Week 5: Ineffective Medicines

I feel that if a medicinal drug that is ineffective or that has bad or addictive should not be allowed to go out into the public and be used by them. People who can not say "No!" to stopping the use of these drugs are just about the same as anyone else who is addicted to some substance. The people should be told that medications such as these are slipping through the FDA and must be able to find out how to know what drugs are safe and which ones can affect their lives- for the worse.

Personality Tests

1. Jung Typology Test
Score: Introverted 89% Sensing 12% Thinking d1% Judging 44%
This test was a yes-no questionnaire and for some of the questions, I did not know which way to go. It shows that I'm VERY introverted and more judging than thinking and sensing, and I think it is pretty accurate and that means I have a lot of things to work on.

2. EQ Evaluation Results
Score 40 out of 60
The test was Agree to Disagree, 5 choices. This shows that I'm sensitive to the emotional climate of the people around me, that I'm well aware of the effect my behavior has on others, that I'm good at tuning into their lives and their needs, but that I should remember my own. That the world has enough martyrs. I think that this is right in its own way, too.

3. Personality Lab: Deal With It
In this test it showed different situations, and I had to judge how I would react to them. I got the scores I thought I should have, although one was higher than I would have thought.

4. Big Five Personality Test
In this test, I rate things Agree to Disagree. I got generally low scores, I think that this test is generally right. But I think it is valid because it says I value privacy, am cooperative, works hard for things, but still have things to get better at.

5. Attractive Test
I filled out info. about myself, and a questionnaire of what I see as attractive, and then I judged pictures of guys. I wasn't surprised about the results: I prefer cheerful, smart, tredyish guys. I don't really think that it is something to count as factual, however much I may agree with the score.

Van Gogh

My post over a famous person with a psych. disorder is on my other blog with the same title: Rachel's Psychology Blog: Van Gogh

Case #7

Case Study 7: A 35-year-old clothing salesman was showing a particularly fussy customer a suit 2 months ago and suddenly began to sweat profusely. His heart started to pound, he felt dizzy, and became fearful that he was about to die. The customer didn’t notice his condition and continued to question him about the suit in minute detail. The patient, feeling faint, abruptly left the customer and went to lie down in the back of the store. The customer became insulted, complained to the manager, and left. When the manager found the patient he was slumped in a chair in the back room trembling. Approximately 10 minutes later the patient’s symptoms began to subside. He saw his physician the next day who found no evidence of any medical problems. Two weeks later, he had another similar unexpected attack. Since that time he has worried continuously about having another attack. His friends and colleagues have noticed that he is no longer as spontaneous and outgoing as he had been in the past.

I would say that this salesman as one who has a Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. He had to have at least four symptoms of the panic disorder. His were: sweating profusely, accelerated heart beat, dizziness or faintness, trembling, and a fear of dying. He also worried that these attacks would come back, and they did. Then after all of this, his friends noticed a significant change in his behavior, and the physician who looked at him didn't find any physiological effects or other mental disorders that could have brought this condition upon this man.

To fix this disorder I would suggest that he go to cognitive and behavioral therapy. The first therapy will help him get back to the positive, spontaneous and outgoing way he thought before the attacks took hold. This may also help him to identify what brought on this condition and over time the triggers for these attacks of his will stop working quite so well. Behavioral therapy could also help to keep him relaxed as he goes through his attacks. Also, on the sidelines, a support group could always be there to encourage him to stay positive and relaxed so that the attacks can pass from him.

Class Evaluation

I'm glad I took this class because I got to learn things my siblings, who are in college, don't know! I also liked seeing Mrs. Halfen's bright, smiling face there every morning, no matter what was going on that day. I liked learning all of those cool psych. test stuff we did for warm-ups, and I wished we had more of them, however inaccurate they were it was still fun to do and laugh about. My favorite project was the sensory one: olfactory. It was great being able to work with my partner and have fun with her while we worked and debated on what we should have the class smell!
The thing that was tough about AP Psych were the tests and quizzes. Another thing was that we spent so much time on chapters 1-8 or close to that in the 1st nine weeks, and then we spent only like one or two days going over social psych. So maybe balancing out that type of thing might help next year, but then again there might not be a hurricane interrupting the semester of learning.
As for AP Eco, I don't really know what to suggest for it.