If you are a student, you probably study like I do; that is, you do not study that well. Most students are the same. We sit down with our books in front of us, it’s quiet, and we are confident that we will get down to our studies. However, things always seem to interfere. For [...]

This is a paper I wrote for my introductory Psychology class.
I would like to note that I was one of three working on this paper. Other contributors: Jennifer Smith and Neil Chauhan.
Self-esteem is the realistic impression one has about him/herself; it can be described as self-respect and can manifest in positive and negative ways, either [...]

This is a paper I wrote for my introductory Psychology class.
I would like to note that I was one of three working on this paper. Other contributors: Caitlin Coughler and Drago Putica.
Drugs and alcohol have very similar effects on the body. Therefore, the word ‘substance(s)’ for our purposes will refer to both alcohol and drugs. [...]

This is a paper I wrote for my introductory Psychology class.
I would like to note that I was one of three working on this paper. Other contributors: Ka Jacky Chan and Laura Robertson.
Top-down processing is the process by which our own beliefs and/or expectations guide our perception of a stimulus. Our group has three journal [...]