http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4
Watch and explain. Cite your all resources (mention where the info is coming from and include the links to the sites.)
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Hey guys. This was Sarah Jentz's blog this option.
I chose it because attraction is something that's an important topic for all of us, and you should know exactly what goes into it.
I found a link that talked about why Oprah is beautiful and where she bought her lingerie. I thought it was worth an honorable mention, but I don't think it's really worth looking into, personally.
http://www.jyi.org/volumes/volume6/issue6/features/feng.html
The above link is Sarah's original link. It's certainly worth looking through and commenting about. It covers a lot of good information such as symmetry in faces, hip to waist ratios, the fact that a 10 does not go for a 3 (usually), and the halo effect (real scientific name - honestly). These were all things I learned about in my Social Psych class (hint hint - take it!).
But that is mostly about physical beauty and attraction. There has to be more to it than that! Oh, there is. But superficiality does have some perks . . . Below is a link about how a website has recently aided psychologists in learning more about attraction.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-candy/201010/hot-or-not-the-science-attractiveness
Now that we're past the looks, read through this website's article titled, "When Do We Fall in Love?" ( http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-the-name-love/200809/when-do-we-fall-in-love ).
Please go through all websites and talk about something that interests you and point out that which you did not know. If you would like, please provide other sites - particularly dealing with non-physical means to attraction. (Hint - We like people who are more like us.)
Again, great find, Sarah.
I know, "the supreme court is boring" "I'm a college student, I don't need to care about government until I'm old!" I used to say these things, too. If you're in fact thinking, "Damn, this is cool" then you're already more mature than I was at your age . . . two-ish years ago. Enough sounding like I'm old.
Alright, so this might not be the most interesting application of the material to you, but it's fascinating! We all know that the supreme court is incredibly important to the US judicial system. The supreme court has a lot of major changes facing them. Gay marriage, legalization of marijuana in California (the right for a state law to trump federal law), and many other permanent changes to this country will be influenced by their decision.
Now, the assignment: find any resource you want and comment about the post. If you bought a psychology book, this might be a good time to reference it. If you need a book, I have to intro books and a social book that I can lend you. Just let me know.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/time-out/201010/will-be-the-most-intelligent-supreme-court-ever
Just reading about it is making me yawn!
Take some time to look into yawning. Find other resources that support / refute Dr. Breus' points of view.
Find video clips or articles - any resource is fine.
PS - You can think about it from a social point of view. Think about how if your neighbor yawns, you usually do, too . . . and then they yawn again, etc. This is something we talked about in my social psychology class, and I thought it was pretty interesting.
-Nile
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-newzzz/201009/what-s-in-yawn
Website with information and experiments on beauty, attractiveness, face perception, and social perception.
Video clip showing monkeys cooperating.