How would i have reacted in this situation?I can guarantee that i would have reacted in the same way that these prisoners did. I would have been effected by social influence and i would conform to what the guards and other prisoners were doing. I would be scared for my life and my attitude would affect my actions throughout the experiment.
Most of the guards were upset and disappointed that the experiment was ended early because that was one of the only times that these young college men were in charge and high up in power.
They are used to being told what to do throughout their school career and with their parents. So in this situation they had total control of 9 men. They took advantage of this, even the boys that normally act proper and polite after a few days began demanding multiple push ups and degrading requests to all of the prisoners. This demonstrates the Fundamental attribution error because most of these men were positive before the experiment started that they would never degrade the prisoners, but after only a few hours they became liars.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Abu Ghraib
There is no question that our military and the people who represent us as a nation are responsible for this torture at Abu Ghraib. You can't blame anyone else. Our society is not to blame because if that was the case then everyone would be torturing everyone when they got the chance. These people choose to do what they did and they had the choice to not agree to this mistreatment but they decided to conform to what they were expected to do. And innocent lives were lost.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Okay so this cutie is my baby boy Toby. He is a five year old Pomeranian, in this picture he is floating in my grandparents pool with goggles. (and yes he actually leaves them on) He also has a baby floaty tube that he just sits in for hours. But anyway im blogging about how he influenced me. Before we had this dog animals never meant much to me, but he has made me more caring and a lot more motherly. These skills Toby has taught me will help me to become a better parent. And i LOVE him for that.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Memory and how i plan on using it!
This new information i have learned is going to help me throughout life. I know now that my hippocampus needs to be challenged in order to stay strong. When i study i now know not to do it right before bed and to do it a few minutes before i fall asleep. And i also know that i need to study information more than once in order for it to move into my long term memory.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Online video blogs
Living with amnesia
Different parts of our brains have been reportedly affected by memory loss. When the hippocampus and temporal lobe are damaged old memories stay but new memories can't be retained. All cognitive skills remain . The hippocampus does not hold new memories it only combines with other parts of the brain to create the new memories. LTP is an electrical charge that stimulates new synaptic transmission which is known to be found in the cerebral cortex. The research scientists have done to prove this hypothesis is as follows, lab rats are placed into a round pool and are trying to find a platform hidden in the murky waters. When they find that platform, researchers find that no matter how many times the rat is placed in different areas of the pool they can always find the platform again. But when these rats are given a drug to suppress their hippocampus the rats just swim around in circles because they have no memory of the platform that saves their lives.
Living without memory part 1
Clive wearing had a history of seizures that ultimately caused him severe damage to his temporal lobes and hippocampus. before this accident Clive was a musician with a beautiful voice but now he can't remember something that happens two minutes ago.He writes in his diary that he is finally awake and that he is alive. He constantly checks his watch to make an accurate account of when he is awake. But when an average person looks in his diary they see the same entries over, and over again. He forgets that he had just written the same words two minutes ago. When his wife tries to convince him that he has written the entire diary he becomes embarrassed and frustrated at his disability. Yet some things in his life remain the same, he can still sing and perform with musical instruments as well as be in love with his wife.
The Locus of learning and memory
many scientists have challenged themselves to discover what parts of the brain are involved in memory. One of the first was a man named Carl Ashley. His experiments involved removing parts of the brain to see what effect it had on the patient. He found that removing small parts had not effect at all, but removing large parts caused severe memory problems. His conclusion was that there were more than one parts of the brain that helped to store memories. Another scientist Dr. Penfield stimulated places in the temporal lobe and then removed certain pieces to see the effect on the patients. A lot of his patients had no negative results but some were awake during the stimulating reported hearing and seeing strange things as if it were normal. These studies were never published because Dr.Penfield never had valid scientific proof. But in actuality both men were in a way right there is no store house for memories. everything is biologically stored with help from the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex.
Different parts of our brains have been reportedly affected by memory loss. When the hippocampus and temporal lobe are damaged old memories stay but new memories can't be retained. All cognitive skills remain . The hippocampus does not hold new memories it only combines with other parts of the brain to create the new memories. LTP is an electrical charge that stimulates new synaptic transmission which is known to be found in the cerebral cortex. The research scientists have done to prove this hypothesis is as follows, lab rats are placed into a round pool and are trying to find a platform hidden in the murky waters. When they find that platform, researchers find that no matter how many times the rat is placed in different areas of the pool they can always find the platform again. But when these rats are given a drug to suppress their hippocampus the rats just swim around in circles because they have no memory of the platform that saves their lives.
