move. Researchers found that when deprived of sleep, the mice made more of the enzyme PDE4, and that caused a shortage of cAMP, which helps the brain form new memories. The researchers then got some more mice and injected half with an experimental drug that blocks PDE4 and half with placebo shots. The mice got shots after being trained, but before being sleep deprived. The sleep deprived mice who had gotten the drug passed the memory test. Researchers say that the study shows that it may be possible to make drugs that target PDE4.

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20091021/cant-sleep-drugs-may-save-memory

Classical Conditioning Summarization

Classical conditioning was the first behaviorism related learning style, brought to light by Ivan Pavlov. Classical conditioning is defined by a stimulus eliciting a response. No new behaviors are learnded in classical conditioning, but rather an association is created so that a person responds a certain way to a certain stimulus. Unconditional stimuli is a stimulus that already exists, so no learning is required to connect the stimulus and response. The neutral stimulus is something you recognize, but do not necessarily respond to. During conditioning, a neutral stimulus will be introduced, followed by an unconditioned stimulus. Over time the learner develops an association with the two stimuli. After conditioning, the neutral stimulus will now elicit the unconditioned response. The consitioned stimulus has now created a conditioned response.

Operant Conditioning Summarization

Operant conditioning is one of the most common ways psychologists study human behavior. The idea of operant conditioning is that a person may or may not repeat a certain behavior as a result of either positive or negative consequences given to them. Operant conditioning can be seen as a more elaborate version of classical conditioning. Both Ivan Pavlov and Ewdard Thorndike introduced and tested classical conditioning, but B.F. Skinner was the first psychologist to bring the idea of operant conditioning to the rest of the world. He also did what the others didn't, which was to also include humans in this. In operant conditioning, good behaviors are rewarded and reinforced while bad behaviors have punishments. This means a behavior can be removed or changed through its consequences.

Headline Match Game (RE-SUBMIT)

1. Select two of the headlines on the Correlation or Causation page. Identify whether those headlines make causal or correlational claims.



Headline #1: Fear of hell makes us richer, Fed says


Is the headline: Causal Correlational (Circle one)
Correlational. States that the belief or lack thereof of hell will make a society more rich or more poor.


Headline #2: In Study, Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin


Is the headline: Causal Correlational (Circle one)
Correlational. States that texting raises risk of car crashes





2. Click the link of each headline you selected and read the accompanying article. Does the research described in the article support the type of claim (correlational or causal) made in the headline?
I think that the research taken in the first article somewhat supports the claim. The article states that St. Louis feds took research that economists did. It says the researchers studied 35 different countries and found that in countries where a majority of the population believes in hell, there is less corruption and a higher standard of living. Whether this is related to the population's belief in hell or not, the information can be used to support the claim made.

In the second article, the research supports the claim. In the article they state that the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted experiments on truck drivers. They were filmed for 18 months, while texting, and the experiment results said that risk for collision increased 23 times when drivers texted. It also says that in moments of a near crash, drivers usually spent 5 seconds looking down at their phones. In this time, at highway speeds, drivers can cover the distance of a football field.


Headline #1: Yes No In a paragraph, explain why you answered "yes" or "no."

I answered correlational, because the statement is a cause and effect. It says that fear of hell makes us richer. This states that the societies that have a majority population believing in hell are better off economically than those who may not.

Headline #2: Yes No In a paragraph, explain why you answered "yes" or "no."

I also answered correlational for my second article. The title makes a claim. In the article, research supports the claim that texting increases the likelihood of a person getting into a car accident. It is a correlation because it states that if you text behind the wheel, you have a higher chance of crashing, which doesn't really need much research to be believable, but they have backed it up anyways.

Research Methods Assignment

Name: Brooks Metzler


Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html

Go to: Research Methods.

Go to: Survey

1. Explain why psychologists use surveys.

They use surveys to gain access to information that people may not be willing to share openly

2. Identify and define the 3 types of ?s used for surveys.

close-ended

partially closed

open-ended

3. Answer the question posed on slide 7.

If someone close to the person surveyed has been victim of a violent crime, he or she may be biased against weapons/violence

4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development.

Because we need to get something to make a comparison too when we get larger amounts of data

5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey

Stratified random samples, because we need to get an idea of the population while not picking all people who think the same

Go to:

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html

Go to: Research Methods

Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.

Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.

1. Explain researcher effects.

Mea ns that the researcher can affect the behavior of the participants and therefore affect the outcome of the experiment

2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research.

disguising the purpose of the investigation: stops participants from guessing the purpose and changing their behavior as a result

single-blind design: patients do not know if they are experimental or control

double-blind design: neither participants nor experimenter know which condition people are being treated as



Go to: Correlations

1. Define positive correlation.

Both variables increase together

2. Define negative correlation.

One variable increases while another decreases

Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.

1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys.

Strengths: people can be tested quickly, easy to generate quantitative data and easy to analyze; collect large amounts of data about what people think and do; convenient; can quickly show changes in attitude or behavior before and after certain events

Weaknesses: People say what they think will look good; people may not tell the truth; if the researcher is present, it may affect the answers; it is difficult to phrase questions clearly

2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)

Quantitative: To associate a number with a question or answer in order to ease the process of gathering data

Qualitative: Asking a specific question or asking for a specific answer

Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.

1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.

Bar chart