#13

The tests are very intersting because they tell us a lot about us as people and how when we are driven to do something that we dont want to do we will do it or how when nothing depends on what we do we will pass averagely and when something depends on what we do we will excell at it greatly. Social influence is when the things around you are pressuring you to do what they want like peer pressure. The two cases in which i have been social influenced is when I used to skate board i would do things like listen to new heavier music that my friends listened to so i wouldnt look like the odd one out, and the other social influences i gave into was that i would make fun of less fortunate people when my bad groups of friends did. Now i dont really do that because i have matured and am past that now. THe most interesting thing that i have learned is that this class will help you realize that the behaviors people exhibit can be explained and treated if it is socially unexceptable.

#12

A psychological disorder is a deviant, distressful, and dysfuntional behavior pattern acording to the book. If a person acts abnormally they dont necessarily have a psych disorder, they could just be a little dofferent than the rest of the people unless the abnormality affects there personal health and the health of others then they would have a disorder that people should be concerened about. In my family i have a cousin who is bipolar. Bipolar is when u have periods of depression and periods of manic states. My cousin however seems to be stuck on her manic state because she will stay up all hours of the night and will draw pictures because she is a good artist. When she is on her lows she will start to compalin about all the things that have gone wrong in her life and create a sob story to get attention. my cousin will make outrageous claims and think that certain things not at all possible will haoppen just for her. The most interseting thing that i have learned about is that people can be easily diagnosed with psych problems with only minor tell tale signs and that people who have an antisocial disorder can be very good talkers.