Awakenings

In class we have been talking about states of consciousness and the two types; altered state and waking consciousness. In the movie awakenings the patients of Dr. Sayer "wake up" due to the administration of the drug L-dopa. After the patients are awake they deal with the reality that their life has passed them by. Put yourself in their shoes,would you rather be left in the altered state or woken up 30 years later knowing that your life has changed, but at least you are aware and have the remaining years of your life.

No blog post due Friday

Nature vs Nurture

Do you think that nature plays a larger role in development or does nurture? Support your opinion with the bible or general examples. HINT, Nature means your genes your genetic make-up. Nurture think your life experiences and the environment around you.

Theory of Knowledge

What theory of knowledge do you agree with? Do you think Socrates theory that all  knowledge is innate and that through reasoning we can access knowledge or John Locke's theory that the mind is a blank slate and we access knowledge through experience? Please tell me why you feel this way and use examples to support your reasoning.

If you are interested in a read, here is the Wikipedia site on the plan crash in the Andes Mountains we talked about in class on Friday!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

Welcome

This blog will be dedicated to the responses of the students in my psychology class. I hope that you use it and jump on board because it is apart of your grade. You will have to respond weekly to a question that I post about a topic we have been discussing in class. Your response will be graded for content and correct grammar etc...  I can tell when you write fluff or copy the text book. Don't do that! Don't worry I will show you how to begin