Even after some celebrities make public mistakes and give us reasons not to trust them, after awhile we just forget about it and begin to trust them as if nothing happened. This happens a lot with NFL football players. A numerous amount of players were charged with domestic violence to their girlfriends/ wives. It will be a big headline and everyone on social media will freak out about it for about a few weeks, and than eventually it fades out and we continue to support their social media and social image as if it didnt even happen.

This is not always true in some situations which I feel like people who abuse their power and authority to manipulate people are those who internally have some moral questioning. There is a show about a doctor who specializes in treatment for women with breast cancer, and for years he is diagnosing women with breast cancer so that they will be tricked into paying for his miracle like treatment that he provides, of course at a cost. These group of people are the outliers of society and could possibly ruin the shortcut to sound decision making that we use now.

This corresponds with some of the feelings that arise when you dont exactly know what you want to do with your life. I feel like alot of people in class can relate to this feeling when your first picking your major and you have to decided the one thing you want to focus on for your life and you are never really sure if it was the right choice until you have evidence that leads you to believe that it was.

I took this two ways as one way I agree with niyas that people function like mirrors because we respond to them depending on what they say to you. The other way I see this is that you are who you hang around and the people you are with reflects who you are. You base how you do day to day thing based off of how most people around you and people you hangout with do them.

This reminds me so much of the feeling you get if you have ever had a out of body experience. I was in a bad car accident just a little over a year ago and I felt like I could see everything going on around me and everyone was just actors. I wonder if there is a psychological connection between self and out of body experiences, considering you feel like your watching yourself.

These characteristics go right along with those who have ADHD including myself, although they are both very different disorders the ability to be able to focus is interfered with, with both disorders.

I feel like this is because they already are afraid of being in public and having to socialize with people so why would they sign their selves up to do the one thing that they hate.

My family hosted a foreign exchange student for three years when I was in middle school, and the first around 6 months Yuko (that was her name) spent most of her time just watching people and observing and once she picked up on some of the american ways and traditons versus her usual which was japanese she started to be more extroverted and comfortable doing things. In a way this could be another benefit that social comparison brings to society.

In my politics class last semester everyone always had something to say about what we were talking about untill a very controversal subject came up like abortion. Everyones silence at this point was part of their explicit attitude. No one wanted to share their attitude or opinion about the subject in fear that someone in the class who disagrees with them will judge them or respond negatively to their comment.

I once did a research project on the amount of people who die from shark attacks and the amount of people who die from coconuts falling from trees, and the truth of it is that more people die from falling coconuts. No one would ever assume this because when their is a shark attack at a beach it is made very public and people know about it quickly, when someone dies from a coconut it is less likely that you will hear about it. This is a prime example of availability heuristic.

I completly agree with this for the reason that I do this when I am walking throughout campus or even out in public places. Not as unspecific as "their an athlete" but most of the time I am able to guess what sport they play based on their build and attire.

This makes me wonder if people who have problems with overthinking every situation are able to make use of our heuristics.

I have heard and learned all three of these componets from coaches throughout my life in sports. First you learn the standards and what they expect of you and how things work. Than you work towards those rules and regulations by staying on track and doing what you learned is expected. The last part is being coachable and being able to change and switch things up when in different circumstances.

This makes me wonder if this is a genetic trait that some kids are given and others lack or if it is taught and whether or not how you were raised plays a factor in it.

This reminds me also on how lions and wild life will stalk out their prey in order to insure that they are going to get the kill. They might be tempted at first to just jump and attack right away but in the long run waiting is the best option for them.

This goes to show that the mentality of "let just drop it" and avoiding issues is not healthy and does not solve anything but create more issues.

I feel like if you start off a relationship off of this mentality than whenever there are larger conflicts and issues you have to deal with together, it would be easier if conflict was pleasant rather than conflict being associated with being negative.

Another way I would make a positive relationship deposit is by being 100% honest with each other and sharing struggles that youre partner might be going through in order to build trust and intimacy.

