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Week 7 April 27, 2019 5 memes of Psych! Denial: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-blame/201204/how-does-denial-actually-work Drive Reduction Theory: https://www.psychologynoteshq.com/drive-reduction-theory/ Motivation:  Theories of Motivation | Boundless Psychology - Lumen Learning https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/.../theories-of-motivation/  Procrastination:  Procrastination | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/procrastination Scape goat theory:  Scapegoat Theory In Social Psychology - IResearchNet https://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/...theories/scapegoat-theory/

Week 7 April 6, 2019 The Anything Blog! I be talking about sleep for this week! Are you getting enough sleep?! Sleep is such a massive part of our lives so I wanted to see what happens when our heads hit the pillow to go to sleep at night. According to the article, a sleep cycle lasts about 90 minutes and during that time we move through 5 stages of sleep. The first 4 stages is the non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. The fifth stage is rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs. Its interesting how the article says that how much NREM or REM you can get depends what time of day (or night) it is. Next the article talks about what does it mean for napping? This caught my eyes because as a high school student I takes plenty of naps. Giving yourself a full sleep cycle can help retain certain skill you've just learn however, the farther you are in your sleep, the harder it is to get over the grogginess. Napping can be beneficial but there are affects. I realize thats why I feel lik...