Michelle Devlin - Peer Pressure

For this blog, I chose a short video clip that I found on the topic of peer, or 'group' pressure, in an elevator. It relates to psychology in that it shows a willingness to conform when a person feels uncomfortable, awkward, or out-of-place. For example, these people on Candid Camera readily mimicked the actions of the strangers surrounding them. This displays that, in most situations, people perceive the behavior of the group as the norm of how to behave.

Funny Elevator Psychology An old video from the TV show Candid Camera. They show us what happens if everyone on an elevator stands backwards. LOL!

Victor Le-Vu - The Colony

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/the-colony-a-test-of-faith-full-episode.html

Ok, so for this blog, I'm going to talk about the show on discovery channel called "The Colony." The season might be over but you can still view some of the episodes online at the link I provided. If you have not heard of this show yet, its about 10 people who are presented with an "end of the world" scenario. They are staying in downtown Los Angeles where there is basically no other people besides other survivors called "marauders" that are scattered around and are completing for the same necessary resources. Their job was to re-create civilization and to survive. This show relates to psychology because after a while, they start to believe the situation they are in is real and they are not able to control themselves. They easily get irritated and frustrated while they grow paranoid waiting for another attack by the marauders. They stay in an abandoned factory where they use their knowledge to help them survive. They work water filtration, electricity, plumbing, and transportation. It's a very interesting show and I recommend it anyone interested in science because it shows how some things we learn in school can be applied to real life situations.

Alex Rubis - Derren Brown Robs a Guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25qV5RO-nU

This video shows Derren Brown, a well-known English magician and illutionist. Derren is able to pickpocket a man right in front of him just by distracting him. He ends up taking this guy's tie, wallet and phone and giving it back and taking it again multiple times. This video relates to psychology because it demonstrates how the mind can only focus on so many things at one time. This is why it is so hard to text and drive, talk on the phone and drive, etc.

Miranda Osterheld-Frayed

Okay so here's a scary movie that me and my friends watched through Cox on Demand. I think its still there if you wanna check it out...the endings kind of confusing though. But it applies to psychology because its about a psychopath and repressed childhood experiences.
Here's the trailor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDpuwW-uOw





SPOILER. YOU DONT HAVE TO READ THIS!
If you end up watching it, the ending is kind of confusing. This is what I thought happened. Kurt was sexually molested by his dad on his sisters birthday. His dad was wearing a clown mask, so thats where the mask comes from. His mom walks into the room with a videocamera because she was taping the party. All you see is her being killed by a blunt object. You think its Kurt doing it, but its really the dad. Kurt is blamed and sent to the asylum. There is a picture of his dads softball team outside his room. All the other characters in the movie come from that picture and the bulk of the movie just happens in Kurts mind. But anyways Kurt escapes from the hospital and his dad kills him. The whole clown mask-killer is Kurt's angry thoughts projected into a make believe world. So he really didnt kill anybody. Just got molested, grew up, escaped form a mental hospital, then got shot by his dad so he never tells what happened to him. Meanwhile, at the end of the movie, the dad goes home to his new family. The ending is him peering into his other son's room while the kid is facing us looking really scared. I swear I almost cried it was DISGUSTING.