Coercive persuasion is when persuasion techniques suppress an individual's ability to reason, think critically, and make choices  in his or her own best interests. These techniques are powerful enough to overwhelm even mentally healthy and well-educated individuals. The book then lists about six common techniques that are used in this type of ( Read more... )

     Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the interaction of mental states and immediate, social situations. In this field, the topic that most interests ( Read more... )

 
“Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder where a person has recurrent and unwanted ideas or impulses (called obsessions) and an urge or compulsion to do something to relieve the discomfort caused by the obsession. The obsessive thoughts range from the idea of losing control, to themes surrounding religion or keeping things or ( Read more... )

    First created by Alfred Binet, the standardized IQ test was in fact a test designed to measure the mental age of a child. This was done so instruction could be tailored to a child’s capabilities. The test devised by him and his colleague, Theodosius Simon, measured a child’s intelligence quotient, originally by dividing the child’s mental age ( ( Read more... )

      Ecstasy Rising, the class video showed us the results of a biased laboratory study done to show the effects ecstasy had on the human brain. By failing to keep control of the manipulate-able independent variable; the researcher got skewed results from his dependant variable. Ideally everything in an experiment should be held constant except ( Read more... )

I doubt any of you are watching this but I figured I would say goodbye and good luck to all of you. I'm sure I may see a few of you again. The journal is ready for whatever other class might need it. If they do ( Read more... )