Friday, January 9, 2009

Good news! Aussies aren't just running around hunting kangaroo's with boomarangs. They are have sex! Recent studies of Australian women and men between the ages of 40 to 80 have shown that 83% of men and 74% of women report having sex within the previews year. 38% of men and 29% of women even report having sex more than once a week! Great news! Unfortunantly they also report about the same number of sexual problems as found in the U.S, and other European nations. 235 of men reported early ejaculation problems , 21% reported erectile difficulties and 18% a lack of sexual interest. 33% of women on the other hand reported a lack of sexual interest, 26% lubrication difficulties and 25% an inability to reach orgasm. The more aged the respondant was the more likely they were to report one of the difficulties (duh).
What did you like about the class? It's always great to have a really outgoing teacher, it makes the class interesting enough to stay awake during first period. Plus your not a withered old bat so you can relate better. I really loved all the hands on activities that we did as well as all the videos we watched. I learned a lot of really cool stuff by watching the videos about the experiments.

What was your favorite activity or project? I think my favorite activity is this blog project. I also really enjoyed all of the different warm ups we did where we learned different things about our personalities by drawing pictures.

What didn't you like about the class? Hmmm lots of notes, which is ok but I enjoy the hands on stuff better. Congratulations!!!! your the first teacher to EVER get me to fill up a whole spiral! And you did it in one semester! That also kind of sucked, it would have been more fun if it was all year.

What do you think I should leave out next year? Im sure that everything we learned is very important to Ap Psych so i don't know what I would suggest to leave out next year.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things I could do next year in AP Psych? I think it would have been really cool if we could have watched some of the movies that we were supposed to. So i think you should make sure to show the movies next year, even thoyugh we only didn't get to see them due to the storm.

Friday, December 12, 2008

When i took the Jung Typoplogy Test my result was ENFJ. According to this test I am 67 extraverted, 50 intuitive, 12 feeling and 1 judging. I have strong charisma and due to my phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship I can easily manipulate others. I often see the wide picture and have strong entrepreneurial potential. I am apt to neglect my own needs and desires in order to attend to those around me. Other ENFJ's include Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Johny Depp, Micheal Jordan, Oprah Winfey and Ben Stiller.

I am from the Gryffindor house where students are typically brave, daring and chivalrous.

My results from the Online attraction test show that i like women whome are Counter-Culture, seductivness, intelligent and strongest of all trendy.

On my job aptitude test it claimed that my overall job satisfaction was 49.0 and the average score is 60.5. This is probably true because i often feel bored at work and I would like to be doing something a little more creative and interactive. 

When i took the power needs test it informed me that i could be an unrestricted power user. It also says that I have a high desire for supportive power orientation with a score of 6.20 out of 7.00. This means that I have a high desire to use my power to help others. I believe that this is true I find great joy in helping others around me in need and I enjoy counseling others. 

Monday, December 8, 2008

Case Study 6: A 28-year-old woman was walking through her local shopping mall when she began to feel intensely anxious. The anxiety was accompanied by sensations of choking, smothering, and a sudden sense that the people and stores around her were unreal. She began to fear that she was going crazy and the more she worried about this the more anxious she became. A guard, seeing that she was in distress, brought her to the mall office where she was able to lie down. A few minutes later the symptoms began to subside. She went home after leaving the mall but she did not tell her husband what happened. A week later she had a similar attack while she was walking down the street. She was able to reach her house where she lay down until the attack ended. In the following three weeks she had two or more attacks. Between attacks she was constantly worried about having another attack. The patient was finally forced to tell her husband about the problem because she was so fearful of not being able to get help if an attack
occurred that she would not leave her house alone or travel on public transportation.

I would diagnose this patient with a case of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. due to the recurrent unexpected panic attacks, persistent concern about having additional attacks and worrying about telling her husband. She also displays the physical symptoms of choking, smothering as well as feeling as if the store around her was unreal. 

The patient should try to take her panic one step at a time. Panic attacks are often consist of multiple sensations and scary thoughts tat are overwhelming if taken together, but if dealt with separately the attack can be dealt with far easier. The patient should also consider receiving professional help.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Hey Mom,

I really need you to get me out of here, everybody here already hates me. And whats even worse is that Kelsey Halfen chick is here, the one that said i was dumb in 5th grade. I can't stand her! Why would she say something like that? She probably just followed me here to continue ruining my life. I bet right now she's plotting some way to hurt me or get me expelled. As I was walking up to my dorm room some idiot waved to me and smiled with one of those condescending smiles.This whole campus is out to get me. Professors pronounce my name wrong, it's not even a hard name. They only do it because i'm unimportant, they can look at me and tell that they are going to get to enjoy failing me. When i met my roomate he gave me one of those way to friendly handshakes. He is obviously trying to trick me into thinking that we are friends way to fast, probably so he can steal my stuff and avoid suspicion. Oh! and then he shook Colleen's hand and she shook back! Can you believe that?! What is their problem I was right there in the room beside them and they go and flirt like that. I'm never bringing her over to my dorm agan. After we left the dorm room we walked around campus for a while. Nobody said "Hi" to me as we walked by or even waved. I'm sure this whole campus is conspiring against me to make my life a liveing hell. They probably had a meeting like two weeks before school started and told all the new students that if anyone saw me they were not to aknowledge me that way it would be easier to run me out. Well i have to go now mom, I can see Kelsey walking across the lawn towards my dorm with a box of something in her arms. probably matches to burn down this whole building while i'm inside. I think there is a fire escape in the back i'll go escape before she gets here.

Love Justin

Friday, November 7, 2008



Tom Harrell, a famous Jazz trumpeter, was born on June 16th, 1946 in Urbana Illinios. He started playing the trumpet at age 8 and by age 13 he had moved to the San Francisco Bay area and began to play with local bands. By 1969 he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in music composition. He instantly joined Kenton's Orchestra and toured with them all throughout 1969. After leaving them he played for many other bands including Woody Herman's Big Band, Azteca, Charlie Hayden's Liberation Orchestra and Phil Wood's Quintet. After leaving Phil Wood's Quintet he began to lead his own big bands and quintets. He was awarded "best jazz album of the year" by Entertainment Weekly, as well as a Grammy nomination for his album Time's Mirror.


Tom Harrell suffers from paranoid schizophrenia which profoundly effects his life offstage. During shows he often stands to one side away from the microphone, with his head bowed and his hands clutching his trumpet. He slowly advances to the microphone and raises his head to play but when he finishes he lowers his head and resumes his place off to the side. He takes antipsuchotic drugs to help his condition.


Schizophrenia is an extremely challenging disorder, making it hard to function with others. Many patients face hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking or flat emotions which could cause them to lose interest in life and withdraw from family, friends or social events. About one percent of the population will develop Schizophrenia and more than 2 million Americans suffer from it annually. Drug usage such as marijuana and cocaine can lead to a high increase in developing Schizophrenia.


http://www.geodon.com/s_Signs.asp
http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/sz.overview.htm