Hands Free VS. Hand Held Device While Driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6BN7XgTQCs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080707142838.htm

I Thought This was a good study to post. This topic seams to be in the media a lot lately. I strongly agree with the study, that hands free devices are just as dangerous while driving, as using a cell phone with your hands. The conversation is the distraction. I think the brain is already overwhelmed just trying to pay attention to everything on the road. Then to add a conversation into the mix is just to much for our minds.

This study really makes me think of attention of the brains psychology. How are brains are only made to have so much attention. I think it also relates to this class as far as development of the brain. I think this study overview was really well written. Although, I always wish they showed the statistics with the summary, also more about the actual study and how it was preformed. The summary report of her findings did made a lot of sense, I hope people will think more about how the conversation is really a distraction.

Video games and aggression in children

http://news.health.com/2008/11/03/violent-video-games-linked-to-aggression-in-children-teens/

I have always thought that violent video games added to the aggressive tendencies in youth but I always attributed it to a predisposition to aggression. Personally I played games that were less aggressive because it seems like when I was a child there were far less violent games out there. The Columbine shootings are a prime example of how child aggression can have some tragic outcomes. The perpetrators were said to have played violent video games as well as playing with firearms. I am in agreement that it is the video games that create the aggression although it is true violent people may be drawn to violent games. I thought that the use of American and Japanese children was interesting as well. I am glad they used children from different cultures to come to their conclusions because it eliminates it being an strictly American problem.

http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/children_and_video_games_playing_with_violence

"Studies have also shown that the more realistic and repeated the exposure to violence, the greater the impact on children. In addition, children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems may be more influenced by violent images." I thought that this was interesting and i'm not sure that it was not held into account in the last study that I discussed. It would make sense that kids that fell into this category would be at a higher risk of being effected by the images they are seeing. I think that children and adolescents can become way too involved with video games. It would make sense to me that the amount of time spent on the video games might add to the aggression as well.

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Role Model for Relationship

This article is good because it really opens a person’s eyes to the fact that some of us may not know how a good relationship goes. Who taught us how to treat our better half? Hope the girl I meet had a lady for a mom. I guess that’s why it’s important to meet the parents. It shows us just maybe how the person we are interested in may treat us. Also I hope an article like this would encourage couple with children to treat their partner good around the kids. So as to show them good ways to deal with the hard work that needs to go into relationships.

Healthy Relationships Without Good Role Models

attraction...

Studies show that men judge women in milliseconds.... The sad truth of the fact is most men take about 10 seconds to decide if they are attracted to the select woman...and most women would consider that shallow but i beleive its not because we are suppose to have this charecteristic due to our genetic makeup.

http://www.funnymos.com/men-judge-women-in-milliseconds.html#more-478