Weekly Blog

This week in Psychology we studied more to deal with the brain and development of people in different stages. What was really interesting to me is how our brains develop through the years. We also talked about Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. I found this really interesting because the chart has three levels, five stages and it showed what moral development you were at. It was also very interesting to see the different view points of which Moral Development you were at.

(Pictured above is Mr. Kohlberg)

I can really relate to this. Ever since we learned about Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development it's made me try to figure out which stage I am at. It's really interesting going through different scenarios and picking out what you would do in the situation to find out how far you are morally developed. Actually when my mother was younger and I was younger she had to make a test to see how far morally developed I was. It was probably 5 or 6 years ago so I wasn't exactly totally morally developed. I was at about Stage 1 with all of the questions which was the stage where you thought about if you would be punished for doing an action. I guarantee if I took that test now my moral development would be different. Probably Stage 3.

Wait, What was I Doing?

This week was a pretty interesting week in psychology. We had to do research on different brain disorders. What I found interesting was how many brain disorders there are. I mean I know the mostly known ones such as autism, parkinson's, and alzheimers but not half of the ones we learned about. This week taught me a lot about disorders. It was sad, but also at the same time interesting. Just everything we've been doing in the past weeks has been quite interesting. You kind of feel bad to a point where you wish you could do something to help people who have these problems. I know as I was researching parkinson's disease I wished that there was something I could do to help.

I can relate to the projects that were shown this week. My little brother Jackson is autistic and has a hard time getting used to people he does not know. It makes me quite sad, because I don't see my brother that much and I love him to death. After watching the presentation and hearing Eric talking about autism it made me think of what it must be like for my brother to have to live with autism. All you can really do for most of these disorders is just stay positive and be there to support people with these disorders. 

The Mind

This week we dealt mostly with the mind and how it stores information and ticks. One thing that I would like to point out that was very interesting to me is that we did various tests using the mind. Different things testing our memory, vision, and other things. What was really interesting is how the mind actually works, how we can remember things that had happened to us such a long time ago. After we talked about memory it made me go home and actually try to remember the earliest thought I could remember. The earliest one that I could remember so vividly was about me getting splinters all up and down my chest in preschool. It was a painful and tragic memory that I will never forget. I find it actually really creepy how long are minds can store information and how sometimes we can remember them like it just happened the day before.

I really find all of this stuff about the brain interesting. It really intrigues me to find out that different parts of our brains do different things. Also that we have many different parts in our brains. The brain is a very complex thing that even through this many years of life, we do not totally have pinned down. That could be a great career choice getting into a field dealing with the brain and the mind. You never know what you would learn.