Juliana H 2023 Psychology Blog

Test 1 : Short-term Memory for Pictures I chose to take the test with animal pictures because remembering photos of cute animals seemed fun and easy. It was. I'm not sure if this memory test is as valid as the others because in the first test, I had trouble assigning meaning to the variety of words that I needed to memorize. In this test, every picture made me feel something, such as "oooh cute fox" or "wow cool eagle" or "uhh what is that thing?" It was easy to assign emotion or meaning to each picture, so it was also easy to recognize repeated photos.   Test 2 : Short-term Memory This test was fairly straightforward: read over a list of words, focus on them briefly, and retype them in the given blanks. I think it's a valid way to assess one's capacity for short-term memory as long as the test taker doesn't cheat or spend an excessive amount of time reading the words. I myself read the list twice over and scored about average, so attemptin...

    Theme: Interactions in Multiplayer Games (guilds)      Modern technology allows us to text or converse with people across the world. For fans of multiplayer videogames, this technological expansion has led to the popularization of a social mechanic that assists players in communicating and pooling resources between one another: guilds. To optimize their strategic cooperation and resource efficiency, many guilds set up messaging channels outside of their specific game; and wherever people interact, principles of social psychology can be applied. Compliance (Part of the top 50 defense teams used by the top 30 guilds)      In the game I play, guilds can fight other guilds in a game mode called Guild Wars. Each member of their respective guild has a set defense that their opponent can attack, and a crucial component of winning a guild war involves constantly upgrading your units and defense. Recently, I've noticed that guild members have extr...