Psychology

Chapter 2

This article is from the April 2003 issue of Psychology Today. In chapter 2, behavior is the main topic. Behavior is a bit unexplainable , but it can be put into form of patterns or predictions. Also, behavior is uncontrolled, but can be changed to a small degree with the use of medicine or a good diet. This article "Fighting Crime One Bite At A Time" tells how a good diet can maybe decrease the number of rule breaking by prisoners in jail. This article relates how changing ones nutrition can change their behavior. This article showed an experiment where 231 inmates were either given vitamin supplements and the others to fake pills to see which group would break the rules more. The vitamin group broke the rules 25% less than the others did. This is pretty interesting how giving criminals the right nutrition requirements may change their behavior.Chapter 3

Chapter 3 is talks about sensation and perception with our eyes. Our eyes effect how we think and perceive things. Our eye turns a wavelength into light in which the path of the light goes through the pupil then iris then to the retina, which contains cones and rods. This article from Lets Live named "Obesity Increases Cataract Risk" relates how being obese may effect the development of cataracts in your eyes. A cataract is a cloudiness or opacity in the normally transparent crystalline lens of the eye. This cloudiness can cause a decrease in vision and may lead to eventual blindness. This report says that those with a body mass of 30 BMI ( which is weight to height) or higher were 36% more likely to develop cataracts.Chapter 6

In Chapter 6, memory and the functions and parts of the brain. Our brain is very complex and is very delicate. Some of the key brain structures are the prefrontal cortex and the Cerebellum. The prefrontal Cortex controls memory in a sequence of events , but not the events themselves. This article from Psychology Today entitled "Moody Teens: A Diagnosis, But No Cure" is an article that relates how the brain of a teen goes through a "remodeling" stage while in adolescence. Psychologists believe that its hormones and other believe that it is the remodeling of the brain that makes that teen moody. The reason is they start to recognize their emotions and things take a downward turn until they get a little older. This causes confusion, which leads to unhappiness.Chapter 8

Chapter 8 talks about motivation and emotion. A small part in chapter talks about the conflict in intimate relationships in how you can't really truly be honest in with your feeling and your sexual desires. It also talks about how being able to handle interpersonal conflict is important in any relationship. This article "Save Your Relationship" comes from the April 2003 issue of Psychology Today relates how in to work on breaking new ground in intimate relationships and how to put the spice back in the sack. This article really talks about how to not argue about the little things and really just appreciate the time that you get to spend together. Your emotions in a relationship are one of the most important things.Chapter 9

This is the chapter is on lifespan development and the growing of a child through there life. In this chapter there is a part that talks about how parents talk to there kids in a kind of baby talk also known as motherese or infant directed speech. Talking to your child while they are in the infant or toddler stage