Psychology - January 2007

If an animal can't pick up a tool, but knows what it is, is that intelligence?

Researchers credit animals who use tools with intellegence. Once a month or so my dog gets a frustrated look on her face. I then go in the closet and get the Swiffer stick and retrieve her toy balls from under the couch. The first time she saw the Swiffer stick she thought it was a game and chewed on the stick. Once she saw what the stick was for, and from then on, she just looks at the stick reverentialy as if it were a magic wand. She knows this is ball retrieval time and won't dare touch the stick. She can't pick up a tool, but she sure knows what one is.

2007-01-12 09:03:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had bad experiences in the past.
So, little by little, i started retreating in my little dream world, in a complete fantasy world of my own. People who look at me always tell me i have a "spaced-out" look on my face; others say i look sad, some even say i have a suicidal look, or i seem like i want to kill someone. When i say i dream a lot, i mean i never realise what's going on around me. I see human beings as shadows, as aliens that i cannot understand. I don't understand people, why they react the way they do! And this pushes me even deeper in my hole. And, when i do something, i never think about the consequences. I sometimes wear my mind out, thinking that people actually have feelings and minds of their own. I'm too far from reality to actually be able to care about them. Has anybody ever felt the same? Feeling constantly separated from the outside world?

2007-01-12 09:01:58 · 12 answers · asked by Muse 5

2007-01-12 08:51:37 · 11 answers · asked by jay Lo 1

wheather is be odd sizes or mismatched feet?
isnt it painful when you realise too? and do you take em back or is it too shameful?

2007-01-12 08:49:23 · 9 answers · asked by crunchymonkey 6

and post sarcastic answers to other people's stupid questions?

2007-01-12 08:48:24 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 08:44:59 · 5 answers · asked by boobooshurt 1

I cry a lot! And I mean, A LOT!!! I'm a 21 year old girl, and whenever things get tough, I cry! I'm really fearing for myself becuase up until now I haven't been faced with REAL problems (thank God) like a close one dying or losing a job or anything like that.
I'm starting to fear that if those little things make me cry, how am I gonna go through life? How am I going to be strong enough when a really bad thing happens?
By "a lot" and "little things" I mean for instance crying because I have lots of exams, crying because I miss my boyfriend, crying about the veryyyy small arguments that we have, crying whenever things get a little tensed with my dad, crying because I just feel like it!!! And if it makes any difference whatsoever, crying makes me feel better; a whole lot better!
What can I do?

I swear I'm serious, please please please only serious answers.

Thank you!

2007-01-12 08:40:27 · 22 answers · asked by karin 1

2007-01-12 08:28:21 · 16 answers · asked by missbam 3

I’m a guy in my early 20’s and It’s just I can’t be around huge crowds of people because I have been bullied most of my life and it has left me feeling really nervous about being around crowds of people. Has anyone else felt the same? What did you do about it?

2007-01-12 08:20:29 · 10 answers · asked by Trevor 2

If your were driving along a deserted road and came across three stranded people, one was a very sick old lady that needed to go to the hospital, the other one was your best friend who had saved your life once before, and the last one was the girl or boy of your dreams. but you only had room for one person what would you do?

2007-01-12 08:19:13 · 11 answers · asked by crystal41787 1

Does everyone really have a fear of rejection? How do you get over your that fear (or at least hide it well)? How do you also get over fear of being JUDGED?

2007-01-12 08:16:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The thing is that you don't remember the dream until it happens!!! And sometimes you are able to predict what is about to happen. Is there some kind of a parallel universe in our minds or something like that?

2007-01-12 08:10:09 · 6 answers · asked by Charly M. 1

2007-01-12 07:51:46 · 6 answers · asked by tarek e 1

i am really low, my other questions might explain more
do you know of anyone who i could talk to?

2007-01-12 07:51:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 07:48:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, it sounded like a good idea at the time.

2007-01-12 07:42:25 · 5 answers · asked by desertskieswoman 5

And puts a plastic bag over his head: is it secured with something like a rubber band or just loose? Wouldn't the former make it impossible to breate at the beginning of the deed?

2007-01-12 07:40:36 · 7 answers · asked by ebillar 1

2007-01-12 07:39:41 · 5 answers · asked by 1978nevaeh 3

i've met quite some guys that are only interested in you-know-what and so I wrote them off because I discovered that if they can't love a woman they can't even make a pleasing, dedicated lover and satisfy her emotionally, intellectually & above all...sensually.

2007-01-12 07:39:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

what emotion have to do with this?

2007-01-12 07:38:38 · 3 answers · asked by 1978nevaeh 3

I do, and a few of my friends do...

2007-01-12 07:32:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My ex, my sons father, has a 6 year old son from a previous marriage. My ex noticed about six months ago belt marks on his son. He asked his son what had happened and he rold him that his mom had hit him with a belt and pushed his head in to the wall. I told my ex to CPS. He wouldn't. About 6 weeks after that incident, the school called CPS on the boys mom because he went to school with belt marks on his face and bottom. CPS wanted to press charges, but the mom lied and told the cops that my ex had nothing to do with their son so the cops would not arrest her. My ex will not do anything. His son who is 6 shares a room with 2 boys 14 & 15. He has since he was 2 years old. The boys are from her husbands previous relationship. My ex's son has been kicked out of 3 daycares. He was kicked out of school last year because of a sexual incident with another student. My ex' son has always been mean to my son. I don't want my son around his brother or his dad. Do you think I am being irrational?

2007-01-12 07:16:10 · 5 answers · asked by uuummk 5

If you had to lose 1 of your 5 sences, which one would you least prefer to lose, and why that one? Explain with details.

5 sences= touch, taste, smell, vision, & hearing.

2007-01-12 07:14:56 · 15 answers · asked by Jessica Rios 1

what should i use to create a brain model?

2007-01-12 07:10:06 · 6 answers · asked by foxy lady 2

2007-01-12 07:02:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 07:00:13 · 8 answers · asked by . . . nvlll . . . 1

I need to solve this criminal case for my criminology class. It is about A 65 year old man who committed murder. (The murder was not because of jealouse)
The story is as follow:The old man was servant of a woman about 43. The man was her servant since she was a little child and he loved the woman like his own daughter. On summer that they were on countryside, the woman’s son invites his friend to stay with them. The woman was very kind to his son’s friend, but the old man did not like the boy and was unhappy about woman kindness to him. One day after summer, the old man go shopping. While he was shopping he saw the young man and asked him why he did not come to their house any more. The young man answered that he could not come, but he is still in touch with the lady. And show the old man, a letter, he became so angry that he kill the young man with the hammer he has bought.Every body said the old man was gentle, and reasonable. So what was wrong with him_

2007-01-12 06:54:38 · 6 answers · asked by hal1455tn 1

2007-01-12 06:53:33 · 4 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

I believe the people who dream in black and white are the people who have the most basic outlook on life.

2007-01-12 06:49:21 · 23 answers · asked by trooblonde247 1

Both divorced in our 40's - dating on & off since April, but have known each other for years. He found it hard to commit - we never slept with each other cause he only wanted casual sex - i broke it off in late summer - he still calls, but lately the calls are more along the lines of "I miss you", "I screwed up with you", "You are the love of my life", "I could fall in love with you". He emailed me the other day and said, "Don't be afraid". Of course the calls seem to come when he knows I am dating other men - he admitted to being jealous of a man i was recently dating. Now he has succeeded in pulling me in again, but I feel him backing away once again - he said he always wants me as a friend regardless of what happens between the two of us. I need a reality check - is this guy for real or just playing with me?

2007-01-12 06:36:44 · 11 answers · asked by born_free_again 1