FIANLLY YEAR IS OVER!!

Mr.Dougherty i want to thank you for being my psychology teacher this year, you have been the greates teacher of all and you know that, thank you for your friendship because more than a teacher you are and will be a friend of mine.. i hope that you are going to enojythe place were u are going to and we will miss u. take care RED SOX FOREVER!

what is intelligence?

1. The term IQ is an abbreviation for Intelligence Quotient. Ones IQ is based on a test in which the score is compared to members of the same age in the population. The score is out of 100 but there is a standard deviation of 15 points which compares your intelligence to the rest of the population, so one can score above or below a hundred, but a score below 50 is not common and above 150. However Albert Einstein’s score was 160.
2. The concept IQ was first created in France by a French psychologist named Alfred Binet in 1904. The first accepted IQ tests appeared in the early 20th century by Simon and Binet. The tests were created to measure military personal for World War 1.
3. The test is based on 100, but the score is compared with the rest of the population, generally the average score is between 90 and 109, which means approximately half the population scores within this percentile range.
4. Mensa International is a high IQ society that has existed since 1946. The members consist of people with IQs above the 98 percentile.
5. Two different commonly used IQ tests that exist today are Stanford-Binet IQ test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (for both children and adults).

¨Marijuana is a gateway drug for two debates¨

¨Marijuana is a gateway drug for two debates¨ is about the addictive potential of Marijuana. Since the seventies pot has become increasingly more strong and because it is the most used drug in the world there are more dangers involved as it has become more potent such as more people have become dependent on the drug in recent years. In 2007 more people were admitted to treatment centers than the use of other hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, or meth. The people seeking treatment for pot use has increased more than even alcohol in the past decade, one of the most popular addictions. However, the article argues that fifty seven percent of the people seeking treatment were ordered by the law, and that the data found on the percentage of people who were seeking treatment were opposed to legalizing marijuana. Others say that the drug has a high potential to cure people of other drug addictions, and is effective for other medical and emotional problems. Experts say that, in fact the drug in not addictive and has less effects that any other substance abused. Also, among dependent users who want to quit the withdrawals have the least intense effects than any drug. This article concludes that although pot is not addictive, it´s users will not live the same lives as non-users, and their potential is more limited.

¨Why Pot Smokers Are Paranoid¨

¨Why Pot Smokers Are Paranoid¨ was an article written about an experiment given to rats to test the effects that marijuana has on paranoia, a common side effect amongst the drug users. Paranoia is a developed irrational fear that may not be felt without the use of drugs. The experiment entailed to groups of rats that were trained to fear the scent of peppermint or almond. The scents were accompanied by a design that was placed in the cage with either black polka dots or white striped walls. What the research determined after examining the CB1 receptor activity within the brains of the rats was that these receptors are in fact activated by certain ingredients found in marijuana. Scientists blocked the CB1 receptors in some of the rats and gave a shock to them associated with the smell. The rats did not learn to fear the smell nor pattern even after being shocked. However the rats given marijuana intensely feared the shock and later the smell associated with the shock, whereas the control group of rats that were not given drugs nor were their receptors blocked reacted with a normal level of fear to the shock and smell. In conclusion Marijuana does cause an effect of paranoia because of the activity in the basolateral amygdale which helps the brain to learn paranoia.