Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

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I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I’m studying an Interdiciplinary major in Business & French Cultural Studies and a minor in Art & Cultural Studies. I enjoy the outdoors and back packing. This past summer I back packed through the Ozarks and Big Bend National Park. The photo below was taken during my trip on the Ozark Mountains.

14264997_10207033165330596_5574563113197798059_n

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?

Site Title 2017-01-31 13:27:02

Hi! My name is Iris.

I chose General Psychology to fulfill my social science requirement because, it’s a subject that I’ve found to be interesting. I don’t have any previous background with this subject but, I have an Idea of what psychology is about and look forward to learning more. When I hear the word “psychology” my first thought is the mind and how it formulates thoughts.

The three topics on our syllabus that I look forward to are “Cognitive Development”, “Brain Structures”and, “Sleep.” I’ve heard about cognitive behavioral therapy and think it’s pretty cool…also as a college student I find sleep to be quite fascinating as well. “Theories of Intelligence”, “Stereotypes & Discrimination” and, “Psychotic, Traumatic, & Personality Disorders” seem to be topics that require a more in-depth understanding of psychology and since I don’t have that quite yet, these topics may be difficult for me.

By the end of this class, I’d like to answer this question: How malleable is the psyche?


About Me

Hello readers,

My name is Estefany and I am currently a sophomore in college. This semester I am taking General Psychology. Since I am a pre-med student, I am taking this to course to prepare for the MCAT. However, I am also genuinely interested in the subject. As a junior in high school, I took AP Psychology and found the class to be very interesting. I thought it was really great learning about concepts that applied to me and that I could actually see in my everyday life.

When I hear the word “psychology” I think about the mind and about discovering why people do certain things. However, I’m sure psychology involves much more than this. The three topics I am most excited to learn about are cognitive development, personality theory, and coping with stress. I would like to become a pediatrician and work with kids someday so I think it would be interesting to learn about their brain development since I will be learning mostly about their physical development later on. I would also like to learn  about personality theory and coping with stress because these are two topics that relate to me personally. The three topics I am least interested in learning about are the scientific method, research methods, and neurons. I think I am least interested in these topics because they are subjects we have discussed and learned about in my science courses. We have dealt with the scientific method and research methods a lot in chemistry and biology labs and I have also learned a lot about neurons in my biology and anatomy & physiology courses.

I hope to learn about many things in this course and I don’t think I could narrow it down to one single question. However, I would like to learn about the nature vs nurture discussion. I have always found this topic to be very interesting and I would like to see how this knowledge could be useful later in my career as a pediatrician.

I am looking forward to a great semester in PSY 101!


Juan’s First Physcology blog post

My name is Juan and I attend Austin College.I am the first child out of my family to go to college in pursuit of becoming successful and get a better education to help me develop skills that will help me in the future. I chose to take General Psychology for my second semester of college because I wanted to learn something new that could help me in the future.I have never taken a psychology class in my previous years of high school.When I hear the word psychology I think about the study of the human mind which affects the way a person’s attitude or behavior changes.The three topics that look interesting to me are the Sleep, Drugs, Alcohol and the Brain,and Classifying Mental illness. These three topics are interesting to me because I want to learn their effects on a person and how to prevent them from becoming worse. The three topics that don’t look too interesting for me are the scientific method, research method, and experimental design. These three topics sound boring to me but it could surprise me making it interesting since this is my first time taking a psychology class.By the end of this class, I want to know what psychology skills I can develop and how to put them to use.