Chapter 10

Okay so after reading the chapeter on stress, health and some other topics I was kinda shocked what the book had to say. I wasn't shocked in a bad way. but it was more along the lines of wow I didnt know that and I didnt realize that stress could cause so many health problems. Yea I didnt know that stress does wear on a person health but I didnt think that because some people dont handle their stress well it causes heart disease and that men are at higher rise. I've been a little stressed myself lately with school and work so when I read this chapter I could totally relate to some of the stuff they were saying. Like I sometimes find myself not telling anyone about my problems but instead making a journal and rambling on about whatever has happen to me that day and I feel like a height was lifted off of me. Some of the other tips they gave were good to but they were every basic and I would think most people would either talk to people or do a journal to help with their stress levels. This wasn't one of my better chpaters for me because of the fact of my own stress level at this point so I did read it but I didnt really read like and then go over it like I should of. Well the new chapter that we are reading now seems pretty cool and I can't wait for our class discussion on the topic its going to be cool to see what people have to say about other peoples personalitys.

Chapter 9

So after reading chapter 9 I found a lot of what this chapter had to said very interesting.  I never realized how much intelligence and language had in common.  For our discussion of this topic we had to take a IQ test and I scored 124 on it which meant I'm over average with intelligence. To me I'm not that smart I've always had to over work to pass my classes. To me the study's that the different psychology's have done to  study the different areas of intelligence are more like studying common sense then really intelligence, but then again intelligence has to do with common sense. Which I never though any of those things had to really do with intelligence until I read this chapter. I'm finding the more and more I read this psychology book the more I get into this subject and relate it to my life and others and it has even given me a new outlook on something's which is awesome. Another thing I though was cool in this area was language. I have a family member who was born deaf and he has gone to special schools he's whole life and he did learn how to talk and read lips.  After reading the area about language and how some people never learn how to talk is just crazy to me but it was cool to read about those cases and get to understand how and why this could happen to a person and how we only have so long to learn how to use language before that time frame is lost for good. I'm really starting to enjoy this class and get into the whole psychology way of thinking (for the most part) and now the class is almost over with   :(.  

okay so after rereading chpater 8 like 3 or 4 times I get this chapter a lot better and a lot of the information in this chapter is very helpful when it comes to memory and how to study for test and exams. Well at least for me this chapter was pretty useful.  A lot of my study habits arent very good and i've knewn this for a while. When it comes to subject I love like history or even english I do very well on the test and exams no problem. Then there are other subject like psychology that for whatever reason I just cant get into it at ALL! After reading capter 8 I do find that if i reread the chpaters in this subject and keep studying it even though I think i mastered the subjext it does make a world of a difference for me when it comes to the grades on my unit test and even the papers I have to write. When it comes to memory its so true that it dont keep information in storage if I dont find it useful or even interesting. Which I know isnt a good thing because there are going to be subjects I have to take in college that I just wont like for one reason or another. So after reading this chapter a couple of times over and over again there are a lot of good points and im glad that the information I learned is helpful and I will use it in the future. :)

Chapter 8 memory & forgetting

So after reading chapter 8 my study skills suck. LOL. Well I do use some of the studing techniques like trying to study right before a test to help me remember what i've been studing over the last week. For some reason that kinda helps me out with my test but not really that great. I saw there was like six different techniques to use when studing like trying to relate the terms to something you use in everyday life. My best friend does that technique all the time and it seems to work great for her I've tryed this before and for whatever reason I then some how really mess everything up because I get confused with the things I relate the terms too. I believe I forget a lot of things because I dont transfer things in studing over to long term memory. My problem is if i dont like the stubject I read I just read it and it goes in one ear and out the other. So I find that I dont really keep it in my short term memory either. A lot of the stuff this chapter talked about opened my eyes on how I can studied better and some of the techniques I going to try and see if they work better for me then the ones I've been using which kinda help me but not really. Memory on the other hand Im going to need a lot of help on working on this. Im the worst when it comes to remembering stuff and im pretty for get full.

Final quiz and up coming chapter

So today I went and took my mid term which is based on all 7 chapters. I studied all the stuff for like week on and off and yet still didn't do that great on the mid term quiz :(.  I'm really looking forward to the next chapter in our books which in based on short term and long term memory.  I'm also looking forward to the next week off from school. I need a break from all my classes. Spring break here I come :). 

So after reading the area in this book about study habits and different things I can do to help with remembering things I have learn I'm so going to putting a couple of them to work when it comes to my final which is coming up. I've used a couple of them when the midterm was over for this class and I got way better grades on the next two assignments. So when it comes to study habits and memory there are two things I have learn which I'm now trying to use as much as I can for school and work. Let's hope with studying ahead and rereading chapters or areas within a chapter will help me with my future test and final.