Today was the day we had our online chat about rhetorical theories on competition.  Unfortunately, I don't remember most of it.  What I do remember was this thud noise about ten minutes before class was over.  I turned around to find one of my classmates passed out on the floor.  Sarah rushed to her aid and someone called 911.  It could have been a ( Read more... )

I believe this was the day we were supposed to be having an online chat about rhetorical theories on competition, but the moo was down.  Either that, or maybe it was the day I went home because I was sick as a dog.  I pretty much slept the rest of the day; sinus infections can be a bitch, and the antibiotics were kicking my ass.  So much for an ( Read more... )

I have always liked Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, from as far back as kindergarten. I remember my art teacher showing us infamous paintings from various artists, one of them being Munch. From that moment on, The Scream has stuck out in my mind. I never fully understood the painting: the ghost-like figure screaming in pain, or how the ( Read more... )

The question for my third essay pertains to our obsession with our own mortality. Topics like why we watch horror movies or why thrill seekers drown themselves in anything that will give them an adrenaline rush will make appearances in my paper. My nature theory will come from Freud's Thanatos, or death drive instinct. My nurture theory will ( Read more... )

In class today we listened to a radio program called "The American Life," which was about testosterone. We listened to three different parts of the program; one was about a man who had lost a huge amount of testosterone due to a medical problem, the second story was about a butch-dyke lesbian who became a man, and the third part of the program ( Read more... )

Hook's article, "The Oppositional Gaze" is mainly about how black women are portrayed in movies. The "oppositional gaze" was the way black women in movies were looked at by white males or white females. The main arguments of this text fight for an African American woman's right to be portrayed differently in cinema, to have her own "gaze" which ( Read more... )

During our sexual selection lecture, we listened to the song "Shores of California" by the Dresden Dolls.  Musically, this song would not be something I'd want to listen to, but the lyrics were hilarious and oh so true.  In short-term relationships, men typically want a woman who is sexually available, hence "wanting to get into girls' pants."  ( Read more... )

The lecture on this date was over psychoanalysis, discussing the ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO.  ID is the sex, aggression, and death drive.  SUPEREGO is the monitoring system of the conscious.  EGO is the conscious self, which is made up of both the ID and SUPEREGO.  Apparently, when people black out, the ID takes over, which is something I was unaware of ( Read more... )

Bowlby
-Attachment Theory: the reasons we are attached to out caregivers are the same reasons we attach ourselves to our spouses.

-Points of Attachment
1. Secure Attachment
2. Avoidant Personality Type:child builds up wall against the mother for fear of rejection or not getting the love they need (mother issues).
3. Anxious Ambivalent Personality Type: ( Read more... )

repression: the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

voyeurism: perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior.

scopophilia: The love of looking. The term refers to the predominantly male gaze of Holloywood cinema, ( Read more... )