Many people associate college with drinking. People drink to excess and don't want to stop because others are telling them to keep going. People want to be cool, care about what others think of them, and want people to like them. It is acceptable to have fun every once in a while but people should start to watch out for their bodies and take care of themselves. Many dangers can come out of consuming a ridiculous amount of alcohol. This video https://youtu.be/gUf7ZBTTQCA shows how other people may or may not step in and save the day when someone needs it. It was interesting to see how people made a joke out of the situation at first because it made them uncomfortable. After a long time the women finally step up and said something but it was sad that it had to take that long. I wonder if the women were worried about what other people would think about them. This was an interesting read with a lot of information.

There is a difference between Monochronic (M-time) which is when people focus on one thing at a time and Polychronic (P-time) which is when people do multiple activities at one time. This video https://youtu.be/3H-b4_yBo84 shows the difference between the two within difference cultures. Certain people within a give day only want specific and important things to get accomplished. Other's want multiple small things to get done at one time. There is only a small amount of time in a day and it can be hard to get things completed. Monochronic people like to have set deadlines and complete tasks at hand and do not like interruptions. Polychronic people are easily distracted. When the two come together there can be separation and it can be difficult to work together within a work setting. Polychronic people might watch television, cook something, and talk on the phone at the same time. Monochronic people can only do one activity at a time. These two different people can have conflict but within the workplace you could have all types of people. We tend to see Polychronic and Monochronic in different parts of the world.

My grandfather says all the time "time is money and knowledge is power." I wonder if people are working themselves to death. People have to know so much information now and constantly over work their brains. Even when my mother sees my college work she says that its way more then she ever had to learn. As information in culture develops more, will people keep overdoing it? Is it bad for our health, mind, and body?

I think that most people in other parts of the world act, think, and behave differently from people in the U.S. Some of that is true because of religious practices, technology, and tradition but people can think and feel just like others. Certain people believe that if people aren't from the U.S, that they are weird, different species, and could be nothing like them. Humans are all the same but they might just have different views. People need to open their mind and stop being distant, disgusted, and rude towards other cultures, races, and people in general.

This weeks topic is all about comparing different cultures. In my death and dying class, we studied how different groups look at death is different ways. Some would take their dead out of the tomb and talk, feed, and touch them. Interaction with the dead is looked at differently then here in the U.S. Other groups even keep their dead in the home where young children could be playing with their dead grandfather. There are a variety of differences when it comes to how others view certain things about the way they live. People can have different practices, view, thoughts, and language.

The article this week talks about prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes. The comment quoted above says that there are all types of people and thats how stereotypes get started. People harp on different kinds African Americans for being different. You hear often ghetto, country, or geeky. But, people don't focus on different kind of white people. Whites are portrayed as all similar. African Americans are seen as different and sometimes made fun of. I am dating a black man and often I heard "what kind of black is he? ghetto?" and it makes me uncomfortable.

This weeks topic deals with gender. It talks about gender stereotypes, gender identity, and gender orientation. Sex deals with the biological make up of an individual. I wonder if on applications for jobs if individuals will put their biological gender or their preferred gender. If a biological male changed into a women, would they put male or female? Do certain jobs require the gender from birth? Would it make a difference on how people viewed them? Would certain individuals not be hired for this?

For one of my english classes I did a research paper on the effect video games have on young children. I found that children who played violent video games were more likely to show violent actions and attitudes towards friends, parents, and animals. Are children who played violent and killing video games growing up more likely to find killing someone acceptable? If people look at killer that are currently locked up, would they find that they had a violent childhood and played violent video games? Im curious if the effect on violent media would have anything to do with the view that murders had.

Why is people's angry so great that they have to go to extremes and injury another person? How do people "black out" and get so violent and take it to another level? I never understood how someone could get that carried away to the point of almost killing someone or actually committing murder. The article talks about the bystander effect which is when someone thinks that they don't have to help because someone else will take the responsibility. If a situation was severe like murder, why wouldn't someone take action immediately? Why would people even ignore or wait for a second if someone was seriously hurt?

In this section of the article about empathic ability, it discusses being able to understand another's emotional experiences. People are always wanting to see others happy. If someone is upset, you want to cheer them up. When people get upset why do they get violent towards people that try to help them? If they know what it's like to try and calm someone down and help them, why do they get all defensive and push people way? People usually take others feelings into consideration but when we get upset those thoughts disappear.

The article discusses that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder suffer from social disability. There have been many tests like Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to watch and understand the activity in the brain when it comes to these issues. On the show, The Good Doctor, the main character has autism but is extremely intelligent. Is autism really just a disorder of high intelligence like some people say? In our society people have become more understanding of the disorder. Is it odd because people don't know how to handle different things or are people scared at the fact that autistic people could potentially be smarter than them. Norms have a big factor in this because of a lot of questions that are still unanswered.

Many children at this young age start to prepare themselves for adulthood without even realizing it. Children start to spend quality time with friends realizing that eventually that mom and dad won't be around forever. I have very clear memory from when I was little, my parents always saying that "mommy and daddy won't be around to hold my hand forever." It would always make me reach out more and make new friends. Sounds morbid but as I got older I started to think that one day my parents would die and I would need close friends my age to get through difficult times. The unsupervised part of children spending time together is for them to share personal things, secrets, and intimate time together without anyone in the way. Secrets when I was little used to be like as gold. If I knew a big secret told to me by my closest friend, it would make me feel like the most important person in the world.