Professor Welkowitz started the class off great by handing out chocolates. It was just what I needed after my rough morning. After that tasty treat the class went on one tangent after another... it was all quite interesting especially watching Welkowitz rant!
Somehow we were got on the subject of John Irving's book Cider House Rules. Which was odd because I caught the movie on television this past weekend. Funny how things always seem to come back to psychology! So yea John Irving seems to incorporate political issues into his writing, which led us to seeing how many people in our class are registered to vote, to who voted in the last election to watching Welkowitz rant... funny how things all work out..
The last part of the rant I saw before I had to excuse myself because of an appointment was about a McDonald's commercial. The people in the commercials, according to Welkowitz, are in a manic happy that is not normal for any person. I quote " No one should be that happy... I got a quarter pounder, I'm going to develop obesity and die young.." Now come on isn't it exciting to know your fate lays in part to what you eat?
So as I ran from class in order to catch the shuttle so I didn't have to walk in the rain to my car, I thought of how much it would suck if I missed it. Thankfully I made it to campus safety before the shuttle, so as it slowed to the front of the building I walked to the curb and watched very confused as it drove past me to the end of the street and continued on its way... the best part, it splashed me as it went by and the driver even waved... yea that makes sense.. so I was cold and wet walking to my car... it was a great afternoon
Now my hot chocolate is done so I'm signing off... hope you all had a better day than me! Bye all!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Fast Food & Rules
Today was a very fun, relaxing class... just what I needed. Fast food & Rules seemed to be the topic of conversation... and how do these pertain to psychology? Well hopefully I will enlighten you on the rules part, but the fast food is just a tangent!
We spoke about a gentlemen who spoke to a group and said that he never went to fast food places because it was dumb. Well the class came to the conclusion that he thought it was dumb because he never had the need for the establishments. You see the gentlemen did not drive, so if you don't drive you do not see the advantage of driving through a place getting food and continuing to drive. Now I will admit I do consume some fast food, but being a Health Science major I know way to much about the nutrition in those foods, or lack there of!
Most amusing was the stories my classmates shared about different ways they went through the fast food drive through. Walking through of course will not let you get any food, for some reason the employees frown on that. But being pushed in a shopping car will get you some food... how interesting!
Now on the rules, we spoke about a boy who hit his best friend. The best friend walked away with a broken nose, and the boy who did it had a test for ADHA. What was found was that he had an anxiety level of zero. What 9 year old doesn't have anxiety? What person doesn't have anxiety? Then came the discussion of serial killers, and personality disorders.
My thought is if the person doesn't have any anxiety, then does that mean they have no worry of doing something against societies rules? If that is true would that mean that they do not have a "conscience"? That doesn't seem like any fun to me because if you don't know the rules or boundaries how can you have fun safely breaking them? Growing up don't children break the rules to learn what the boundaries really are? I know I did!
Well there are my thought provoking questions for the day... enjoy!
We spoke about a gentlemen who spoke to a group and said that he never went to fast food places because it was dumb. Well the class came to the conclusion that he thought it was dumb because he never had the need for the establishments. You see the gentlemen did not drive, so if you don't drive you do not see the advantage of driving through a place getting food and continuing to drive. Now I will admit I do consume some fast food, but being a Health Science major I know way to much about the nutrition in those foods, or lack there of!
Most amusing was the stories my classmates shared about different ways they went through the fast food drive through. Walking through of course will not let you get any food, for some reason the employees frown on that. But being pushed in a shopping car will get you some food... how interesting!
Now on the rules, we spoke about a boy who hit his best friend. The best friend walked away with a broken nose, and the boy who did it had a test for ADHA. What was found was that he had an anxiety level of zero. What 9 year old doesn't have anxiety? What person doesn't have anxiety? Then came the discussion of serial killers, and personality disorders.
My thought is if the person doesn't have any anxiety, then does that mean they have no worry of doing something against societies rules? If that is true would that mean that they do not have a "conscience"? That doesn't seem like any fun to me because if you don't know the rules or boundaries how can you have fun safely breaking them? Growing up don't children break the rules to learn what the boundaries really are? I know I did!
Well there are my thought provoking questions for the day... enjoy!
Monday, March 19, 2007
This & That
Today we focused on dissociation and somatoform disorders. Professor Welkowitz is the first professor that I have had that has acutally told me it is ok to sleep in class. He figures that if we do fall asleep we are tired or in some other way unable to focus in class. He spoke about how he presented the idea of the internet using spiders to his daughters school and saw all of the children's eyes glaze over... then mentioned that was similar to the looks he was getting from us!
We also had a discussion about wether we would want to know if we had a disease or if we would not want to take the test. Personally I have lived my life, up until recently, not knowing any of my family history. I liked it that way because I could live the way I wanted and not have to worry that in so many years some horrible disease could take over me. Now I am begining to get information about my biological family and I'm not sure if I want know.
On a lighter note I watched an old showing of MTV's Real Life that followed three young men from New York that were Autistic. It was very interesting to watch because the young men were so very different and one had Asperger Syndrome. That young man enjoyed doing stand up comedie, another young man was a very good artist, the last one just wanted to communicate with his classmates.
Well I am very impressed that I blogged on the same day that I had class.. so now I'm off. Have a good night all!
We also had a discussion about wether we would want to know if we had a disease or if we would not want to take the test. Personally I have lived my life, up until recently, not knowing any of my family history. I liked it that way because I could live the way I wanted and not have to worry that in so many years some horrible disease could take over me. Now I am begining to get information about my biological family and I'm not sure if I want know.
On a lighter note I watched an old showing of MTV's Real Life that followed three young men from New York that were Autistic. It was very interesting to watch because the young men were so very different and one had Asperger Syndrome. That young man enjoyed doing stand up comedie, another young man was a very good artist, the last one just wanted to communicate with his classmates.
Well I am very impressed that I blogged on the same day that I had class.. so now I'm off. Have a good night all!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Honesty
I believe in being honest with people, so I'm going to go on that belief and share that I skipped class on Wednesday inorder for me to get lunch. Yep I skipped class for food! I have class starting at 11am and they go until 4:30pm. They of course are on the opposite sides of campus so I do not have time for food. So I made a rash decision while my stomach growled at me and headed for the Dinning Commons rather than Rhodes.
Currently I'm vegging out after a long day at work. I was up at the horrible hour of 4am, which I am not yet sure why since I didn't have to get up until 5am. Work at 6am and got out around 4pm. Yucky! I'm going to do it all over again tomorrow... what fun!
Hope you all have a good Spring Break!
Currently I'm vegging out after a long day at work. I was up at the horrible hour of 4am, which I am not yet sure why since I didn't have to get up until 5am. Work at 6am and got out around 4pm. Yucky! I'm going to do it all over again tomorrow... what fun!
Hope you all have a good Spring Break!
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Class Cancelled
So I was very disappointed on Monday when I went to the class room and saw that class was cancelled... I had been looking forward to class because I missed it last Wednesday.. hopefully we will have it tomorrow! I know I'm one of the few that enjoy going to class, but it is a relief to go to Abnormal Psychology because I have such crazy Mondays & Wednesdays...
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