Aidan's 2023 Psychology Blog

 

  If there was a time limit on how much time we had to memorize the words, I would've done way worse. It took me about a minute to build up confidence for the task. It would be valid if there was a timer that would automatically send the user to the next page. I was shocked at how many bits of the face I got correct, but I don't think it's valid because the choices to choose from in each section are too small so it was easier to guess. I thought I would score lower on this memory test because there were some images that I wasn't sure if they were shown before. I don't think this one is valid either because it's easier to look at the context of images instead of recalling them from memory alone.

Compliance - A social influence where someone asks an individual for assistance, so the individual is pressured to follow through. An example from school would be another student asking you to borrow a pencil, so you are pressured to give them a pencil. Obedience - Instead of an average individual asking for assistance, it's now an authority figure giving orders and instructions which an individual feels like they must do what they ask. A teacher tells the class to put their cell phones away. Social facilitation - Others just being present can boost a single person's ability to perform a task. Some individuals prefer studying before or after school in a teacher's classroom because having the teacher present keeps them pressured to study instead of procrastinating. Group polarization - This occurs when people are in a group, and their views become more extreme as a result of talking in the group. When working with a group on a school project, all members strongly agree to ex...

There's obstacles in the way of reaching goals, and we should learn how to tackle these obstacles for the goals to be reachable. Being consumed by these obstacles creates bad habits, which should be avoided by changing our environment and getting rid of these obstacles. Practicing mindfulness allows people to be aware of their situations and make changes based off of what needs to be fixed to be healthier mentally and physically. Willpower, or being able to resist short-term temptations which eliminates bad habits will clear the path to reaching goals. https://www.apa.org/topics/mindfulness https://www.apa.org/topics/personality/willpower#:~:text=According%20to%20most%20psychological%20scientists,unwanted%20thought%2C%20feeling%2C%20or%20impulse

Taste is produced by the process of the proteins on your tongue that bind to anything that goes into your mouth which sends a signal to the brain to produce that sense. There are two genes that make up your taste of sweetness, and it's important because sweetness is an indicator that a substance is rich in carbohydrates. Most mammals have these genes, but all cats lack the base pair of amino acids that make up the gene. This is why cats are unable to taste sweetness. I thought it was cool that the genes that make up the proteins on your tongue allow you to distinguish the taste between different substances that go into your mouth.

I was born on August 25th, 2006, so my hero has abilities related to motor cortex and substance P. Origin Story: One day, the hero was driving his car and fell off the cliff. He injured his legs and couldn't get out of the burning car, so he made a contract with the devil to make him walk again. This came with a cost of immense pain, and he was able to move his legs and get out of the car. Soon afterwards, he was at the hospital to check if he was okay, and he encountered another patient talking smack about him. The hero personally did not let that slide, so he hit him with the one two and flung the disabled wheelchair patient across the room. The patient stood up, and the hero was surprised that he could walk the whole time. But that was what he thought, so he was informed that he was able to make the patient walking after hitting him. This is when the hero realized that he can make people walk at the expense of their pain. He starts using his abilities to help disabled people wal...