Morris's Psychology Blog

Many people in the United States have an extreme fear of something, and these are known as phobias. The most common phobia is arachnophobia, which is the fear of spiders. Acrophobia, the fear of heights, is also one that is very common in the United States. These phobias are very understandable and many even pertain to us. However, there are also some interesting phobias that do not involve dangerous or gross things. Some of these include nomophobia (fear of being without a phone), ombrophobia (fear of rain), and much more that can be found here . One question that many people wonder about is how do people obtain these phobias? Most phobias are caused by specific incidents or traumas, and they usually develop during the first 10 years of one's life. For example, someone might pick up coasterphobia (fear of roller coasters) because of a terrifying experience when riding one early on in life. Another way of developing a phobia is by watching family members experience the...

This week, I took multiple personality tests, and the results are below. 1. Jung Typology Test This first test gave me 64 statements and assessed my agreeableness on each statement. While I was taking the test, I could tell how my answers would affect my personality results. I would say that this test is valid because the results are pretty close to what I perceive my personality as. The amount and variety of questions further allow for more accuracy on the results. 2. Big Five Personality Test Just like the Jung personality test, this test proposed a series of statements, and I had to agree or disagree to each statement. This test was longer and more tedious than the Jung personality test. However, the length of the test could mean that the test is more accurate because it covers a wider variety of personality aspects. The results from this test also did not deviate too far from my view of my personality. 3. Hogwarts House Test This test was in the same format as t...

The sense of taste makes eating interesting because we are able to experience a variety of both delicious foods and unpleasant foods. However, do all animals taste the same way as humans do? The article  https://toughlittlebirds.com/2014/11/25/does-food-taste-the-same-to-animals-as-it-does-to-us/ claims that all animals do indeed taste differently. Cats, for example, differ from humans in that they do not have the sweet receptor gene in their mouths, so they cannot taste sweet foods. This means a cat will think sugary water will taste exactly the same as regular tap water. Another interesting fact from this article is that carnivores generally have less taste buds than herbivores. This is because herbivores need a large amount of taste buds to distinguish differences between poisonous plants and healthy plants, but carnivores can eat almost any type of meat and not have a problem. Overall, I have learned a lot about different animals' tastes by reading this article, an...

My life started in Los Angeles on May 7th 2002. I moved to Sugar Land after spending one year in Los Angeles, and I have lived here since. Both of my parents worked full time when I was younger, so I was sent to daycare every weekday when I was little. I don't have any siblings, but I was still able to spend time with people my age at daycare. When I was in 1st grade, I transitioned to Highlands ES. I later went to Quail Valley MS and now Dulles HS. I plan on graduating from Dulles in 2020 and going on to college to study something within the engineering field. I'd prefer to stay in Texas for college because I am familiar with the region. I will probably get married around 30 years of age and have at least two kids. I would be pretty open to any children names as long as they are appropriate and not awkward. When it's time for me to pursue a career, I hope to work somewhere that interests me and pays decently. I plan on staying at my dream job until I retire. When ...

The Sleeper is involved in many life-threatening situations. He is able to alleviate pain by making someone go into a deep sleep at any time of the day. He takes advantage of the reticular formation (the part of the brain that is associated with sleep and consciousness) and the endorphins (hormone that reduces pain). The Sleeper was born with these amazing superpowers, and he had a lot of fun using them during his childhood. He grew up in a normal town and went to a normal school. School was boring for him, so each day he would hack into one of his colleague's brain and make them fall asleep during class. The teachers would become furious and scream at the student for not paying attention, and this was very entertaining to The Sleeper. He also took advantage of his power to make his enemies fail tests by making them sleep until time was up. The Sleeper was never caught despite multiple efforts by the school to try to find out why their students were always dozing off during c...

This week, I tested my brain's memory by taking three different memory tests.                                                                                                The first memory test measured the maximum amount of numbers that I could memorize within 10 seconds. I was able to correctly memorize 10 digits before failing, which was above the average of 7 digits. I think that this test is valid. One reason for this is because I did not see any numerical patterns or instances where there were repeated numbers adjacent to each other. If the tester could recognize numerical patterns or repetitions that show up by chance, then an unrealistic score could be attained. The second memory test that I did tested the ability to recognize detail...