The Power of Technology :D and Food Phobia?!?

Let's see. I've always  had a hard time trying to come up with something to write about if I'm not given a certain topic....

ooo. This reminds me about my college essay topic I chose for my english class last year. 

http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/11/18/chat-e-mail-and-other-virtual-lies/31655.html

With all the Facebook messaging and texting and other communication devices, it feels as if we are getting less personal with one another. It's easier to lie to one another. Furthermore, because of all the internet dating webistes and twitter postings, Cyberbullying and Gossipping (that word looks funny) came about. And as I've learned from the Manciple's tale (aha from the Canterbury Tales! :D) Gossipping, whether it is the true or false, is still bad. HOWEVER these devices have made it easier to talk to distant peoples. yay for that! =) like in How I Met Your Mother, webcamming allows Marshall to eat with his family every Sunday. Depending on how it is used, technology can cause personal ties to be strengthened or weakened. Hopefully we find technology to be helpful rather than hurtful! :D 

aha. another topic! I'm not sure if I would really call this a phobia; I think it's more like a super picky eater. If it is a phobia, I guess I probably have this! xD

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201111/phobias/eating-cure

Veal Tongue. kind of looks like a piece of steak. lovely isn't it?

I'm a very picky eater - like this person, I would most likely pick out the peas, unless I was being lazy and didn't want to take the time to pick them out ... like in fried rice or something. Furthermore, I wouldn't really want to eat intestines, toungue, something still alive, other vital animal organs....sounds like something from FEAR FACTOR! haha. I've heard the saying "you won't know if you like it until you try it" far too many times, but I still wouldn't want to try these things. I'm not that much of an experimenter. I do like to eat pig ear though.... xD

IQ Test!

• Over 140 - Genius or almost genius
• 120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence .... yay =D
• 110 - 119 - Superior intelligence
• 90 - 109 - Average or normal intelligence
• 80 - 89 - Dullness
• 70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency in intelligence
• Under 70 - Feeble-mindedness

I did not think my IQ would be as high as this. I am usually quite confused by these tests. During the test, I kept turning my head funnily (is that a word?) and using my hands to picture the pictures? better (like with the left/right parts) haha. With the analogy section, I did not know some of the words. HOWEVER even with all of these interesting questions, overall, I thought the test was a lot of fun! =) and I'm happy to know that even with my absentmindedness, especially with directions, I've still got something up in my brain other than air. yay! the reason I got a higher score than I probably should have gotten was probably because I took nearly the whole class instead of 30 minutes to take the test >.< woops!

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Does Birth Order Affect Intelliegence??

(before reading: I hope not because I'm the youngest in my family! >.<') Time for the summary! 

A 1973 cross-sectional study by Lillian Belmont and Francis Marolla found that the larger the family size, the poorer the performance on the intelligence test. Furthermore, basing off of the scores of the children, the first born children > the second born children  > the thrid born children .... Because this study was cross-sectional, the studying of information among different families, it is seen that the first born children had higher IQs. However, in a logitudinal sutdy, the studying of an individual family over time, it is seen that there is not a relationship between the two.  Due to the differences in these two studies, the Admixture Hypothesis was formed which links IQ to other factors such as parental IQ and socioeconomic status; low IQ parents tend to have more children. However, the problem with this hypothesis is that the mean IQ score is increasing instead of decreasing. In more models, reasons to explain why the firstborn has a higher IQ are listed: primogeniture, parents focus attention on first-born, treated like an adult, and tutors the younger siblings. (Don't worry if you're a later born child though!) Through recent studies, the IQ differences between the siblings has been very small, so it is not too big of a deal! =)

Personality Tests!

Jung Typology Test:

In this test, I answered yes/no to several statements and found out that ... I am an ISTJ personality; this means that I a have a very introvert, slightly sensing, and moderatley thinking and judging personality. I think this test is pretty valid; I find myself to be pretty introvert, and it also says, as an inspector, I am superdependable - I'm happy about that. I don't think the career choices were valid though, I don't really want to be dentist, repair, or military person.

Are you racist test?

      In this test, I had to place pictures or words in right or left categories. "Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American." I guess I am a little racist even though I try not to be; this makes me a little sad. I don't think this test is valid, though because I am sure that all of us have a little racism in us due to past experiences or from what we've been told through family or entertainment sources. I don't think you can label someone as racist just through grouping items.

       

      EQ Test (emotional intelligence test)

      I rated several emotional? statemets and scored a 42 on the test. I'm not quite sure what this means, but in the information section it seems pretty accurate: sensitive to others' emotions, fixed on getting the job done, needs to work on self-emotions. I think this test is valid, but it could be even more valid if it had more questions. I guess I need to go work on my sensitivity!
 
      Hogwarts Sorting Quiz =D
      In this quiz, I rated several statements on a scale of 1-9 based on my characterisics.  I was put in Hufflepuff; the next choices in order were Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and then Gryffindor. I was very surprised at this: I thought I would be in Ravenclaw or Syltherin (they were my second and third places though!) yay! Cedric was in this house, and he's cool. I'm not quite sure with the validity of this test because it seems like everyone would try to come out as a Hufflepuff: friendly, fair-minded, modest, and hardworking and not rate themselves correctly.


      My Life Goals: 
      In this quiz, I had to rate certain statements on a scale, and agree/disagree with certain statements. My answers were divided into six categories: Financial Success, Social Recognition, Attractiveness, Affiliation, Community Involvment, and Self-Acceptance which were divdided into intrinsic and extrinsic categories. My results seemed about right: I value financial success, afflilation, community involvment, and self-acceptance whereas I don't really prioritize social recognition and attractiveness. I was surprised to see that I prioritze intrinsic values over extrinsic values though. This test seems valid because it asked a wide variety of questions and the results seem pretty accurate.