Psychology

More on the subject of the influence of the moon on our behaviour (or not).  Here’s a link to a published paper on “The Disease of the Moon” – well worth a read!

If you are in Yr 13, you could approach this as a gentle introduction to Clinical Psychology – look out for ‘expectancy’ effects, types of evidence, and cultural differences (in this case through time) with respect to mental health issues, and changing practices with regards to ‘diagnosis’.

If you’re in Yr 12, just enjoy it – but it gives you a flavour of what you might be doing this time next year.

(Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3561662932/)

Today is a full moon. There is a theory that people’s behaviour changes at full moon (particularly students, who tend to be awake all night anyway!) Monitor your behaviour over the next 24 hours. Is it different to usual?

Come back to this site tomorrow and report anything you notice.

(pic from ‘I am Marion’ Flickr creative commons (and that’s not me!))