https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1 Research in Psych en-us 2017-09-04 10:51:19 UTC 2017-09-05 17:38:47 UTC hello@padlet.com carrs5 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184515848 https://digest.bps.org.uk/]]> 2017-09-04 10:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184515848 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634618 How keeping a dream diary could boost your creativity?

1. I've learned that our dreams and our creative thoughts have a relatively strong link.

2. The person who conducted the experiment made people keep a voice recorder beside them when they would sleep. The records would then capture any reactions. After the woke up they would write down what they could recall from there dreams in a dream diary. Then over a period of time the person who conducted the experiment would see if there was a creativity boost in the people experimented over a period of time.

3. The experiment was conducted with phd students only so there was less range of data.
Many students may not have remembered their dreams to the same extent as others. Some people might be more creative than others so there are different mindsets which could impact the results. 

This means that we can't always trust the findings. Since everyone has a different creative mindset. In addition, the experiment changes over time with a different result.

]]> 2017-09-05 05:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634618 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634642 1. Most of us believe that our true self is our moral self.
2. Psychologists investigated the views people had of their true selves by asking them to consider that a person has changed in some way - whether that be their memories or morals, etc. - and then asking them which change had altered the person's true self the most.
3. The experiment is widely reliable, however, each person's background and upbringing is different, therefore possibly influencing results.
4. Could having mental illness be considered as someone's 'true self' or not?
5. I could base an experiment off this by testing different ages and comparing each age category's answers. ]]> 2017-09-05 05:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634642 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634644 1. Relationships can be improved if couples shared more friends with their loved one and also can benefit your relationship and make it positive. 
2. They asked 259 participants about romantic relationships and how many friends were shared with partner and how much they spent watching television. 
3. We cant trust 100 percent but we can trust it a little.  
4. How they did they come up with this results? 
Why they asked 259 students 
and not adults ? 
5.  I would use it to investigate another type of relationship matter for example if they asked more people rather than students. 


]]> 2017-09-05 05:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634644 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634674 1.the research suggests that caffiene consumers my suffer from worse memory. 
2. A group of human subjects divided into two : caffeine consumers and non-consumers were tested.
3. The experiment cannot be completely reliable since each indiavidual has a different baseline
4. How did they interpret the results 
5. we could make an experiment to identify which specific parts of the brain are affected by caffeine to cause this effect on humans]]> 2017-09-05 05:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634674 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634892 1. Ecstasy can cause positive outcomess to eople with traumatic experiences.
2. The drug induces positive stimulatioms and encourages positive traits like openess, haopiness amd other feelings of wellbeing.
The research was done by having two groups- 1 taking the drug and the other not. The second group took MDMA during psychotherapy sessions and the way they behaved]]> 2017-09-05 05:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184634892 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184635543 1:
2: They asked questions to a range of people and asked them if in their opinion they ever changed because of something that happened to them ( for example a memory of something)
3:
4: Do they indicate that we (people/humans) do not have a true self and by that do they suggest that we don't have our own personality and that in some way we are all the same?
5: I'm not sure because I got really confused.]]> 2017-09-05 05:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184635543 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645021 1) It is suggested that people who believe in seemingly wild conspiracy theories do so to fulfil the craving of wanting to feel special and unique. The studies conducted also suggest that the faith of conspiracy believers only strengthens when they are faced with solid evidence. It has been indicated that the stronger the opposing theory, the more 'rare' or distinctive the conspirators feel.

2) 238 people were presented 99 conspiracy theories and asked which ones seemed more believable to them, after having rated them on a scale of how important they place uniqueness  in their priorities

3) We can trust this data only to a certain extent. The results are not very generalised as all the subjects were from the US, making the results more focused towards American culture and conspiracy theories. Moreover, it could indicate that the subjects had similar upbringing. However, it doesn't take into account the age of the subjects which can be a very crucial factor is respect to what theories people believe in. Certain conspiracies were very popular throughout specific generations because of the political atmosphere at the time. 

4) Why do people have the inherent need to feel special? ]]> 2017-09-05 06:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645021 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645235 1. This article suggests how our personality may affect our vulnerability to mental health. 
2. This data comes from all the way back in 1979 where researchers toke 600 participants between the age of 19-20 and interviewed them about there family life and if they have any involvement with drugs and alcohol. The research was carried on till 2008 with the same group of people.
3. The data could be very reliable as it was carried on for a few years with the same participants.
 ]]> 2017-09-05 06:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645235 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645240 1. From the research, I have learnt although for a lot of people, the term 'perfectionism' seems to mostly have a positive light shined onto it, it is actually more negative since these people not only try to adapt to others peoples expectations incredibly strongly, as well as their own. 
2. this research was undertaken from looking at past recordings of people who have committed suicide and based from info about their personality (such as by asking their friends or relatives for notes) to see if their perfectionist mindsets could've affected their decision to commit suicide. 
3. Personally, I feel that the research could be blasted due to outside factors, other than just the attitude of perfectionsim]]> 2017-09-05 06:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645240 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645492 1) In this research we learned that being transgender isn't always a choice you make but rather a psychological development.
2) A brain analysis of 27 men and 27 women, who hadn't undertaken any surgery or hormonal treatments.
3) It was a very small group. The age wasn't mentioned, therefore the participants could have been the same age. It was done in Sweden therefore, all the participants could've been from Sweden thus being brought up similarly. 
4) How would their brain differ post transition? People who don't know what gender they are, does this have to do something with their brain, or is it choice wise?]]> 2017-09-05 06:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645492 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645515 In this article, the main theme was in understanding why heterosexual men are more prejudice towards homosexual men. 
1. In popular beliefs, men are presumed as superior than women, in this case when a man is attracted ]]> 2017-09-05 06:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645515 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645570 1) Attractive people are more likely to have shorter relationships and look for alternative partners. 
2) There was an experiment that showed that people who were rated as more attractive were the same people who ended up getting divorces and being married for a shorter period of time. 
3) We can't necessarily trust these findings to a full extent, as a persons 'attractiveness' is based upon opinion; one person might find someone attractive whilst another might not. The surveys which were carried out may also show bias as the first experiment consisted of people deciding attractiveness of 17-18 yr olds, though their relationship history was based upon 30 years after high school, which could possibly mean that these men may not be attractive anymore or others may have been less attractive at 18 but more at an older age and vice versa.]]> 2017-09-05 06:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645570 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645775 1) Partners who share more friends with one another tend to have a stronger relationship than partners who share fewer friends together 

2) This research was carried out by questioning students that are involved in a relationship on   the quality of their relationship and how many friends they share with one another]]> 2017-09-05 07:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184645775 https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184646145 The research suggests that educated parents genetically hand down their genes to their offspring resulting in higher educated children whom are more open minded and have a more relaxed approach to society.]]> 2017-09-05 07:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/carrs5/IBDP1/wish/184646145