Breaking The Huddle

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HBO has a show playing through the end of February called "Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football." (Schedule on link) I'm watching it now & it is AWESOME! Some of you may have gone to see "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story" with me this term. This is even more detailed on the history. I hope you get a chance to see both. These are American Heros whom you should know about and never forget what they did to make a difference in our history!

Got Procrastination?

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Do you procrastinate? According to 2007 research cited in an article entitled "Procrastinating Again? How To Kick The Habit" by Trisha Gura, in this month's issue of Scientific American Mind 80-95% of college students do. The article goes into the causes of procrastination and the wide variety of consequences: occupational, health, and academic, as well as some methods to overcome it. You may find this valuable to read over the break to help with the new term.

Is the Gov Crazy?

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I know you will all have an opinion for that question! This posting is not a political party position post. Rather, it is a interesting piece in our local paper questioning whether the Govenor's thinking and behavior qualifies as crazy, which is Psychology! Would he be classified as mentally ill? Read "Is Blagojevich crazy, criminal or both?" by Pete Nickeas and Scott Reeder of the Springfield Bureau. You will also note the piece mentions two prof from WIU! :-) Dr. Fulkerson was one of my professors when I was there!

Got Holiday Stress?

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Well only 14 more days until Christmas! YIPES! Do you have all your gifts? Are you having a harder time with the economic state we are in? Did you make your cookies? Then there is the cleaning & cooking...FAMILY! :-) Do you typically find yourself getting a bit more stressed during the holidays? Well the APA has a link to The Wichita Eagle paper on how The Holidays Don't Have To Be Stressful. They mention some interesting coping ideas. The Mayo Clinic also has 12 Tips to Deal with Holiday Stress & Depression. Try some of them out & enjoy your Holidays a bit more!

Don't Forget H.M.

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You may recall the case of H.M. while studying Memory. H.M., initials for Henry Molaison, passed away this past week. The New York Times has an article on him by Benedict Carey with a link to an interview by NPR. H.M. may not have been able to remember very much, but we can certainly remember him and all he gave to us to understand memory!

Another link Dec 5th Slate by Christopher Beam

Children See, Children Do

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You may recall we discussed Bandura's Social Learning Theory. The idea of modeling behavior is a wonderful method when it comes to prosocial behaviors, but we also have to remember children will model socially inappropriate behaviors as well. The following weblink was recently posted on the psychology teacher's listserv and I thought you might like to take a look. Now remember children model anyone & everyone's behaviors! Keep this in mind when you are around them! You DO have an impact on "others"...what impact do you want to be credited with!

Children See, Children Do