Jan
22
2008
Just did my two psychology exams. Definately not worth the panic they went fine; my blog post on culture bound syndromes came in handy =D # History exam went alright aswell. Really ambiguous question though everyone answered it in a different way, just have to wait and see =S # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Jan
19
2008
Slogging away at Elizabeth I revision for my THREE exams on Tuesday. I’m trying my hardest to remain calm, focused and not paaanic!! hehe =) # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Jan
16
2008
Token Economy is a treatment program aimed at ‘unlearning’ maladaptive behaviour and replacing it with a more desirable one. It works on the principles of operant conditioning; in a nutshell, people will do good things if you reinforce them. The idea is that prisons draw up a list of all the actions they would like to see the inmates [...]
Tags: Cohen and Flipjack (1971), Hobbs and Holt (1976), prison, prisoners, Psychology, token economy, yoga
Jan
12
2008
Today I went for my first laser hair removal consultation. I didn’t actually lose any hair this time; they just checked out my skin, and went over a few questions (I had to sign a form saying I fully understood my beard would never grow back ). I have my first appointment in two weeks. [...]
Tags: laser hair removal
Jan
12
2008
I don’t know the answer to this question. I don’t believe anyone does. After watching Richard Dawkins‘ documentary Root of All Evil; followed by an hour in the bath with Oliver James’ book Affluenza, I have been inspired to share my opinion. Richard Dawkins line in his two part documentary ‘Root of all Evil’ is [...]
Jan
11
2008
About to go into my History Resit on the Religious Reformation and Martin Luther…wish me luck! # Exam went alright… I hope. The shorter essay turned out to be a pile of rambling s***, but hopefully I pulled enough marks together. # yay dad has set up wireless at my mums now i can use [...]
Jan
09
2008
I have a conditional offer from York AAB… hmm, I still don’t know if i want to go there. Guess I better go to some open days. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Jan
09
2008
The one thing that slightly annoyed me about my baby (new MacBook) is that there was no easy to use paint application. Well thanks to Dad, I’ve found one. It’s called Skitch (sketch in an Australian accent gettit? haha) It’s the easiest to use paint tool ever. So go check it out, if you have [...]
Tags: skitch
Jan
08
2008
I’m about to start trying to finish my statistics coursework, as you can see I’m on twitter, so it’s going COMPLETELY to plan haha =P # YAY! finally finished my coursework… now for revision :S looks like I won’t be leaving the library until about 6:30!! # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Jan
08
2008
To avoid that horrible first day back at school? According to an article on the BBC a 10 year old boy in Mexico went to some extreme lengths to avoid going back to school. He was so determined to watch his morning cartoons that he woke up early; and using industrial strength glue stuck his hand [...]
Tags: cartoons, funny, industrial glue, school