Scientific Analysis Assignment

#1: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170822104846.htm

1. To see if adolescents who live in poverty or low-income families develop more mental illnesses or problems with their brain.

2. 804 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.

3. There was no control group spoken about.

4. They were chosen from different income families, but this was found out through the Canadian census.

5. The experimenters are just going to be observing the subjects and will check up in 10 years to see their mental health.

6. It is unknown how the subjects are reacting at this time.

7. This study is not completely finished, so it is unknown. But the experimenters do expect the low-income adolescents to develop mental illnesses.

#2: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817201257.htm

1. This research shows that a new eye scanner can detect the signs of Alzheimer’s disease many years before a person shows visual symptoms of the disease.

2. 16 Alzheimer’s disease patients were used.

3. The patients were compared to an unnumbered group of healthy adults.

4. The subjects were chosen because they had Alzheimer’s disease.

5. The subjects drank a solution with a supplement in it that causes a certain plaque in the retina of the eye, and can be scanned.

6. It was able to be seen that this plaque shows Alzheimer’s.

7. They did react the way the experimenter’s hoped, plaque was seen that means Alzheimer’s.

#3: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170828102725.htm

1. The research was to see the link between lack of sleep and making riskier decisions in humans.

2. 14 males, 18-28 years old.

3. There was no control group stated.

4. They must have volunteered and been within the age range.

5. The subjects were made to sleep only 5 hours per night for a week and then had to take money, either lower guaranteed amounts or higher not guaranteed amounts.

6. The subjects chose the riskier option more often with less sleep.

7. Yes, the experimenters expected this result.

#4: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm

1. The research was to search for an existence of a link between kids being excluded from school and having mental disorders.

2. Over 5000 children plus over 200 who had been excluded for sure.

3. No control group was mentioned.

4. The subjects were picked from two surveys to see how they were excluded and such.

5. They just had the subjects fill out surveys and compared the results of how they were excluded and for how long.

6. There was no visual reacting from the subjects other than checking on them in later years and observing their mental health.

7. Yes, I believe they did act the way that was expected of them.

Psychology Journal #1

1.  My favorite word is pumpernickel.
2.  My least favorite word is moist.
3.  One thing I like about my life is that I go to a small school and live in such a supportive place.
4.  I dislike the fact that I try too hard and get competitive about the littlest things.
5.  I would attempt the profession of accountant.
6.  I would never attempt to be a sewer cleaner.
7.  3 words that describe me: intellectual, smiley, ambivert.

      I want to study psychology because I like to think about thinking patterns of people. I get very interested when I think about the reason for why people think or act a certain way. When I was younger I did once think that being a psychologist and talking to people about their problems would be a career for me. The older I got, the more I realized that people are so confusing and unpredictable and studying them would not be for me in the end.

      During this semester, I hope to gain knowledge of the human mind and why we think the way we do. Hopefully this class will shed some light on the questions I have about basic human nature. Psychology has always intrigued me, so hopefully learning about past psychologists will help. I hope to learn knowledge in this class that will help me in college, and I think this class will be exciting.

     I hope to gain some personal knowledge from Mr. Reints in this class since he is always full of it. Especially since he took a psychology class in college, he should be able to really explain certain aspects of psychology. I also think that with this class and our personalities and his personality we should have some very good experiences and experiments together with our minds.