Wednesday, September 8, 2010
My Memory Strengths and Weaknesses
If I am fully concentrated on a subject, I can remeber a great deal of it. Usually after taking notes, studying, or even listening to the teacher lecture I can recall most of the information that I have obtained. I am best at remebering visual images and pictures than auditory hearing. For instance, before I read street signs, I would correlate locations with their surroundings to remember where they were. I am also good at remembering things when making flashcards for school. When I have to think about the word, I will most likely remember it a different time. My memory is also best when I get something wrong on a test or homework problem, once I review what I did wrong, I wont make the same mistake twice. Unfortunately my weaknesses can occur when I am not fully concentrated on a subject. If I am distracted, I am more likely to forget it.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Times Magazine Interview
T.V. Host: Hello and welcome to this episode of America’s Next Biggest Icon! My name is Susan Scott and I am your host. Today we have a very special guest who has accomplished many outstanding achievements throughout her career. Please welcome Ms. Bianca Unigwe!
Bianca Unigwe: Hello everyone! I am very pleased to be here today and thanks for having me!
T.V. Host: So Bianca everyone knows your most recent triumphs! How does it feel to be the world record breaker in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and even the high jump in the Summer Olympics this year?
Bianca Unigwe: It feels great to work so hard day after day to finally achieve my lifetime goal. Hard work pays off!
T.V. Host: You’re right about that one. So when did you decide you wanted to become an Olympic track runner?
Bianca Unigwe: Ever since the 4th grade I have been running track and I grew to have a strong passion for the sport. After every race I had the same mentality, how can I get better? I knew that someday I wanted to race against the best runners in the world to prove I’m just as good as them.
T.V. Host: Wow that is a great mindset to have. How do you think you became so successful?
Bianca Unigwe: Well, there are many things that lead up until this point. But not only is it physical, it is very much mental and emotional. In your mind you must already start thinking that you’re the best. It took a ton of conditioning to get where I am today. I had to teach myself to eat right and train right. I also had to get myself accustomed to my surroundings, such as hearing the crowd screaming, the voices of my coaches, and the sound of the gun firing. These types of mental processes eventually led me to become a better runner.
T.V. Host: Do you think any biological aspects had a toll on you?
Bianca Unigwe: Absolutely. My background and the way my parents totally had a huge effect on my career. My parents always told me I can be whoever I wanted, that I could do whatever I wanted and they supported me through my all years of running. That impact on me led me to believe them. I became extremely confident because my parents believed in me.
T.V. Host: That is unbelievable! So what are some methods you use to become this great Olympic runner?
Bianca Unigwe: First I kept thinking about winning, just thinking and thinking and more thinking. Eventually my thinking became connected with the winning process and I knew I would get better. My coaches helped train me by using operant and classical conditioning. They taught me how to avoid the less favorable and to gain the more favorable results. For example, in high jump if I don’t take the right number of steps, I will knock over the bar but if I take the right number of steps at the right speed I will clear the bar and get out over it.
TV Host: I definitely agree with you. You are very smart when it comes to knowing what you must do to succeed.
Bianca Unigwe: It was all possible with the help of my parents, my coaches, and everyone else that believed in me,
TV Host: So how did classical conditioning help you become a better runner?
Bianca Unigwe: I used classical conditioning mostly with hearing the sounds around me. My coaches trained me to be accustomed to hearing the sound of the gun firing. Over and over again I trained to learn how many steps to take when hearing the sound of the gun. Every time the gun fired I would take one two big steps so that I would be seconds in front of all the other runners.
TV Host: That is an outstanding story. I am so happy for you Bianca and I wish you great success in your many more races to come. So all you other runners, you better watch Bianca might be racing you next! Thanks for being here today.
Bianca Unigwe: Aw thank you for having me and I’ve enjoyed sharing my success with you.
TV Host: Well that is the end of today’s episode of America’s Next Biggest Icon and we’ll see you next time!
Bianca Unigwe: Hello everyone! I am very pleased to be here today and thanks for having me!
T.V. Host: So Bianca everyone knows your most recent triumphs! How does it feel to be the world record breaker in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and even the high jump in the Summer Olympics this year?
Bianca Unigwe: It feels great to work so hard day after day to finally achieve my lifetime goal. Hard work pays off!
T.V. Host: You’re right about that one. So when did you decide you wanted to become an Olympic track runner?
Bianca Unigwe: Ever since the 4th grade I have been running track and I grew to have a strong passion for the sport. After every race I had the same mentality, how can I get better? I knew that someday I wanted to race against the best runners in the world to prove I’m just as good as them.
T.V. Host: Wow that is a great mindset to have. How do you think you became so successful?
