Fear

Fear is a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat. It can be brought up by specific stimuli such as pain, or danger. This leads to the "fight or flight" responce, which allows you to choose (very quickly) whether or not to fight, or run away. In extreme fear, a sort of shock in which the body goes num, the thoughts are racing, and a type of rigor mortis, or disuse of the muscles takes place. In essence, you can't move. Today, we use fear as a fun activity. Haunted houses, scary movies, all types of things we use to engage fear and laugh. Scientists say it is possible that we may even be curing phobias by provoking the fear hormone. Common fears that exsist include, but are far from limited to: ghosts, evil powers, bugs, animals, heights, water, closed space, tunnels, bridges, needles, failure, social rejection, public speaking, fire, etc. There are many fears, just about of everything that exsists in the world. Fear is a commonly known thing, that may be pleasant, or painful. Don't be fearful of how you use it, as it can only help.

Music

Music is widely loved, and widely cherished. Most people adore music, and don't know what life would be like without it. It has been used since before the medieval times. Some people are effected by the mood of music. For instance, sad music strikes a sad feeling, whereas happy music strikes feelings of happy and joy. My personal favorite song to make me happy is I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. I can sing along with it, which allows happiness. Singing and dancing can engage a certain hormone which provokes happiness. Sing, dance, and listen to joyful music and the world will be at your feet.

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies was a novel, and a movie about a group of people on a plane. The plane crashed down, and none of the adults survived the crash, leaving the boys to fend for themselves on a nearby island. Psychology has its name writen all over the cover of this story. It takes hold of the whole story. Government was one boy's idea, Ralph. He ran the other boys for a short while, but most finally rebelled. This is because it is within the human mind to push away from those who want to help, and those who want to lead, and try to do things for ourselves. Piggy, Ralph's friend, is killed by the rebels. Could this be because they didn't want Ralph around? Because they were annoyed of Piggy? Because they wanted to push Ralph to his limits? All possiblities, all psychology.

2012

Why does 2012 have people packing food in their basements, collecting water to drink, and afraid for their lives? Because everyone else is. What will you do? Will you pack food in the basement, or will you sit back and relax? That's what determines your need to follow. 12, 21, 2012 is the end of the mayan calender. That's all. Do you believe that the mayans could foresee the future? Or do you think that the mayans just ran out of room on there stone calender? It's your choice.

Dissociative Disorders

Resource: http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Dissociative_Disorders.htm

Dissociative disorders are described as losing or having interruption from a person's fundamental aspects of their waking conscious or the information about their past history or one's identity. These disorders can become problem especially when a person tries to push away reality. For example, the conscious is trying to prevent a situation or traumatic event to getting to one's actual mind. The first disorder is the amnesia. This is known by blocking out important information about one's self. Usually it is of a traumatic or stressful nature. Unlike other types of amnesia, this type can't be effected by a blow to the head or medical trauma. Another type is fugue. It is considered rare. This is described when someone will unexpectedly and suddenly will take a physical leave from one's body and their surroundings, and then they will go on someone adventure. This can happen for hours, days, and even months. They can even travel over thousands of miles before coming back to reality. The person may also experience of a lost identity and will least likely take another personality. Thirdly, the next disorder is DID or Dissociative disorder. It can be taken as the person with many personalities. They have been seen in many movies since it seems to be popularly known. It will also have the different personalities alter one's memory or perspective like multiple people in one person. Lastly, the depersonalization disorder. This can be described as having a distance from one's physical body, experiences, or self being. They can easily be spotted, and a good example of this like feeling in a dream where life can feel sort of distorted or unusual

Disorders are one of the recent things humans have found. Many thousands of years ago, people would be killed for having such unusual minds. We will continue to find more and more treatments to these mind boggling mysteries that occur with our own little heads.

Theories of Motivation

Resource: http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologytopics/tp/theories-of-motivation.htm

Motivation is the thing that pushes us to make the things we want to happen. Where does this feeling originate? Here are a few theories. The first theory is the Instinct Theory of Motivation. According to the theory, people are motivated to behave in certain ways because it was an evolutionary action taking place. We are supposedly programmed to do so like seasonal migration is not learned, but is an inborn pattern of behavior. Another theory is the Incentive Theory of Motivation. This explains that people are motivated by external rewards. a day of work may give one a pay of money he or she had earned. That is one example. Reinforcement and association play an important role. Here is another theory which is called the Arousal Theory of Motivation. This theory suggests that people will act towards leveling out their arousal levels. For an example, when arousal levels are too low, one will go to watch an exciting movie. When arousal levels are too high, one will read a book or meditate. It pretty much takes the thought on moderation and uses it to describe how we act. The final theory I will present is Humanisitc Theory of Motivation. It is based on that people have strong cognitive reasons to perform various actions. People are motivated to eat and drink so we will survive, and we also make sure we are safe as another way to keep ourselves alive. The motivator can then desire to fulfill one's potential after the base needs are done.

Motivation is such a confusing subject. These theories may lead to something that may become fact in the not-so-near future hopefully. I believe that this could lead to great things and I believe that Humanistic Theory of Motivation is the most realistic out of all of them.

Believers found to distrust Atheists

Believers found to distrust Atheists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130100220.htm

A recent study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology was one of the first to explore the social psychological processes involved with anti-atheist sentiments. The study is titled Do You Believe in Atheists? Distrust is Central to Anti-Atheist Prejudice. The researchers did a series of six studies with 350 American adults and 420 Canadian university students posing a number of hypothetical questions and scenarios. Study participants found a description of an untrustworthy person to be more representative of atheists than of Christians, Muslims, gay men, feminists or Jewish people. The researchers found that religious believer’s distrust was the central motivator of prejudice against atheists.

The researchers became interested in the topic because a recent Gallop poll found that only 45% of American respondents would vote for a qualified atheist president, the lowest among several hypothetical minority candidates. The poll respondents rated atheists as the group least representative of their vision of America and that they would most disapprove of their children marrying. The researchers stated, “Outward displays of belief in God may be viewed as a proxy for trustworthiness, particularly by religious believers who think that people behave better if they feel that God is watching them. While atheists may see their disbelief as a private matter on a metaphysical issue, believers may consider atheists’ absence of belief as a public threat to cooperation and honesty.”

It shouldn’t matter what someone’s religion is or if you don’t have one. All people should be treated the same, the way you would like to be treated.