Adolescent's Relationship with peers

Q: What makes a friend different from an acquaintance?
A: Your closer to a friend.
Q: What happens when you fight with a friend?
A: You don't talk
Q: is that person still your friend?
A: Yes
Q: How do you resolve the problem?
A: Talk it out
Q:List the names of the people in the group?
A: Lindsay, Bridgette, Eric, Amy, Jen, Vinny.
Q: who do you hang out with after school?
A:Lindsay
Q: on the weekend?
A:Lindsay
Q: At Parties?
A: All
Q: Who is the most popular person in the group?
A: Amy
Q: What is that person like?
A: Emo turd, poser. Drug addict.
Q: why is that person popular?
A: she claims to "party" to get attention. she's kinda pretty, and shes an attention getter.

Historical Perspective On Adolescence

Did you attend high school?
65:yes
18:yes
Did you want to?
65:yes
18:yes
What subjects did you study?
65: math,English, science
18: i take a lot of career bases courses.
What kind of HW did you have?
65: A lot of HW
18: not too much
Did the kids in your neighborhood go to high school?
65: most did.
18: all do
How many hours per week did u work?
65: none
18:20-25
did you want to work?
65:no
18:no
what were your clothes like?
65:conservative
18:casual
did you date in HS?
65: no
18: yes
how did you spend free time?
65: movies, and outdoor play
18:movies, mall, parties
Most nagging problem?
65: parents wanting me to be proper
18:work and relationships
what is the main difference in respect from teenagers of your era and now?
65:respect for parents
What do you think of today's teenagers?
65: I think that if the parents raise their children correctly they can turn out happy and respectful.

mom's Blog

When Jessica was pre school age, she was very independant and bossy. She was enrolled in a preschool program and I always got funny notes sent home every week. The teacher would tell me what the kids were doing and their progress. She would tell me Jessica had a lot of friends but would always want to be the boss at the "centers". She would tell the other kids what to do when they had imaginary play. She loved to play school but she was always the teacher and she would get mad at the "class" if they didn't listen to her.

One note that I received always makes me laugh when I think of it. The teacher said the kids had to walk in a line when they were outside and Jessica would always walk backwards and talk to her friends. Then sometimes she would walk into a pole on the building. The note said she was improving on her listening skills and she wasn't walking into poles as much.

Jessica still has the same personality traits, but has learned to not be so bossy. She still has trouble being too opinionated though.

Lisa Tierney

3 Blogs

Genetic Testing:
I read a blog about being tested for breast cancer genes so that you can eventually cure yourself and not have to deal with the negative consequences that come fro having cancer. There is a law against gene discrimination at work but i don't think that and jobs or insurance companies are going to be honest and non discriminatory.
Twin and family resarch
I read an article about two twins who were seperated at birth and they ended up doing everything the same in life and have similar personalities. This shows that adoptions do not always effect the children in a negative way.
Human genome project
this is a 13 year long project that wants to determne different genes and help those who have genetic mutations that could end up hurting those in their lives.

3 responses to my google reader blogs!

1.combating overdoses and addictions, i think that this is an interesting experiment they are using cocaine proteins to combat overdoses. I don't think that using any drug that involves cocaine is a good idea to help people.
2.pregnant moms who chew on fat pass on habit, this experiment is very interesting because it says that rats who eat the most fat have babies that also weigh more throughout life. This could be a lifechanging situation for all prenant human mothers, because this study states that a mother could prevent having an overweight unealthy child.
3.war developements make kids more agressic\ve, this study shows tat children even in gradeschool show agression when their parent is away at war. These children bite, scratch and lash out because of the lonleyness they feel.

What is the most important Psych. experiment that has never been done?

i think the most important experiment is the Truman show experiment because i think it would be interesting to see the how social norms and Cognitive dissonance would be affected throughout the experiment. I also think that after the experiment was revealed to the subject it would be important to see the reactions and to see if they would try to rebel and be a loner in their actual life.

Outside reasing and an awsomly corny video.

Okay so i read the dopamine blog wail generally interesting it was semi boring but anyway i learned that there are lots of monoamines in our brains. And these monoamines cut up into different groups. Our brains basically make them on their own without any help. Tyrosine is what the monoamies are made out of. Dopamine is being used to cure treat and prevent life altering illnesses like Parkinson's.


The video i watched was called Memorize the parts of the brain. And it was totally awesome The guy who was explaining the mnemonic devices was really funny and you could tell he was recording himself and pausing and stopping the tape any old time he messed up. So FUNNY! But anyway the mnemonic devices actually were very helpful like the example of hypothalamus where he said to think of llamas and a hypo, saying that the hypo would REGULATE the temperature of the llamas. Very good stuff and i will use this info on the next tazer quiz/test.