Psychology - January 2007

After studies a few years ago, using people of all faiths "praying" for a test group of hospital patients, then comparing those patients to a control group with the same medical conditions, for some inexplicable reason there seemed to be a slight, but still noticable improvement in the health of those who had been "prayed" for.

Now I don't believe that an almighty figure answered said prayers, but I am open to the possibility that the collective positive/negative thinking by one group, can possibly affect another group to a small extent.

And if reports of the CIA funding people to stare at goats, to try to affect the animals wellbeing are to be believed, it seems like I'm not the only person that thinks this may be not completely impossible!

What are your opinions?

2007-01-07 14:04:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 14:03:53 · 8 answers · asked by FOREVER AUTUMN 5

2007-01-07 13:57:55 · 4 answers · asked by Hockeyplaya88 2

I am really depressed cuz I really do not want to go to school and I want to skip all these grade s so I can become a dog rehabilitator?
please give me some advice? How do you overcome negativity?

2007-01-07 13:53:52 · 9 answers · asked by happy 2

2007-01-07 13:53:02 · 10 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7

The 1st 6 years of my life is just wonderful. I'm already 21 but I still have those wonderful memories as a 3 year old. I feel loved by my parents,my siblings and during those times I hear the neighbors saying I'm a cute child and that I'll be handsome once I grew up. On those 6 years I have lots of friends and playmates. everyone is nice to me. I learned to read at age 3, So I heared praises that I'll be a gifted child. Then things changed when my family moved to a new city. The people there are very different and rude. Kids are making fun of me and I've been bullied. All of my struggle started when I was 7. I have no friends at school and I was being a center of joke. My self esteem is more crumbled because my Brother always bully me when I'm home. Because he is jelous that he is not the youngest child. But I'm not spoiled because my mom make my life a miserable hell. She always nag at me night and day and say mean words. I have a brother named Gerald, he died 8 years before my birth and my mom always say if Gerald didnt die, I dont have to exist in this world and i'm sort of a cheap replacement. There are so many reasons why I was being picked on at school. I'm from a middle class family and because I'm studying in a public school, Most of my classmates are from families below poverty line. Because of that they bully me because they think I'm a rich kid. There where kids acting like they where my friends but they just do that so they can eat the lunch prepared for me. I started to realize that I'm different from other kids because they think I'm weird and crazy. I have mannerisms typical kids dont do. I'm very hyperactive that there had been times I was being punished by the teachers. One teacher hits my head with a broom until it breaks into two. I'm also outcasted because I'm not Catholic and my Country, is a Catholic country. Unlike America The kid/teen who gets respect and popularity in school are the ones with the highest grades and I have terrible grades in math, I was always humiliated because of that. I tried to study hard but I think I have some learning disorder because until now I cant solve a simple arithmetic and I cant read the clock unless it's digital. My childhood is very terrible and I felt like I'm I'm a living a misery. At fifth Grade I discovered 3 passions of mine. Music, Martial arts and writting. My passion for music died because my mom dont want me to learn instruments but I still love singing. Then my passion for martial arts is not prospering because of money matters. At fifth grade there were people who said I have a great potential at writing so I pursue it. I'm writing poems, stories and songs. It fills my spirit and I love the people's reaction towards my works but my family dont give a damn. When i was on 5th Grade my life was a bit better because I have friends and my performance in school is good. But I'm back to hell at 6th Grade because I'm surrounded by kids smarter than me and they had treated me like a trash. My life is a bigger heck in highschool.I was turned into a fat insecure kid and I was always humiliated by the teachers.I've been discriminated at school because I'm not catholic and makes me more insecure. I was outcasted and I felt like the hedgehog who is never been hugged. My Highschool life is rouger when I became a Junior because Science became Mathematical and that is my weakness. I get to have 2 girlfriends during Highschool. My 1st one is ashamed that I'm her boyfriend while the other one makes me more insecure because she is an outcast like me. When I graduated Highschool, My Parents didnt support me for college. I tried taking up a computer vocational course because I found computers fun but it was a torture because Mathematical equations are back. I failed that course and it put me through more depresion. I got a scholarship to a course that i dont like and it's caregiving. I graduated recently but that course makes me feel more insecure because it's never been my dream to wash the butts of elderly people. I get back to my 1st love which is writing. I posted some of my works in fictionpress.com. My poems get positive reviews but I lose motivation from finishing novels because all I have is negative reviews and it kills me. I always get this review: "Your plot and story is nice but your grammar sucked."

