Book Post #3- Website

http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/dealing-with-death.htm This was the website I used for the summary of Murphey's Boy. I felt it had a lot of connections because Murphey could really use this website as a tool for him to get over the death of his two parents. The website talks a lot about trying to find God in times of death and destruction. I believe you don't have to find God in those times, it is a positive way to look at it, but as long as you don't give up on life then you will get through the tough time. These were the ideals that Kate Green, the psychologist in the book, tried to give to Murphey. She was a devout Christian, but she did not force it on Murphey who did not want to believe in a God. She just said to not give up on life and believe in something, it may not even have to be a spirit, just believe in something and you will get through the tough time. Overall the book was great because Kate Green was a master of her craft and it was a pleasure to read about it.

"Wild Child" Reflection

In my mind the 'Wild Child" was a sad, interseting story of someone who was treated the worst they could be from birth to about 13 years old, had some bright spots, then had it all ripped away from her. The "Wild Child" also known as Genie was left tied to a chair in a dark room for the first 13 years of her life. The first question that arose in my head was what language would Genie think in? Obviously she could not talk, but she could think. Did she make up her own language to think in? Or was the abuse bad enough that she didn't have thoughts at all? For instance when she was hungry did she think "Im hungry." Or did she just go off basic insticts and maybe try to solve the problem by yelling or somthing. Was she smart enough to do that? I believe the "Wild Child" documentry was very interesting but it failed to answer these important, intreging questions.

Inside the Teenage Brain Reflection

In all honesty I didn't really appreciate the inside the teenage brain video. It seemed to depricate teenagers as bratty, snobby people. The first seen showed a kid not wanting to get out of bed, talking back to his parents, and being and all around jerk. I know for a fact I am not like that, and I don't know many people who are like that. It seemed the video just lumped teens all in to one catagorey of all around horrible kids. The video did take an interesting turn when they said that the brain has another growth spurt when they are a teen making them think they are more independent. It did not seem to correlate with what I am saying though. I would like to see normal teens who are good to their parents go through the same testing as all the bratty kids and see if the data is consistant.

Brain Games Reflection

The Brain Games assignment gave the class a chance to see how they used their brain and what type of brain they had. Some people were better at hands on activitys such as puzzles, others used their brains in different ways such as trivia or seeing differeces in pictures. Overall it took a lot of the class to their brain capacity because they were all pretty challinging. It was an interesting experience to be a part of.

Psych Book Quote

"His eyes fell. To the carpet. To the book. To his hands. A great silence loomed up which was both divisive, putting infinity between us, and binding. For a boy who said nothing he certainly left nothing unsaid" (Hayden 32). I used this quote from Murpheys Boy because it ties to psychology in so many ways. Psychologist can be very frusterated when the patient is shy and says nothing. But good psychologist use that to their advantage. They will use the silence and observe it and predict why they are silent and go from there. The psychologist in Murpheys Boy is a very good psychologist. She uses the silence to her advantage and finally opens up Murphey and they wind up becoming great friends. The goal of a psychologist is to first break down the "infinante walls" and become closer to the patient so you can help them. It takes the psychologist in Murpheys Boy to do that but finally she does and it works very well. It takes the psychologist a very long time because Murphey has seen a lot. He saw his mother and father murderd in front of him. At first he is silent about the whole thing. After a lot of persistance from Kate Green, the psycholgist, finally Murphey opens up and he fells better after talking to the psychologist. I used this picture because it was two people communicating in a very basic form.

Glog post refelction

In total I have 9 pictures, 2 of them are of popular psychologist the most popular being Sigmund Frued who believed in our unconcious min and our concious mind, and B.F Skinner who was a behaviorilist. I have 4 pictures of the brain with words inside them. Ceartain words such as health, perception, personality, memory, and language all words that deeply involve psychology. One of the pictures involve a brain and shows some of the nerves which deals with how people think. Another picture is of a picture of a drawing of a head opened up and a person sitting in it, it reminded me of a self-concious which has to deal with psychology. The last picture is of a neuron and their are billions of neurons in the brain.

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