Does she really have DID?

As a part of this weekly blog, I thought I might want to do a little research about Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The video that Mr. Dreier showed us was intriguing but I wanted to see what other kinds of personalities may exist within other people. The woman in this video (her name is either Katie or Mary I believe) claimed to have 25 different personalities, all who knew of each others existence. With DID it seems more likely that the personalities wouldn't know each other because they're all separate people living separately from one another. She goes on to talk about how one of her personalities was a lesbian and that her other personalities didn't know about her girlfriend. When she would switch people, she literally became a whole new person with different memories and perceptions. She claimed that she was able to walk and think at 7 months old and that she remembered being neglected at that young of an age. She then made up another personality to take the place of the life she was living. I find it absolutely impossible to believe that someone can remember something from as early as 7 months old as well as be able to create a personality. DID is something that you're diagnosed with, not something that you can just make up. Personally I think this woman is full of bologna. Her cat, however, makes chirping sounds throughout the video so if the cat had another personality that was a bird, I wouldn't have a hard time believing that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1sXbnBmy8U

Drudgeretort - Kick Texas out of the Union?

While searching for articles about drudgeretort and drudgereport, I found an interesting article under the drudgeretort site. It was an article stating a petition that Texas should be kicked out of the Union. The writer compares the President to someone who shouldn't even run a lemonade stand and blames Texas for that. I have no idea what that means but personally I think that's ridiculous. The writer also doesn't support their opinion that Texas is corrupt and has caused damage to our country. His best arguing statement suggests that "they talk funny." This article was tagged under education and economy but I find it to be rather humorous. There was only one comment in which they stated that the writer is nuts and is mentally ill. I believe that's a bit harsh to say but the commentor probably has their head on straighter than the writer based on the radical views they had.

http://drudgeretort.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/petition-to-kick-texas-out-of-the-union-please-sign/#comments

The Dancing Man!

After a lot of thinking about what to do for the social psychology project that Mr. Dreier handed to us today, I remebered watching a video that might spark some idea. The "Dancing Man" is a great example of conformity as well as a display of leadership. As the video shows, a guy randomly begins dancing in an open area by himself. Many people look at the man like he's crazy but soon before you realize it, another person joins him. Next thing you know a third person joins, then a couple more, and within minutes there's a whole group of people dancing. This shows conformity and how when the group becomes larger, it seems more logical to conform to the dancing and be a part of the movement. As the video states, it's not the first man that is the true leader, but the person who takes a stand and joins him. Personally, I thought this video was pretty inspiring and uplifting. I'm still hoping it'll give me the opportunity for something to "spark" within my brain so that I can figure out what I'm going to do for this project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74AxCqOTvg&edufilter=3tuIMtghjfCs1PSo1uotog&safe=active

Thoughts on the AP Test

To be perfectly honest, I'm beyond nervous for the AP test. Having to study and prepare myself for an AP Psych exam, an AP Gov exam, eight events at state solo and ensemble, and prepare myself to take the ACT soon, I've got a lot on my plate. It seems bizarre to me that even though I keep up with the reading and study for the quizzes, I somehow always manage to flunk them miserably. I don't know whether it's test related anxiety or if it's the stress of knowing I don't have enough time or if I didn't study enough but regardless, it concerns me of how I'm going to do overall in this class as well as on the exam. I'm trying to get myself in the mindset of, "whatever happens, happens." but this is a big deal because it's the difference of getting the college credit or not. I'm really nervous about it but like I said, whatever happens, happens. If anyone has any advice to help me out that'd be super awesome. Thanks.