MaryN2019's Psychology Blog

Hey guys! This week we will be creating psychological heroes based on our birthdays. My birthday is April 30th so my superhero has abilities related to the frontal lobe and serotonin . The frontal lobe is the front part and largest lobe of the brain that carries out mental processes like thinking, decision making, and planning. This is also where our personality is created and what enables us to speak fluently. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter and a hormone. Serotonin is known as "the happy chemical" as it regulates mood and helps with sleeping, eating, and digestion. It also reduces depression, regulates anxiety, heals wounds, stimulates nausea, and maintains bone health.   My superhero's name is PiensaFeliz . Before she became a superhero, her life was not picture perfect. In middle school, her parents passed away after their car ran off a bridge. After this tragic event, PiensaFeliz was always depressed; she used to be the popular girl but her de...

Hey guys! I took a few memory tests to see how much I could remember in a short period of time, and my results were much better than I expected. I can say that my memory is better than average, I guess, except sometimes memorizing things in a short period of time before a test doesn't go so well. The first test I took was the Short Term Memory Test  in which I had to memorize a list of 12 words and I had to type the terms I remembered in that certain amount of time. At first I thought I wasn't going to do so well, but I actually remembered 10 out of the 12 words given. Is this a good score? Well, according to Harvard-based psychologist George A. Miller found that in our short-term memory, the average number of "chunks" of information that can be stored is 7, or between 5 and 9, which means if you scored this, your memory is working at average capacity. So I'm guessing my memory is better than average! The second test I tried was the Picture Short Term Memor...