Openness

To determine if mood state changed from pretest to posttest a paired samples t-test was calculated on mood state. Mood state changed from pretest (M=27.7, SD=5.8), to posttest (M=30.1, SD=4.8), t (43) = -4.8, p = 0.00. To test the hypothesis that HAI increases mood, a one way ANOVA was calculated. As displayed in table 1, the effects of conditions had no significant difference on mood in people, F (2, 42) = 1.5, p = 0.23. To test the effect of species, a 2 (species) x 3 (condition) factorial…

Personality is a subject that is mixed with the environment that we are surrounded by and beliefs in which we are brought up with, that transforms us and makes the person we are. It all starts at birth, how we are raised and the changes in our lives that we experience that make us grow as people. Nobody looks at life the same way as we did in our childhood, teens, or even in college. Our personality all changes as we progress through life. Theories have been developed by psychologists to help…

Francis Macomber, the main character in the story Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber written by Ernest Hemmingway was a coward and fearful person at the beginning of the story but he later underwent a personality changes at the end of the story where we could see him to be braver than he had ever been in the entire story. Francis Macomber’s personality changed after he knew the fact that his wife was cheating on him with the hunter who he hired. Robert Wilson, the hunter who was hired by…

According to the IPIP – NEO Narrative Report of the “Big – Five Personalities”, I received the highest score of 61 on Conscientiousness out of all five personality traits. Some benefits listed of being conscientious are being able to avoid trouble, achieve high levels of success thorough purposeful planning, persistence, and being viewed as intelligent and reliable by others. These traits will definitely help me grow at school, work, as well as in my personal life. Purposeful planning is…

behavior”(856). The author quotes Kabat-Zinn which she suggests that, “Individuals who are mindful in daily life are be expected to place a higher score on being aware of their internal and external present moment experiences and show greater openness to accepting emotional states rather than suppressing them with high-tech distractions”.(856) The author goes into depth about their research and studies to find that young adult…

Chapter two of Blown to Bits by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis was about how technology affects our privacy. In this chapter, the authors discussed how our privacy is being stripped away, the willingness with which we give this privacy away, and privacy policies. As experts in technology, Abelson, Ledeen, and Lewis discuss how technology has aided this progression of human ideologies to lead increasingly more public lives. Our privacy is constantly being stripped away from us thanks…

A long term memory is anything you recall that happened in excess of a couple of minutes prior. Long haul recollections can keep going for only a couple of days, or for a long time. Long term memories aren't all of equivalent quality. More grounded recollections empower you to review an occasion, method, or reality on request—for instance, that Paris is the capital of France. Weaker recollections frequently ring a bell just through inciting or reminding. Long term memory isn't static, either…

The budding relationship between Will and Sean begins with simply a therapist-patient dynamic, but over the course of the film develops into a close friendship. Though their relationship is rather short in comparison to the typical close relationship from a social psychology standpoint, the characteristics of a long-term friendship are still in place. Close friends typically act more modestly about their skills and achievements with one another, and Will displays considerably more humility when…

focused on is referred to as the Big Five. The five factor model delineates five broad traits which encapsulates a majority of the differences between individuals, these traits are; extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience (Moss, 2008). The traits which have been researched to allow for the best performance and allow for the greatest accomplishment in my future managerial career are researched to be agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion…

State legislators are considering revoking gun-free school zones into a place where individuals in a classroom are allowed by permit to carry concealed firearms for safety purposes. This causes a fierce and rigorous debate amongst representatives from each side presenting their opinions to the government. In response to the gun debate, Obama held a speech due to the most recent gun shooting in Oregon on stricter gun control laws; discussing how laws should and will be changed due to all these…