Letter

I'm doing good in class. Psychology is super interesting and one of my favorite classes. I would say that I'm excelling in class and don't have many struggles. When I first entered the class, I was nervous for what it would entail, but have been surprised at how easily I've adapted and learned to love the lessons we've been doing. I thought psychology would be much more complicated than it has been so far. I find it interesting when learning the different parts that psychology can branch out to.
The discussions we have keep me interested even more. It's much easier to pay attention when you relate your own life or even our lives to different topics. Even about you watching little boys play at target in your lawn chair. I know you may be embarrassed you mentioned that, but its okay we do our best to understand. :). But anyway I have learned a lot in your class and am glad that I am apart of it. Outside of class I am struggling with college decisions along with the boring scholarships, but I'm finding a way to manage it all. Life is good. Nothing to exciting going on.
Oh, Criss Angel. In my honest opinion I could really careless about him or his tricks. Yes, I think it's neat that he can preform all his tricks and "walk on water" but I think he's spent a lot of time tricking people into believing that the tricks he does can happen. I don't believe what he does is truly real, I think it's more out of hope and faith that people believe those things can happen. He even puts up videos that reveal how he does some of his tricks.

Points of views

The significance of the candle represents light to me. Light to me represents warmth which can represent mant different things such as: love, happiness, laughter and so on. Responding to the blog Mr. Dreier posted isn't just about what the candle means to everyone, but is about what each individual sees. This focuses on different points of views and how every individual is unique. Not only is everyone unique in their own way, they think about things in a different way as well. I decided to focus on how everyone things in their own way and why they develop the way they do.
This week we learned about how small children develop and the ways they learn. The example from the movie clip that was shown was based on how children view things. In the clip the children that were younger didn't realize that the shape of the glass doesn't have an effect on how much liquid is there. The younger children said that the taller, skinny glass had more liquid than the smaller, rounder glass. When the older children were tested with the same experiment, they succeeded in believe that both glasses had the exact same. This whole processes is represented to show the development of children and the ability to judge number and volume.
When thinking about how to relate to this I came up with my own story out of experience. I thought back to when I was a little girl on that special christmas morning. When I was little I always believed that the biggest present was going to be the best. I would take the biggest present and open it first and believe nothing would compare to it. Little did I know, the smallest present under the tree was the best one. This is a prime example of how children judge volume and size.

Cerebral Palsy

This week was an interesting week. We spent most of our time learning and teaching many different types of brain disorders. There were a couple that caught my attention the most. Wanting to know more about disorders, I took the liberty to research one on my own.

Cerebral Palsy is a disorder thats dear to my heart. I've always had a dream to help child who are impaired but still have the spirit and hope. Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that is diagnosed as a small child. Cerebral Palsy involves the impairment of the both control in the body along with the brain. "The term cerebral means two halves, or hemispheres within the brain." Not only does this disorder effect young child, but there isn't any treatment to cure it. Most doctors diagnose children within a few years of childhood. These children have to go through many years of therapy to try and make it in the world, with the odds against them. To diagnose cerebral palsy is on a development

spectrum.

Although some scientists say it's mostly genetic, other causes are included such as:

Bleeding in the brain

Brain infections

Head injury

Infections in the mother during pregnancy

Severe jaundice

The point of this article is to show that there are many different brain disorders out there and many individuals suffer from them each day.

I myself found the presentations in class inspiring and intreging. I've learned alot about the different brain disorders that can occur and am interested in learning even more about others.

This week we learned about the right vs. left brain. When taking the quiz given in class I came up with a result of 5.2 meaning I tend to use my right brain more than my left. Other quizzes I have looked into state that I use my left. I became really interested in the way people think and even more interested in the way I think. Having a close number of 5.2 to me means that i tend to use both sides of my brain in different situations. After taking a couple quizzes it showed me how I think.

I found an article that talks about why the brain is the way it is. Most ask why we think with two different hemispheres but only have one brain. Because the cerebral cortex, is made up of two halves is why we think with different hemispheres.

 Each hemisphere (left and right) are used for different things. Although one may be gifted in a certain hemisphere versus the other, everyone uses both hemispheres. During class, we watched a video that showed us what it would be like when the cerebellum cortex was cut in half. Even though it was cut for a specific reason, it was unique to see the results. The man used his hemispheres in a different way than we do. Both hemispheres worked within his brain, but didn't combine as easily as a normal brain would. It took him longer to finish exercises than an average person. I found it really interesting to think about what it would be like to not be able to think the way you do now.

Think about having a deformed brain or even a different brain than you have now. Blog your ideas and reactions. (: