Treating Psychological Disorders:

                I can relate a little to the treatment of psychological disorders, but in a different light. I had things that needed to be talked about and so did my mom, now the problem was that we didn't really talk about it with each other so it wasn't really talked about. Now what we did was have a psychiatrist come and be the bridge to help us talk things out, he helped but in the end with had come to agreement that we really didn't need him and that it was best if we shared more often and weren't afraid of what the each other might think. Things left alone and not talked on is worse than thing talked about and shared because from that you can help each other than trying to fix or help them without knowing whats going on.

Defining Psychological Disorders:

                In this lesson I can't seem to have much to offer for personal experience, but I do have a friend which I can talk about. This friend of mine had a person who was part of their family who did have a mental disorder which categorized them as a person who had a lower than average IQ. Now when this topic get touched or brushed on by words that relate to it, it bring up very strong feelings in them. The fact that when you have someone that's family it doesn't matter whats wrong with them, they are someone who is loved and treated just as much or even more deeply than anyone else in the family. My friend view that it was a blessing to have such a person as part of their family and really treasured their time with them. That's something that you can't teach and when its view from a strangers perspective its a totally different scenario, they view it as something that's problematic and not a gift. I think that society has much to learn when it comes to does that do have someone special in their life.

Personality:

                This lesson has brought some attention to really thinking about how others think and act. I have always been good at telling how people feel once I get a feeling of how the generally are, and to be able to see the difference you have to get to know the person. I tend to listen more than talk so I've always got a good sense about someone then they do of me. With this lesson I've been able to look back on the people I've met and incorporate the way they are to describe their personality. Its also made me look a little deeper into how people are to get a general view of their personality without needing to talk much. Its like reading mind! I'm kidding, but this does help to really see your friends and family on a level deeper than the one they are always showing to everyone. Its made me a better friend since I can understand them a little more than I was able to before, and I also make a effort to never judge them on whatever they choose to tell me.

Social Psychology:

                This weeks discussion was interesting to see how people choose others when it came to survival. I saw that a lot of the women picked the people who couldn't help them self and that didn't provide much to surviving. While the men of the class had a different view from the ladies, they made decisions on how to pick that best suited them for surviving. This made me think that people make choices on what they find to be best suited for them. I find that this is true for a lot of things not just this discussion, my friends and family all have made choices in life that were what they found to be suit them. I've made my choice in which degree to follow based on what best suited me, so it makes sense that its a instinct for others to do the same when it comes to making choices. Its kinda how people choose their friends, they tend to make friend with those that best suit them, the same things in common or they find them to best suit them as a friend to have.

Emotion, Motivation, and Health:

                I found this lesson to have connected with me on a personal level. I can say that the connection between emotion and health does have a correlation, and I can say that from personal experience. Before High School ended I was short and not the fittest person. Now the reason behind it wasn't anything major, I just didn't do much physical activities and at the same time I hadn't reached puberty either. All this combined kinda create a state of mental health that wasn't healthy since I found myself sad and didn't like the way I looked. I also found that I got sick around four to 6 times a year, I think that after reading this lesson that the cause for it would be for the state of my emotions. Ever since I started to eat and exercise daily, I transformed myself and I also changed a lot of what I thought about myself and my emotions have been happier, and I find that I get sick around one to two times a year max. 

Cognition:

                When I read this lesson I also talked to my mom about what I had learned and she brought up a interesting tale about me when I was a toddler that I don't remember. When I was really young my mom said that the doctor I had thought I had ADHD, so the put me on a EEG to see if there was something wrong. Luckily there wasn't anything wrong and I wasn't put on any medication either. The reason I bring this up is since the unit talked about the different forms of intelligence and the measure of it. Now I don't want to sound like I'm bragging but I do consider myself to be pretty smart, since I tend to remember a lot of what I've seen and read, and I tend to understand concepts that aren't known to me fairly easy. Now, I'll think that this would be something that could be shown on a IQ test, but I don't score anything that's fairly high and I've taken them when I was younger and the most recent one. So I find that these test don't really tell you how smart you are. It's just a grade on how well you did on that IQ test and not everything that can be summarized into a intelligence.

Memory:

                This lesson was delightful, it's helped me out a lot with studying for test. I've also been using some of the techniques to memorized things without knowing it. Before this lesson I had been able to memorize my 16 digit credit card information through chunking, I took four numbers at a time learned them till I moved to the next set. I've also done the same with my social security number, and phone numbers too. I didn't know how I remembered all of that information till this lesson made sense of how learning works