Thinking Critically

In my eyes research is very important. Every fact that you obtained somewhere or somehow had to come from someones hard work and research. If we were to just throw out facts into the world without having any work done behind it what a mess we would be in. For example, if the cars we drove, the houses we live in, the food we eat did not have any research done behind it we could be living in a very unfit and unsafe society. So therefor it is very important we take it upon us to test the things we use in life and do study on it so everything falls into place later on.
I just recently read an article that i found very fitting for me. It was "How Long To Form A Habit". In swimming every second is very crucial and it can come down to the hundreths of a second for a race. For me this year my goal was trying to gain the habit of not breathing in and out of my turns and i often wondered how long i would have to do it daily until it just came natural. According to the article the old myth of 21 days proves untrue. For certain habits to form it can take nearly 2 months or longer which i found shocking because thats nearly my whole season. However, it was very interesting and useful to come upon that.
This chapter was very interesting. However, most of it was common knowledge or stuff we had learned prior to this class about research and such. I did learn there are numerous ways for Psychologists to perform research and getting an insight on all of those were pretty cool. I liked to learn about all the factors they consider before their research such as gender, culture, and if it is right or wrong to perform tests on animals. Hearing all that takes a role in Psychology was pretty neat. I'm anticipating the next chapter!

Prologue Blog

1.) Ealier on i thought that Psychology was just the knowledge of the human mind and how it linked to our actions and behaviors. After completing chapter one i still feel that is slightly correct, but it goes into much further depth. It begins with something triggered in our minds and follows out to our actions and those actions are then recorded thus creating Psychology.
2.)I'm a firm believer that Psychology has a major effect in our life. In some way, shape, or form, Psychology is always linked to what we are doing and what we are thinking. Since we don't go a day without action or thought we do not go a day without Psychology.
3.)I learned through this chapter that there is alot of depth in Psychology and not just thoughts. Its linked to basically everything we do which i found very neat. Another thing i found interesting was the "hindsight bias". Everyone has probably already dealt with it in their life sometime, but i never knew there was an actual term for it. This chapter is interesting me more and more!

Intro

Hey everyone!

My name is Melissa Avery, Missy for short please. I'm a senior at Flambeau Highschool located in Tony. In January i'll be turning 18 (finally!). As a person i have been shaped by a lot of things. I was born and raised for a short bit in Plainfield, Illinois. Down south it got very crowded where we lived and the people weren't the nicest. At a young age my family moved up here where we had a cabin, but the made it our permanent home. At a young age my dad introduced us to snowmbiling, dirtbiking, and pretty much anything else that takes place outdoors. I love it, but my friends back home think i'm crazy. I guess thats where i became the girl that i am now. Coming from such different towns i think Psychology is an important factor in life because knowing how other people in different regions act could be vital down the line. To know how other people view different issues could make or break you in the future of becoming truly successful. I think psychology is just being able to understand everyones way of thinking and being able to understand why people act the way they do in certain situations. To be able to understand that is to understand a great deal in life!