Blog Post #3 How Good Is Your Memory?

Number Memory Test
Going into this quiz, I thought I was going to do pretty bad, but it turns out that I am quite good with numbers. Coming from experience, I do tend to memorize peoples' phone numbers very easily. I ended up getting a score of 10 on the quiz. As I went along with the questions, I realized that they were getting progressively longer, yet I always ended up finding a way to memorize the long numbers. I would make the numbers into a song that I like or by just saying it over and over out loud until I got it. I don't believe this test is very valid, however, because there are many different factors that could change results, such as noise in the background or just the amount of people you are around when you take this. 

Memory Test Questionnaire
I feel like this quiz is a very inaccurate one. There was only 7 questions that they asked and I feel like they can't get a goof range of my memory by just using the descriptions, "sometimes" "never" and "rarely". I ended up scoring a 66 out of 100, and it said that I have fairly good memory, but I have the occasional memory lapse. Although I felt like it was quite inaccurate, they had some good points. They said I tended to use mnemonic devices, which I do often use to study. All in all, the quiz was a short, inconclusive questionnaire of my memory.  

Common Cents Test
This test was only one question, however, it was actually an interesting concept. I never really looked at what a penny looked at up close. I definitely knew that President Lincoln was faced towards the right and I knew that the penny had the year and another word on it. Although it didn't give me any results, I had a fun time trying to figure  out which penny was the real one because I feel like it's an everyday object that no one really looks at for a long time and looks at the features of the small coin. It said many people have a hard time finding the real one, so I didn't feel too bad about getting the answer wrong in the end.


Short Term Memory Test
In this memory test, I was given 12 words to memorize and then I had to recite as many as I could afterwards. I ended up scoring 7 words out of 12 and I hate to admit it but I was proud of myself. I thought I was only going to get like 5 words. I was pretty distracted while taking this, though, because I was watching Friends on Netflix and I couldn't help but focus on the show just a little more than the quiz but can you blame me? I actually think this is a good test to see how well your short term memory because you only see these words for a small amount of time and then afterwards you can forget about them and not worry about it.

Facial Memorization
I was given the task to memorize a face made up of jumbled features and then try to build the face later on. I was so surprised because, just like the other test, I was watching a show and was very distracted, however I ended up getting 7 facial features correct. I think that I am pretty good at recognizing the small features of people's faces because I tend to be detail-oriented. I can't help but notice everyone's small freckles and birth marks. This test just further showed me how well I can recognize peoples' facial features.

Blog Post #2 Politics and Personality

Political Personality Quiz 
As a result of the quiz, it said that I would most likely believe in a small government. It mentioned that I would want a government that keeps order but can still give the people our freedom and stay out of the way in certain situations. I feel like this is accurate because I really don't like when the government gets involved in situations where we have the right to speak our mind. For example, when someone wants to protest against a certain rule and the police get involved it creates chaos. Once violence starts emerging, that's when everything starts going corrupt and everyone blames it on the government. This test did not change my views on today's candidates because I feel strong about my beliefs.

Political Compass Quiz
According to my results, I most closely relate to Gandhi. Gandhi believed in the supreme value of the individual and I feel like I do too. Although I feel like there needs to be a government in order to keep the sanity and well-being of the society, I focus more on mental health and how the human mind works in different situations. Gandhi is considered a "liberal leftist" which is basically a form of liberalism that focuses on support and freedom for everybody. I was shocked at these results because it was actually quite accurate considering the amount of questions they asked. This test, also did not seem to change any of my opinions on the candidates for this election.

Political Typology Quiz
My results for this quiz stated that my best fit is faith and family. This sort of ties into the results of my other quizzes because of my love for a society based on the people. The results state that I fall into a group of racially diverse people that have different views but have the same big picture idea, This quiz gave me a better understanding on what views I have about the world and how it is managed. This was a great learning experience, however it still did not change my views on the political candidates this year.

I Side With Quiz
I have to say, I am completely shocked at my results. I never really watched the political debates or the campaigns, but my results say that my views match up mostly with Donald Trump. I thought for sure I would get Bernie Sanders, but he came in a very close second. I guess Donald Trump has some reliable political views other than the ones that he is infamously known for. This surprisingly still doesn't change my view on trump, however. I just feel that he gets all this social media attention and the other candidates are left actually trying to get followers through actually debating real topics.

Post #1 IQ Test Results
Although the IQ test was supposed to be a learning experience, I found this test to be disappointing and just a little inaccurate. I know that this test was most likely made by professionals, however some of the questions seemed close to impossible. In addition to that, I took the test in a noisy environment with people constantly talking, so I kept getting distracted. I scored a 100, and I was quite disappointed in myself. I thought that I got most of the questions right, but I guess it turns out that I was too confident going into this. I don't want this test to determine the rest of my future because I know that I am an average student that can understand and comprehend topics once they are taught to me.

http://www.intelltheory.com/birthOrder.shtml

To summarize this article, it states that the older sibling in the family is smarter and/or has a higher intelligence compared to the others. There are many factors, though, that contribute to the different IQ's of the children such as economic stability in the household or social class. If one family has access to tutors and more classes for their children, then they will have a better advantage of getting a better education. Birth order is also said to affect IQ because the first born child may be more loved than the other children and may have more opportunities to achieve greater success, however I don't agree with this. I even feel as though the younger children are the ones that get the most attention, but every family is different.