2007-01-07 13:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you not lose yourself and not get lost? How do you stay an individual and be proud of yourself?
How do you balance?

2007-01-07 13:52:13 · 7 answers · asked by Rachel T. 2

More and more we hear about cloning. Would you like yourself to be cloned and have many of " YOU " around?

2007-01-07 13:49:34 · 11 answers · asked by montralia 5

2007-01-07 13:45:01 · 5 answers · asked by stacia 3

And then you can play your dream on a TV, or computer? Pretty wild idea, any thoughts on this. I remember hearing about this somewhere a few years ago.

2007-01-07 13:38:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 13:32:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

When other people are depressed im able to help them get through, but when i am depressed i cant help myself..

2007-01-07 13:32:08 · 15 answers · asked by Escence 1

2007-01-07 13:30:34 · 8 answers · asked by Smile Everyday 1

How do you answer such an open ended question?

2007-01-07 13:23:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are in the tenth grade. I have alot of classes with an annoying boy that wont shut up. He easedrops on my conversations and is a @ss in general. Sometimes he jokes around with me and smiles. My friend John and I were working on math and annoying boy yells those two are going out which isn't true. He also had me help him with math problems and was going faster work faster. At the end of the class I asked him are you trying to be a pain in the *** or does it come naturally. His response naturally. The other day he was laughing in the band lounge and said he doesn't hate me and can tolerate me. We sometimes get along like I said but he is usally an ***. If he can tolerate me why is he so mean?

2007-01-07 13:22:05 · 13 answers · asked by shiningstars 2

2007-01-07 13:20:16 · 6 answers · asked by HoTtIe_WiTh_a_BoDy 2

No body is perfect, my negitive point is that I sometimes lose focus too easly, my strongest point is that I am really open minded

2007-01-07 13:18:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This question is in no way, shape or form meant to be insensitive but I am generally just curious. Is it possible for a deaf person to speak normally and not have some type of speech impediment?

2007-01-07 13:10:43 · 8 answers · asked by benz2103 1

Do you like being around people? Do you prefer your own company because when you are alone, you won't be abused by crazy people who think they have authority over you and can do whatever they want to make you feel less than human? Do you like the company of some people over others or do you just like all people no matter who they are and no matter what they have done?

2007-01-07 13:09:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many times you are about to explain something interesting to your friend. But first she interupts you. Two minutes later, she asks you what is it you wanted to say, and you totally forgot! Or if want to do something, i think of the thing i wanna do, but i reach for a paper first. And then suddenly i realize i forgot that too! I'm not alzeimeristic (if you can put it that way). It happens to everyone...but y?

2007-01-07 13:05:35 · 6 answers · asked by ♥PurePoison♥ 3

2007-01-07 12:55:41 · 9 answers · asked by Crain 1

Because one claims to be religious, it is my opinion that this claim doesn't guarantee ethical decisions are an automatic. Does one need to have a conscience to be ethical?

2007-01-07 12:50:23 · 3 answers · asked by gon 3

lately I have been feeling really weird and sort of like depressed. I'm starting to question all my beliefs and do some stuff I never thought i would. I'm really annoyed with life and don't wanna be here. I know I'm not gonna do anything bc I'm too scared to. I really hate feeling like this. I won't talk to anyone either. Everytime i try i just stop talking. so...idk the point of this bc i really don't think you can help. I guess i just wanna see if anyone has ever been through this...

2007-01-07 12:43:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 12:38:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 12:30:07 · 8 answers · asked by maewest2006 1

What were some hardships there family and them had faced?

2007-01-07 12:29:14 · 6 answers · asked by mommy 3

I need to find out about persuasive communication and the ethics of social pyschology. Is there a good site where i can find these out.

2007-01-07 12:24:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this what having a bad trip is like? the clip is from this movie called Altered States. its on youtube.....turn up the volume on your computer before you watch it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welFa5tlrrc

Aaron

2007-01-07 12:24:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard this from a friend, and am a bit skeptical about it.

2007-01-07 12:16:07 · 8 answers · asked by Melanie 2

2007-01-07 12:15:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous