Ben's Blog

          Right now, in the beginning of our lives, we have a choice to make, to either fight back or lose the ongoing war that fills our schools, our communities, and our hearts. On March 24th, 2017, we took a stand. We left our homes, we drove miles on end and flew across the country to march for our f reedom and for our safety. It wasn't just over protective parents or government leaders or activists on the go. It was children of all ages and races and gender from all around the world. It was celebrities and families who heard a call for justice and knew this was their time to rise up and tell their truths. I'm not talking about a specific person and their story. I'm talking about a movement of society to reach unimaginable goals and achieve a united purpose of change.      T he "March For Our Lives" movement gave the people a voice, students, parents, and all the leaders of the world giving their voice to stop guns and save lives. Kid...

            Memory is something every person has, some better than others, but we all need it as a basic way of survival. One of the topics over memory that stood out to me was Sensory. This idea fascinating idea that we can see a picture or hear couple words in just a second, and our brain is able to capture that second and give us the ability to retain it. I also thought it was really interesting how when we don't need certain memories anymore, our brain just throws them away, reasoning why we can't remember our first birthday or what we even wore two days ago. The only memory that is kept is what we hold most valuable or we continuously practice.      Although our brain has the ability to preserve memories, sometimes our brain doesn't work the way it's supposed to, as overtime and sometimes earlier than usual, our brain can lose it's grip and start to malfunction, causing permanent damage. Two common examples of this would be sh...

Through the course of multiple journal entries, I pushed myself to defeat a common addiction/problem I have had all my life. I attempted to be healthier, better me, picking the salad instead of the cheeseburger or the veggie sub instead of pepperoni pizza. At the beginning of this experiment, I worked really hard to achieve these goals, picking a healthy sub or salad and drinking water rather than soda. If I did achieve these goals, I would reward myself by watching an episode of my favorite T.V show, relaxing and just enjoying my night. Later in the week, I was not as successful with my goals, eating late night sweets and drinking soda for dinner. I believe my behavior for eating and drinking healthier fluctuated by day, as some days I were better than others. I feel the biggest problem was not enough motivation. If I were to do it all over again, I would pick something else as my reinforcement.  This idea of reinforcement and behavior comes from this leaning psychology calle...

     As this was my group project for my psychology, I have to lot to discuss about "Learning Psychology." If you don't know what "Learning Psychology" is, Learning Psychology may not be what you think. When I first heard the term Learning Psychology, I thought it was just the basic idea of teaching all kinds of psychology, but Learning Psychology actually focuses on the idea of understanding how psychology can affect, as well as be used and manipulated on people. There re three different types of  theories that are used to describe this psychological advancement.      One of my favorites would be Operant Conditioning, as experiment done by Edward Thorndike and BF Skinner. This experiment tested the effects of positive/negative reinforcement, as well as positive/negative punishment. Using an example of each from the PowerPoint, Skinner uses a rat for the experiment, putting the animal in a box with a food lever and a shock floor. The rat...