Wednesday, April 11, 2012

"Little Timmy" Identified!

Thank you "Little Timmy." I am not sure what I would do without using you as the "example" for nearly all concepts in all psychology classes. Especially the example to help explain learned helplessness.


Thursday, April 5, 2012

A Soldier's Heart: A Story of PTSD


 
"U.S. Marine Rob Sarra had been in the military for eight years when the war in Iraq began. A sergeant in charge of a unit of 32, he was considered part of the "tip of the spear" -- among the first troops to reach Baghdad. In late March 2003, Sarra opened fire on an Iraqi woman in a black burqa he suspected was a suicide bomber, prompting others in his unit to begin firing as well. Her body torn apart by bullets, the woman fell quickly to the ground. It was only then that Rob saw she held a small white flag." (PBS.org) More

Click the link below for a 60 Minute video segment:

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Who can love the most? And how can we tell?

I came across a great video through contributions from Miguel Rojas who shared this on the facebook sks psychspot. These folks at Stanford told people to "love as much as you can" for about 40 minutes while their measure their brain activity through MRI. Pretty interesting. Click on the link below to watch the video. 




Monday, April 2, 2012

Abnormal Behavior?

What behavior at South Kent can be classified as abnormal? And who is to judge?
Check out the rest of the abnormal class videos. Whose behavior is the most deviant?



Click the link for the rest of the stunts!