January 2011
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Genie the 'Wild Child'
On November 4, 1997, Los Angeles authorities took custody of what they thought to be a seven year old girl living with Autism. They later found out she was thirteen years old, and had never before seen daylight.
‘Genie’ had spent 12 years of her life locked in her bedroom. During the day she was tied to a child’s potty chair in diapers. Some nights when she had been...
Opinions?
What do you think would happen to a kid raised without being given a name, or without ever addressing anyone else by name? Would that effect their self image or esteem or anything? How would they distinguish themselves from other people?
December 2010
231 posts
insanism asked: http://youarenotsosmart.com/
The few times they post articles, they're really good. I think you'd enjoy the style of writing, a little more engaging than psychology today. Anywho, take care!
The few times they post articles, they're really good. I think you'd enjoy the style of writing, a little more engaging than psychology today. Anywho, take care!
insanism asked: http://youarenotsosmart.com/
The few times they post articles, they're really good. I think you'd enjoy the style of writing, a little more engaging than psychology today. Anywho, take care!
The few times they post articles, they're really good. I think you'd enjoy the style of writing, a little more engaging than psychology today. Anywho, take care!
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jetaimeaussi-deactivated2011040 asked: omg you keep ignoring my question :( lol
onellabella asked: Oh my god, I never thought I'd find another 15 year old interested in Psychology! Do you read Psychology Today? I think I've memorized every copy of it we have at my school.
onellabella asked: Oh my god, I never thought I'd find another 15 year old interested in Psychology! Do you read Psychology Today? I think I've memorized every copy of it we have at my school.
Anonymous asked: What's your opinion on the benefit cuts for the "mentally-ill"?
jetaimeaussi-deactivated2011040 asked: Have you ever had any schizo/hallucination moments?
Anonymous asked: What's your opinion on the benefit cuts for the "mentally-ill"?
jetaimeaussi-deactivated2011040 asked: Have you ever had any schizo/hallucination moments?
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Jani Schofield: 7 Years Old & Schizophrenic
Jani Schofield is a 7 year old girl living with childhood schizophrenia. She has many hallucinations of pets and friends and describes her life as somewhere between ‘our world’ and ‘her world’. During her ‘psychotic’ moments, Jani becomes very violent and just recently her family has decided to split up into two different apartments so that Jani can’t...
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SpongeBob and the 7 Deadly Sins
Sloth | Patrick - Sloth is the sin of laziness, or unwillingness to act. Obviously, this is Patrick. He lays under a rock all the time and doesn’t really do anything. In fact, in the episode Big Pink Loser he got an award for doing nothing the longest.
Wrath | Squidward - Wrath involves feelings of hatred and anger. Squidward hates his life and usually hates Spongebob, he’s just...
Life Is a Tragedy For Those Who Feel, And a Comedy...
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Hack Your Brain!
Incredible Shrinking Pain - Researchers at Oxford University found that subjects who looked at a wounded hand through the wrong end of binoculars (making the hand appear smaller) felt significantly less pain and even experienced decreased swelling. So next time you stub your toe - look away.
The Rubber Hand Illusion - If you happen to have a realistic looking rubber arm or hand left over from...
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psychology2010 asked: Hey there monsterpsychology! I like how some of your posts are involves analysis of people. This certainly adds a perspective for applied psychology. i like :)
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
What happens when you put a good person, in an evil place?
In 1971, a team of researchers lead by Psychology professor Philip Zambardo at Stanford University decided to find out exactly what kind of effect prison had on it’s inhabitants: both behind and outside the bars, guards & prisoners alike. The result was a dark insight into the evils of the human mind.
24 students were...
psychology2010 asked: Hey there monsterpsychology! I like how some of your posts are involves analysis of people. This certainly adds a perspective for applied psychology. i like :)
Straighten Your Hair
IT STARTS RAINING
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Real Life Inception?
The movie ‘Inception’ plays with the idea of manipulating the subconscious, & being able to see into a person’s mind. On the big screen it seems like a pretty cool idea - but what if Inception was real? How would you feel if suddenly, the government had the technology to infiltrate your thoughts & dreams?
fMRI - a project that began in 2007 - is scientists’...
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The Psychological Diagnosis of Fight Club's...
In Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, the narrator of the story seems like a typical, overworked, white collar man in his late twenties. But behind this persona, lie lmuch darker demons. Let’s take a look at his spiral into the mental breakdown that led to the birth of Tyler Durden.
We begin with a deadly formula, overwork + dissatisfaction. The narrator finds his job tedious,...
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5 Psychological Studies of Christmas
When Gifts Go Wrong - We’ve all been there, a nice big heavy package gets handed to you (fuck yeah!), you start tearing it up… oh, thanks grandma, I needed a new Bible. Studies show that men and women have different defense mechanisms for when a gift disappoints. Women will usually pretend they’re satisfied with the gift so as not to hurt the giver’s feelings, while men...
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