Bianca Unigwe: Well, there are many things that lead up until this point. But not only is it physical, it is very much mental and emotional. In your mind you must already start thinking that you’re the best. It took a ton of conditioning to get where I am today. I had to teach myself to eat right and train right. I also had to get myself accustomed to my surroundings, such as hearing the crowd screaming, the voices of my coaches, and the sound of the gun firing. These types of mental processes eventually led me to become a better runner.
T.V. Host: Do you think any biological aspects had a toll on you?
Bianca Unigwe: Absolutely. My background and the way my parents totally had a huge effect on my career. My parents always told me I can be whoever I wanted, that I could do whatever I wanted and they supported me through my all years of running. That impact on me led me to believe them. I became extremely confident because my parents believed in me.
T.V. Host: That is unbelievable! So what are some methods you use to become this great Olympic runner?
Bianca Unigwe: First I kept thinking about winning, just thinking and thinking and more thinking. Eventually my thinking became connected with the winning process and I knew I would get better. My coaches helped train me by using operant and classical conditioning. They taught me how to avoid the less favorable and to gain the more favorable results. For example, in high jump if I don’t take the right number of steps, I will knock over the bar but if I take the right number of steps at the right speed I will clear the bar and get out over it.
TV Host: I definitely agree with you. You are very smart when it comes to knowing what you must do to succeed.
Bianca Unigwe: It was all possible with the help of my parents, my coaches, and everyone else that believed in me,
TV Host: So how did classical conditioning help you become a better runner?
Bianca Unigwe: I used classical conditioning mostly with hearing the sounds around me. My coaches trained me to be accustomed to hearing the sound of the gun firing. Over and over again I trained to learn how many steps to take when hearing the sound of the gun. Every time the gun fired I would take one two big steps so that I would be seconds in front of all the other runners.
TV Host: That is an outstanding story. I am so happy for you Bianca and I wish you great success in your many more races to come. So all you other runners, you better watch Bianca might be racing you next! Thanks for being here today.
Bianca Unigwe: Aw thank you for having me and I’ve enjoyed sharing my success with you.
TV Host: Well that is the end of today’s episode of America’s Next Biggest Icon and we’ll see you next time!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Music lessons improve kids' brain development, memory: study
According to researchers at McMaster University, children as young as four years old start to show signs of brain development and memory improvement when taking music lessons. To prove their theory, researchers have used magnetoencephalography brain scanning technology to compare changes within the brain with 12 children ages four to six. Professor Laurel Tainor stated that taking these music lessons are setting up networks and increasing the brain responses in the childs' brain. Tainor also said that these lesssons could lead to improvement in literacy, verbal memory and mathematics. In the value of education, in previous studies it has been founf that children taking music or drama classes have greater improvements on IQ scores. I agree with this research because from my own experience being in a choir has helped me remember lots of different musics even after years of singing them.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/20/music-brain.html
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/20/music-brain.html
Friday, August 20, 2010
Research Methods Info For Survey
Name: Bianca Unigwe
Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html
Go to: Research Methods.
Go to: Survey
1. Explain why psychologists use surveys.
Surveys are a widely used method to gather scientific information about how people feel about a particular issue. They are useful for identifying relationships between sets of beliefs and perhaps giving hints to cause and effect relationships. Surveys can also dispel myths about how people feel about a popular topic.
2. Identify and define the 3 types of? s used for surveys.
There are close-ended, partially closed, open-ended questions.
3. Answer the question posed on slide 7.
? # 8 is partially closed; participant as a victim and someone close as a victim; allows a wide range of responses and unique perspectives.
4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development.
Sampling methods are a crucial part of survey work. You can't test everyone in the population because most populations are too big. Therefore, you select a sample and you hope that the smaller group of people is similar to the larger population.
5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey.
Haphazard, Purposive, Convenience, Probability, Systematic, Random, Stratified random,
Go to:
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html
Go to: Research Methods
Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.
Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.
1. Explain researcher effects.
Researcher can affect the behaviour of the participants, thus affecting the results of the study.
2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research.
There are several things a researcher can do such as disguise the purpose of the investigation, the single blind design, or the double blind design.
Go to: Correlations
1. Define positive correlation.
If both variables increase together, this is a positive correlation.
2. Define negative correlation.
If one variable increases as other decreases this is a negative correlation.
Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.
1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys.
Strengths: Many people can be tested quickly. It is easy to generate quantitative data and easy to analyze, used to collect large amounts of data about what people think as well as what they do, can quickly show changes in attitudes or behavior before and after specific events. Weaknesses: People may not tell the truth, especially on sensitive issues, for example, sexual behavior, if researcher is present then this may affect answers. Also, postal surveys may have low response rate.
2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)
Quantitative research: Gathers data in numerical form and is concerned with making 'scientific' measurements. Quantitative data analysis uses a barrage of inferential statistical tests. Qualitative research: Gathers information that is not in numerical form. For example, diary accounts, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and unstructured observations.
Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.
1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.
Bar graph, histogram, and frequency polygons.
Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html
Go to: Research Methods.
Go to: Survey
1. Explain why psychologists use surveys.
Surveys are a widely used method to gather scientific information about how people feel about a particular issue. They are useful for identifying relationships between sets of beliefs and perhaps giving hints to cause and effect relationships. Surveys can also dispel myths about how people feel about a popular topic.
2. Identify and define the 3 types of? s used for surveys.
There are close-ended, partially closed, open-ended questions.
3. Answer the question posed on slide 7.
? # 8 is partially closed; participant as a victim and someone close as a victim; allows a wide range of responses and unique perspectives.
4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development.
Sampling methods are a crucial part of survey work. You can't test everyone in the population because most populations are too big. Therefore, you select a sample and you hope that the smaller group of people is similar to the larger population.
5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey.
Haphazard, Purposive, Convenience, Probability, Systematic, Random, Stratified random,
Go to:
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html
Go to: Research Methods
Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.
Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.
1. Explain researcher effects.
Researcher can affect the behaviour of the participants, thus affecting the results of the study.
2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research.
There are several things a researcher can do such as disguise the purpose of the investigation, the single blind design, or the double blind design.
Go to: Correlations
1. Define positive correlation.
If both variables increase together, this is a positive correlation.
2. Define negative correlation.
If one variable increases as other decreases this is a negative correlation.
Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.
1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys.
Strengths: Many people can be tested quickly. It is easy to generate quantitative data and easy to analyze, used to collect large amounts of data about what people think as well as what they do, can quickly show changes in attitudes or behavior before and after specific events. Weaknesses: People may not tell the truth, especially on sensitive issues, for example, sexual behavior, if researcher is present then this may affect answers. Also, postal surveys may have low response rate.
2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)
Quantitative research: Gathers data in numerical form and is concerned with making 'scientific' measurements. Quantitative data analysis uses a barrage of inferential statistical tests. Qualitative research: Gathers information that is not in numerical form. For example, diary accounts, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and unstructured observations.
Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.
1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.
Bar graph, histogram, and frequency polygons.
Eating Breakfast Makes Girls Thinner
New study sponsored by General Mills says that eating breakfast makes girls thinner
Study: Breakfast Helps Girls Stay Slim
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press
Girls who regularly ate breakfast, particularly one that includes cereal, were slimmer than those who skipped the morning meal, according to a study that tracked nearly 2,400 girls for 10 years.
Girls who ate breakfast of any type had a lower average body mass index, a common obesity gauge, than those who said they didn't. The index was even lower for girls who said they ate cereal for breakfast, according to findings of the study conducted by the Maryland Medical Research Institute. The study received funding from the National Institutes of Health and cereal-maker General Mills.
"Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls," said study author Bruce Barton, the Maryland institute's president and CEO.
The fiber in cereal and healthier foods that normally accompany cereal, such as milk and orange juice, may account for the lower body mass index among cereal eaters, Barton said.
The results were gleaned from a larger NIH survey of 2,379 girls in California, Ohio and Maryland who were tracked between ages 9 and 19. Results of the study appear in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Nearly one in three adolescent girls in the United States is overweight, according to the association. The problem is particularly troubling because research shows becoming overweight as a child can lead to a lifetime struggle with obesity.
As part of the survey, the girls were asked once a year what they had eaten during the previous three days. The data were adjusted to compensate for factors such as differences in physical activity among the girls and normal increases in body fat during adolescence.
Study: Breakfast Helps Girls Stay Slim
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press
Girls who regularly ate breakfast, particularly one that includes cereal, were slimmer than those who skipped the morning meal, according to a study that tracked nearly 2,400 girls for 10 years.
Girls who ate breakfast of any type had a lower average body mass index, a common obesity gauge, than those who said they didn't. The index was even lower for girls who said they ate cereal for breakfast, according to findings of the study conducted by the Maryland Medical Research Institute. The study received funding from the National Institutes of Health and cereal-maker General Mills.
"Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls," said study author Bruce Barton, the Maryland institute's president and CEO.
The fiber in cereal and healthier foods that normally accompany cereal, such as milk and orange juice, may account for the lower body mass index among cereal eaters, Barton said.
The results were gleaned from a larger NIH survey of 2,379 girls in California, Ohio and Maryland who were tracked between ages 9 and 19. Results of the study appear in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Nearly one in three adolescent girls in the United States is overweight, according to the association. The problem is particularly troubling because research shows becoming overweight as a child can lead to a lifetime struggle with obesity.
As part of the survey, the girls were asked once a year what they had eaten during the previous three days. The data were adjusted to compensate for factors such as differences in physical activity among the girls and normal increases in body fat during adolescence.
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