Preconventional Morality

Kohlberg's preconventional morality states that children obey rules so they won't get into trouble. What if a child in that stage of development does things even though they know it is wrong?? Do they think that the benefit out ways the consequence? Could it be the parents fault for setting rules but not consequences at all? I happen to know a child like this. Her mom sets rules and the child blatantly disobeys the rules but when told they weren't allowed to do something she says "I know" but continues to do it. Is there something wrong with this child, or is she just going through a stage--even though this has been going on for the four years I have known her.

Neuroplasticity

The tongue is a very sensitive muscle. There are also many neurons on the tongue. If stimulated the neurons send impulses to the reticular formation which sends those impulses to the thalamus. The thalamus then sends those impulses to the cerebral cortex and the cerebral cortex processes the impulses and sends them to the occipital lobe where vision occurs. When the signals rewire I would hypothesis that the signals are rewired to the area where they are being used (from the tongue), and the old path (from the eyes) is deminished.

Haloperidol

Haloperidol is used to treat schizophrenia and Tourettes Syndrome . Haloperidol blocks dopamine receptors so neurotransmitters cannot go to the next neuron and it is antagonistic. If taken for a long period of time could cause extrapyramidal symptoms (involuntary movements that look as if it's Parkinson's disease) and hyperprolactinemia (vaginal dryness, osteoporosis, erectile dysfunctions). If misused these side affects will be more commonly found because you need to be checked by a doctor a lot in order to keep symptoms at bay.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/h/hyperprolactinemia/symptoms.htm#symptom_list
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16679001?dopt=AbstractPlus
http://psyweb.com/Drughtm/DrughtmAdv/jsp/AdvHalope.jsp

First Test!!

Did a lot better than i thought i did, i was soooo happy! i got an 89.4% before corrections. I studied for 4 hours the night before, and i felt like i still knew nothing, but i guess i learned something! My expectations are still the same, i want to study the same amount, if not more, before a test. I am however a lot calmer about the class, so i think that will help me do better also, as long as i'm not over confident!

youtube assignment

It took forever!!! I do think that it was fun but i thought it was frusterating because i wanted to get it done with because it ended up taking us from eight to midnight to film because we kept screwing up!! I did like it because i have never been asked to do something like that so it was a good experience. I think that future classes should do this because by learning your lines pretty much glued the information into my head which will help out on the test.