My Final Thoughts

     My journey through Introduction of Psychology went really well. In high school we were only able to touch on a lot of these subjects so it was great that I got to learn about them more in-depth in this class. I really enjoyed the online format for this class because I got to hear from a lot of different people during the discussions and I probably wouldn’t have been able to in a regular class.
It is hard to sum up the things that I learned in this class because we covered a lot of information that was usually intriguing. I really enjoyed Unit Three because the topics and the discussions were really interesting. It was neat to hear what my classmates thought about parenting and television violence. I thought the activity we did for this blog for Unit Three was also informative because we got to look at four psychologists (Piaget, Freud, Mahler, and Erikson) and dream up a summer camp that has activities based on their theories of development in children. I want to be a teacher so part of that is coming up with activities that are correctly geared to your students. Unit Four was great because I learned more about our senses and out thresholds. Of course the sleep module was cool because I always wonder whether my dreams mean anything! I know someone who has sleep apnea so I am now able to better understand what he is going through! The discussion for this unit about drugs was also worthwhile because I liked reading my classmates responses and stories. I felt the Unit Seven was so sad because it covered the psychological disorders. I learned a lot doing research for our blog entry for that unit. Study depression in men and women was definitely eye opening. I also learned about online diagnoses web pages; I had no idea that these existed. I have thought about this a lot and I am still undecided whether these are effective or not. I think they are good because some people are too timid to go to an actual doctor so it is probably better than they help themselves online then not seek professional help at all. I think maybe if you can find a reliable site that goes strictly by the rules of diagnoses it can be almost as good as a real doctor.
     I think the papers really helped me in the learning process. I think papers are very effective in learning because you are able to immerse yourself in a lot of information and information sticks with you longer when you write it out. It was good for me to learn about alcoholism because I have family members who are afflicted with the disease and I am able to understand them better now. I thought the AIDS paper was a great way to promote our class learning more about the subject. I do not know anyone inflicted with AIDS so by watching the movie I was able to have a different perspective.