Final Post

 What was your favorite part of the topic you chose?

    My favorite part of my topic was being able to learn more about the history and concept of lucid dreaming. 

 What was your least favorite part of the topic you chose?

    My least favorite part of my topic was that I could not completely go into a new topic or area of psychology without exactly searching it up. 

What do you like best about Genius Hour research?

     I like that it allowed us to learn about something we weren't assigned too. We could research something we were curious about. 

What do you like least about Genius Hour research?

      Knowing that I had to have my blog entry due by a certain date made me feel sometimes rushed with my research. 

What was the most important thing you learned about yourself?

     I learned that I can procrastinate at times and can get distracted with other topics in my research time. 

 Overall Genius Hour has showed me that I infact love the "psychology web" and I'm looking forward to becoming a psychologist!

    

Body Language

      Body Language is shown while communicating with other individuals. Psychologist use this to determine a persons "messages". Body language is not just your face but your entire body. Learning these will help you have a better understanding to people's emotions. 

        At the top of your body, when you jut out your chin this can show stubbornness. When keeping your eyes up with your neck, it shows a poised person. Slouching can show you are not confident with your body and can ruin your posture. 

        At the bottom of your body, shaking of your leg can show anxiety. Crossing your ankles and hands can help stop this motion and help with posture. Tapping of your toes can show anxiousness, also that you may not want to say something rude to another. Knowing how to read Body Language can help interpet others emotions. 

       

Memories

Psychology: Memories

   

  

      Memories are a big part of psychology. With memories the brain allows us to remember who, what, when, and where things happened. Without memories our lives could be a mess. We store our ideas with short term memory and store past events with our long term memory.
      Photographic memory is when we can remember a exact image stored in our brain. In children having photographic memory is more likely than a adults. Psychologist have yet to find out the reason for this. I believe that if humans had this all the time life would be hectic!
        Have you every had a moment where you swear it already happened? Well this is known as deja vu also known to psychologist as source memory. Our Brains retrieve the previous situation from our memory.
          I believe having memories is one of the most important things we need to learn from mistakes. Having memories is what revolves around our daily lives.

Dreams

Psychology: Dreams

         What is dreaming? Dreaming is involuntary images, sensations, and emotions occurring during the stage of sleep. I've learned that some people even believe that dreams have meaning to them. For example, dreaming about something above is indicating you to set your goals higher. If you dream about having a crush on someone its believed you are under tremendous stress over making a decision.
           Experiencing nightmares can be a psychological response to anxiety and stress. Usually the causes are of real experiences of being sad or having fear. Studies in the nineteenth century believed that people with aspen (lack of oxygen), would have more nightmares. But were proven wrong when results showed healthier people had more nightmares. So in reality everyone experiences dreams, if someone says they don't they simply don't remember.
           Lucid dreaming is known as a way to control your own dreams. The concept is that in your dreams you know you are dreaming. What is so extraordinary about lucid dreaming is that you have the ability to do things you wouldn't normally be able to do, like to eat fire without getting harmed.
           As to why we dream is still unknown to psychologist and scientist, but they still continue the study of their meanings. All humans dream, dreams are way to interpret our thoughts and emotions.
             

Psychology

What is Psychology?
    
       The study of mind and behavior is known as Psychology.The word psychology is from Greek roots meaning study of the psyche or soul. Psychology doesn't just deal with mental health, but with you. Your memories, dreams, personality, senses, mental health, relationships, etc.  Psychology comes in three branches: clinical psychology, social psychology, and cognitive psychology.
      Clinical Psychology deals with treatment of mental illness and disabilities. Social Psychology   deals with social interactions, including their causes and effects on individuals. Cognitive Psychology deals with mental processes including creativity and memory. These parts of psychology are studied and monitor by psychologist.                                                           
      When discussing different behaviors in psychology it is important to understand that no matter how people lose self-control, finding reasons why requires a psychological evaluation. The study of the mind can also require a look into all three areas of psychology to fully understand mental health issues. Psychology is the study of your mind and behavior.