https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64 Comment on these passages to say if you think they are good or bad arguments, and why. en-us 2020-03-24 17:11:30 UTC 2025-12-16 21:53:41 UTC hello@padlet.com cdixon38 https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473202877 Our relationship with our parents can have a big impact on our life trajectory. Research has found that those of us lied to by caregivers often end up less well-adjusted (Smith, 2004), that cognitive skills can be improved by having talkative parents (Jones et al 2010), and that positive parenting can impact cortisol levels even years later (Singh, 2014).


]]> 2020-03-24 17:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473202877 cdixon38 https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473206599 Smartphone use increases as we get more bored or fatigued. It is my opinion that if you’re doing a particularly tedious task, you’re much more likely to spend a few minutes scrolling on your phone than if you’re doing something deeply engaging. Especially if I’m tired, I will often scroll through social media on my phone to pass the time.

]]> 2020-03-24 17:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473206599 cdixon38 https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473207011 There’s been a lot of debate about the potentially catastrophic psychological effects of taking and sharing selfies. Some research suggests that taking pictures of yourself can horribly damage your self-esteem and increase anxiety, while other studies have found that selfies can be an immense source of empowerment; one paper even found a combination of these two inexplicable extremes, suggesting that sharing selfies online can mitigate the serious damage to self-image often inflicted when a selfie is actually taken.

]]> 2020-03-24 17:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473207011 cdixon38 https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473207638 If you hear an unfounded statement often enough, you might just start believing that it’s true. This phenomenon, known as the “illusory truth effect”, is exploited by politicians and advertisers — if they repeat something often enough, then it’s likely the audience will believe it. In fact, some people often believe comments related to human health even if they are not true.  ]]> 2020-03-24 17:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473207638 cdixon38 https://padlet.com/cdixon38/bbrdio8m3d64/wish/473211789 Adults are vulnerable to all kinds of body illusions. We can be made to feel that a fake hand, or even a fake body, is our own; that we've left our body; even that we're the size of a doll. These illusions work because our brains use information from various senses to create mental representations of our bodies. Mess with some of these sensory signals and you can alter those representations.

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