I feel like with todays generation, the whole netflix and chill is ruining relationships and making them way less intimate and special. Everyone is so okay with not doing anything and first dates with guys arent even dates anymore, its more of "come over and we can watch a movie".

This goes along with supporting one another and being happy for them whether it makes you happy or not, you have to be there for their happiness. This helps build a strong and supportive relationship.

There is a show called "The 100" and it is about 100 teenagers that were sent down to earth after living in space their whole life because the ground wasnt safe to live on. Throughout the show their are about 10 different couples who fall in love while they are all out their trying to survive on an earth with no other people. This supports the fact that during times where "one individuals survival depends on the presence and support of another."

The Bee movie represents eusociality in many ways. If you have ever seen the movie it is about a colony of bees who all live together and each bee after a few months of school are assigned a task and career per say that they are responsible for. This represents the division of labor that over time the bees with naturally did within their colonies.

This reminds me of something I recently learned in my abnormal psychology class. A Chief Psychiatrist in Paris in 1793 named Philippe Pinel tried a new way of running asylums. Back in that time people with mental health issues were treated as dangerous people and they locked them up in dungeons by themselves. When Philippe came and took over he took on the approach that they should be around people and be able to interact because the solidity was only making the patients more crazy. In only a years time his approach was proven successful. The patients that had been in the asylum for decades, after being able to interact with other people and build relationships with therapist were doing much better and being released left and right back into society. Reference: Abnormal Psychology tenth edition by Ronald J. Comer, Jonathan S. Comer

I feel like at this age group alot of college students have had that first love and been head over heals about someone, if not them specifically than maybe a close friend of theirs has. Helen Fishers research goes to show that being in love literally changes you as a person, your whole brain is even going through changes and is hyped up all the time. Nowadays I see couples posting picture on social media that say "high on you" or "your love is my drug". Most people when reading these captions would just think they are being sweet or maybe even sarcastic but it is true that being in love is like being on drugs.

In the show 13 reasons why one of the main characters Alex Standall had a suicidal attempt and shot himself in the head. After this he completely recovered except for sexual arousal. He was having difficulties and it started to effect his relationships with girls on the show. This goes to show that sometimes not having both emotional arousal and physiological can be a problem.

I feel like it is a broad category of love that they are defining here. If you were to go into smaller categories such as love for friends, love for family, and love for pets than you would not see these three characteristics of intimacy, commitment and passion.

This is definetly true when it comes to females working in bars. Even some male bartenders will make more money simply for the fact that they are more attractive and people are more likely to socialize with them. Im sure this plays out in many different careers I personally have just seen it happen at bars.

I feel like the part about less attractive girls has to do with self esteem. Some less attractive girls will participate in intercourse with more guys because it makes them feel wanted for a short period of time. More attractive girls feel like they can get with anyone so they are more picky about who they do get with,

This reminds me of how when babies are born everyone tells them they are more cute and adorable even if the baby looks a little like an alien. So i do disagree with those comment that says strangers and parents are consider babies more affectionate if they are more attractive. I feel like parents are biased and blind by the love of their new born baby for the attractiveness of the baby to even play an effect in the situation.

I feel like the parents who have a more authoritative parenting less have a harder time when their children make the transition into adulthood. On the other side of the scale parents who lean more towards uninvolved, do not struggle as much with the sadness that the empty nest brings.

My siblings and I were raised with rules and roles that we were all expected to follow and participate in , in order for the family to be functional. When my younger sister started to act out and decided she could do whatever she wanted when she wanted it started to take a tole on the entire family. This goes to show that when one person steps out of the family roles it has a domino effect on the family as a whole. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the founder of the domino effect theory which is described as the positive or negative effect that one action has on the next. This was especially used during war in the 1950s to try to convince society that partnering with other countries would have a positive effect on the US. Although it is most commonly used to talk about war I feel like it plays a huge role in families.

I find it interesting how they mention that family consist of characteristics such as commitment, caring and close emotional ties although you can be technically family with some people and have none of those. Although someones birth mother is their mom and is family that does not give them the relationship that is mentioned with the above characteristics. These characteristics are a sign of loyalty and effort and they dont come natural just because you are family.