Don't be fooled by the scientific title of this post. This is simply a running list of all the less than intelligent questions I've heard in my psychology courses. As a biology major, I feel that previous classes have better prepared me for classes such as neuroscience and neuropsychology, but sometimes the questions asked in class are just.....just too much. See for yourself, but also keep in mind that sometimes the questions and shared stories are moronic because of the situation.
1) "Is there a maximum number of people that can be in a group?" This would be a reasonable question had we just not spent 45 minutes of our lives discussing the complexities of 2 people being too few, 5 people being too many, and 3 or 4 being just right. Thanks for the extra clarification Goldilocks.
2) Shared Story: While discussing the sections of the spinal cord (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral), this kid decides to share a heart breaking story of how he was born with an extra thoracic vertebrae and how it causes him pain. I can see where he might think his story was relevant, but after he was acknowledge he continued to tell us about how he could tell if he didn't go to the chiropractor because he would get headaches. Tragic.
3) Shared Story: While discussing Broca's area of the brain (involved in speech), this girl decides to tell us the moving tale of her ex-husband's brain surgery that caused damage to this area. He couldn't remember the words he wanted to say and it was so frustrating for her. She didn't clarify, but we all assumed this huge inconvenience is what led to their divorce. Way to keep up your end of the bargain of "in sickness and in health."
4) Shared Story: Immediately after Broca's bitch shared her story another girl raised her hand. Apparently, she broke her skull and damaged part of her brain too. This injury led her to be dyslexic. Thanks for sharing. We all know who not to cheat off of now.
5) Neuropsychology Vocabulary: "Zippies" - Another term for Ziploc bags to describe the synaptic vesicles that carry neurotransmitters to the synaptic cleft. Must be repeated numerous times for the metaphor to sink in.
6) "So wait, what you're saying is, is that sodium is positive?" This is after discussing resting and action potentials for 30 minutes. Shall we give him the benefit of the doubt? No, because the drawing on the power slide clearly had this written all over it "Sodium +" Idiot.
7) Nobel Prize Nomination: While discussing how signals jump from cell to cell, T13 kid raises his hand to make a bold, controversial statement. "So would that mean that if you're a post-synaptic cell receiving a message, when you carry the message to another cell you would become a pre-synaptic cell?" Please let this kid claim the credit he deserves and not steal his ground breaking epiphany.
8) While learning about the importance of myelin sheath, our professor mentions Multiple Sclerosis. A horrible disease that causes your immune system to attack the myelin sheath and results in uncontrollable movements. She explicitly talks about the motor functions being involved, but one girl raises her hand to ask this question. "So does damaged myelin sheath cause ADD too?" While you might have uncontrollable foot and hand movements after taking that Adderall you bought from that sketchy kid, your myelin sheath is not being destroyed. Thanks for playing.
More studies will be conducted throughout the semester.
-Ashley
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