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One area of interest I would like to study is the different study techniques students use to prepare for an exam. I am looking to observe a group of students and an individual student to see if people perform better while working as a team or while working separately and at his or her own pace; I also want to see if it changes depending on the subject material on hand. The variables and concepts used are the forms of studying and the subject material needed to be study. The research design I would use to conduct my experiment is correlational; I am testing to see if studies perform better by working in groups, or by working individually. If people worked better in groups, then does the subject material matter (would it be easier to study math in a group or study psychology)? I would mainly use questionnaires and ask the people who worked in groups how they felt working with other students and find out the test grade received by each student. I would also ask what subject they were being tested on to see if certain subject materials could change an individual’s technique of study. Perhaps people can study well in a group when studying for history, and not work well in a group when studying for math or science. The dependent variable in my experiment is the test grades received by the one group of students who studied together as a team and the grade received by the individual student, who studied independently. I personally believe that a student’s form of studying varies depending of the subject. Studying for history in a group composed of five or six people might result in high test results; while on the other hand, studying for math is much more difficult to study in a group because each individual has his or her pace, where one student might solve questions faster.
One of the benefits that this study provides is that it helps determine if individual or collective forms of studying are suitable for certain students and for particular subjects. Lastly, I believe there were many challenges when trying to decide on an area of interest and when I finally did, I didn’t know what I wanted to experiment it on. This was much more difficult than I had expected because I didn’t know what type of design I should use for my research question and whether the design I choose was appropriate and applicable. I could have probably used an experimental design and manipulate the type of material the students had to study.
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Hello everyone, my name is Kimberly Delgado and I’m a second year student at Baruch. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Psychology is not my intended major; however, it is my favorite class for the semester. I had planned to major in mathematics but so far I seem to have a lot of trouble doing integration and finding the area of a curve. Thus, it has caused me to reevaluate my decisions and continue to explore my options. I don’t think its ever too late to change your mind because I rather spend my life doing something I love than rush through school in a field that I either hate and dread. I don’t mind taking an extra year to reassure myself of what I want to do. One of my biggest interests are animals; I have a bichon frise and he is one of my greatest friends and the joy of my life. I love spending time with him, even it is just laying down watching television together. He is a great listener and a stress reliever. One of the reasons I didn’t go away for college was because I couldn’t bear being 4 years away from him. In dog years, that is one fourth of his life. I wanted to spend every second I can with him to enjoy his presence and playfulness.
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"1) I believe that this individual was experiencing a reduction in her cortisol levels, which is the stress hormone that activates in order to maintain the body’s energy and resources. However, the secretion of the stress hormone continued to remain active in her body because she states that she still had some tension after the meditation. Also, I believe that her face and her body muscles must have relaxed too when she started meditating.
2) Her peripheral nervous system, which consists of the somatic and autonomic nervous system, would have probably been more affected by the mediation. The autonomic nervous system includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. During her mediation, her sympathetic nervous system would have been deactivated because she was not experiencing stress in times of emergency and instead the parasympathetic nervous system would immediately be activated. It would relax and return her body to a more restful state.
3) Questions: If you continue to mediate for various times during a week, would you be able to completely eliminate the tension in your body for that one moment? Also, I would like to know, exactly how long did it take for you to notice the reduction in the tension in your body? Do you think it can be measured or would it be different according to the degree of the stress?
4) I would definitely be open to try the same exercise; however, I don’t know how effective it would be on me. I sometimes have sleeping problems and I have tried to mediate but my body seems to get even more tense, which prevents me from sleeping faster. This mediation exercise worked for you, so perhaps I would try the same exact one to see if it works on me."
posted on Nov 28, 2011, on the post my meditation!!!"1) I completely agree with the memories you chose to keep. Many people may want to forget traumatic and distressing experiences; however, those memories are necessary so that we can prevent those experiences from happening again or learn to deal with it if it does. Keeping positive and happy memories compliments negative memories and can also help show that life is not all about struggles and hardships. Life is composed of joyful moments, which gives one a meaning and a purpose.
2) Assuming you were my longtime friend, I would not feel hurt if you did not remember me. I would completely understand if you forgot about me because you cannot control what you do or do not remember. I would actually see it as a challenge to try and help you remember and even if you didn’t, I would still try to be your friend regardless. Just because you don’t remember the experiences we shared before, doesn’t mean we cannot create new and exciting memories.
3) I would try to help you reconstruct your memory by reminding you of the things you liked and didn’t like. I would also remind you of your typical and common behavior; for example, if you were constantly changing your mind about your major in college, I would remind you that that was how you were before. I would remind you of your goals and objectives that you had set for yourself and try to set you back on the path you were on before so that you can continue fulfilling your dreams regardless of a minor setback.
4) I would probably use associative networks to help reconstruct your memory. Perhaps if I show you an animated movie, you might remember a particular animated movie you enjoyed watching before or a specific genre that you had loved."
posted on Nov 3, 2011, on the post Memory"Hi, Eli, I'm Kimberly! I agrees that Marcel Duchamp's painting is an exquisite piece of art. I am also interested in cubism and studied Salvador Dali's paintings where he implemented similar techniques. I took the same Art 1012 class last semester; although at times I found the discussions fascinating and interesting, the exams were extremely hard to study, which is why I don't really consider that class one of my favorites but I'm glad that I got to understand and study art in a more analytical and philosophical way as we did in my Art 1012 class."
posted on Sep 18, 2011, on the post Hello! :)
