This evening while preparing for a quiz in Theories of Personality I discovered (or brought to consciousness, depending upon if you are a Freudian or not) that I really like Psychology because it is a very modern thing. People who wrote the theories I am learning about are still alive (most of them) and the […]
I used to hate mid-term grades, but that was because they used to be such a negative thing. At all institutions I attended before Fayetteville State University, mid-term grades were assigned by instructors only when a student was doing poorly in a course, such as in the D or F range. FSU makes mid-term grading […]
This morning I was asked how I deal with the stress of academics and how I manage to keep things together. The answer I initially had was “I don’t know, I just do it”, but being somewhat distracted from my Cognitive Psychology reading (for the 2nd time in 2 days), I have taken some time […]
I have finally selected a theory to use in my self-analysis paper for my Theories of Personality course. I have decided to go with Erik Erikson’s “Crisis” theory. The theory has phases that related to Freud’s psychosexual phases, but are more psychosocial phases. The phases are dependant upon a “central crisis” that must be completed, […]
Dr. Abraham Maslow’s key to human personality theory is a hierarchy of needs. Unfortunately, I find this key to be flawed and unlocks no information or understanding to the human personality. Upon first glance I recognized that the hierarchy did not really seem to need to be followed in order, but initially I blindly accepted […]
Got an e-mail back from my Computer Programming advisor, quite unexpectedly (since it is Sunday evening). Apparently she felt my inquiry was quite important. Now I am worried though, she forwarded my questions to the chair of the department, who is also presently my C# instructor. I am a little uncomfortable with the questions going […]
I don’t have a lot of use for spreadsheets anymore. Most things I do I keep in a MySQL database and have accessible from GITI or some other insane little utility, but for some reason I am maintaining my transfer equivalency matrix in a standard Excel spreadsheet (where maintaining is updating when I remember). So […]
If I were to complete my deck of Associate degrees with the full assortment I would have to meet the following requirements: Associate of Fine Arts in Visual Art 2D Design (ART 121) 3D Design (ART 122) Three studios from Photo 1 (261), Computer Art 1 (171), Painting (240), Jewelry (247), Print Making (231) or […]
I should really learn to be more careful with how I handle due dates for things. Last night I was in a panic, trying to get my Cognitive Psychology paper done before midnight Sunday (Fed. 8th). The due date in GITI became the 8th because it was originally set for the 5th because of the […]
I just set on the task of preparing my Summer 2009 “Advising Verification Form” for Fayetteville and came to a sad realization that I do not know all of the course numbers yet. I am used to registering or planning courses at an institution and having a working knowledge of the course numbers and being […]