Living without memory part 1
Clive wearing had a history of seizures that ultimately caused him severe damage to his temporal lobes and hippocampus. before this accident Clive was a musician with a beautiful voice but now he can't remember something that happens two minutes ago.He writes in his diary that he is finally awake and that he is alive. He constantly checks his watch to make an accurate account of when he is awake. But when an average person looks in his diary they see the same entries over, and over again. He forgets that he had just written the same words two minutes ago. When his wife tries to convince him that he has written the entire diary he becomes embarrassed and frustrated at his disability. Yet some things in his life remain the same, he can still sing and perform with musical instruments as well as be in love with his wife.
The Locus of learning and memory
many scientists have challenged themselves to discover what parts of the brain are involved in memory. One of the first was a man named Carl Ashley. His experiments involved removing parts of the brain to see what effect it had on the patient. He found that removing small parts had not effect at all, but removing large parts caused severe memory problems. His conclusion was that there were more than one parts of the brain that helped to store memories. Another scientist Dr. Penfield stimulated places in the temporal lobe and then removed certain pieces to see the effect on the patients. A lot of his patients had no negative results but some were awake during the stimulating reported hearing and seeing strange things as if it were normal. These studies were never published because Dr.Penfield never had valid scientific proof. But in actuality both men were in a way right there is no store house for memories. everything is biologically stored with help from the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
memory articles blog
Infant memory works from very early on:
-experiments have been conducted on infants as young as 8 weeks to see if they have a good memory. using mobiles to test the memory of the child when they kick the mobile moves. The results show that the children did remember that the kicking will produce a pleasant result.
-This research is questionable because there is no way to see if children can remember important information. Or when these children come into adulthood if they can remember their important milestones.
-I never knew that children could have a memory until they were a little older and able to walk and talk, Now i know they can.
-I will apply this when i have children and i will try my hardest to create good memories. And i will also challenge my children's minds so that they will become smarter.
-This is connected to chapter reading because Flashbulb memories are mostly created at this younger age.
Eyewitness Research:
- A lot of the witnesses that prosecutors use to help their high profile cases can be false. Sometimes the questions asked are not theoretically relevant, this can sometimes be overlooked by the jury.
-The research is very conclusive.
- I have always realized that some of the questions asked in high profile cases are sometimes in conclusive.
-I want to be a defense attorney in the future so this info. may help me win a case.
-This connects to the book because explicit memory contributes to a lot of false identities and prosecutions.
Brain size may protect from memory loss:
- The hippocampus was proven to help you grow older without the signs of Alzheimer's disease.
-The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Annual Meeting in Chicago which shows that the research must be conclusive.
-I did not know that there were new advances in the prevention or cure of Alzheimer's.
- Hopefully in the future when i grow older this research can let me grow older with a fully intact memory.
- The book refers to the hippocampus as attached to the limbic system structure.
-experiments have been conducted on infants as young as 8 weeks to see if they have a good memory. using mobiles to test the memory of the child when they kick the mobile moves. The results show that the children did remember that the kicking will produce a pleasant result.
-This research is questionable because there is no way to see if children can remember important information. Or when these children come into adulthood if they can remember their important milestones.
-I never knew that children could have a memory until they were a little older and able to walk and talk, Now i know they can.
-I will apply this when i have children and i will try my hardest to create good memories. And i will also challenge my children's minds so that they will become smarter.
-This is connected to chapter reading because Flashbulb memories are mostly created at this younger age.
Eyewitness Research:
- A lot of the witnesses that prosecutors use to help their high profile cases can be false. Sometimes the questions asked are not theoretically relevant, this can sometimes be overlooked by the jury.
-The research is very conclusive.
- I have always realized that some of the questions asked in high profile cases are sometimes in conclusive.
-I want to be a defense attorney in the future so this info. may help me win a case.
-This connects to the book because explicit memory contributes to a lot of false identities and prosecutions.
Brain size may protect from memory loss:
- The hippocampus was proven to help you grow older without the signs of Alzheimer's disease.
-The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Annual Meeting in Chicago which shows that the research must be conclusive.
-I did not know that there were new advances in the prevention or cure of Alzheimer's.
- Hopefully in the future when i grow older this research can let me grow older with a fully intact memory.
- The book refers to the hippocampus as attached to the limbic system structure.
Monday, September 8, 2008
About me
Hello my name is Jessica Tierney and i am 17 years old. I will be 18 November 11th. I moved here recently from Port Charlotte Florida. I do enjoy the school now but it did take me a wile to get used to things. I am a senior this year, my plans after high school are to go to Suny Brockport for Pre- Law i am looking at a few private colleges as well. I have 2 sisters one older and one younger. I have a lot of pets at home. I just started working at McDonalds (fun times). But whatever its money. And thats about it.
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