MooPig Personality Division :: "We tend to cluster around people who act the same as us."

Texas is like the Eastern Seaboard
mashed articles by Pat Darnell  |  Oct 30, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Looking at America in psychological terms can be convoluted. Understanding of the human brain is still in its infancy and its function is misunderstood by many. The article "assesses people across five key personality traits--openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism." These "traits" are observable, but not fully understood either, any more than the openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism is understood in cows. But we must push forward, and the article takes in account of what makes us different and what makes "likeness" between people; if indeed we "instinctively" somehow group with others who are most like ourselves.

After all cows do "herd" with other cows, and not with gazelles, right?

There Are Three Americas Hiding Inside Our Country--Which Do You Live In? | Co.Exist | ideas + impact: "There are many ways of dividing up America: Red state, Blue state, Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Sun Belt, Stroke Belt...the list could go on. We're defined by our regional economies, voting patterns, stereotypes, geographies, and a lot else besides. These maps do something different: They look at America in psychological terms. They assess people across five key personality traits--openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism--and show us where the distribution falls.

Led by Jason Rentfrow, at the University of Cambridge, the analysis is based on a total of 1.5 million online surveys conducted in five batches. The researchers then cluster traits together, with the darker colored areas indicating higher correlation. The work is published in the latest issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology."

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" ... Obviously not everyone in each region fits the profile. We're talking statistical averages here. Still, the maps offer another lens through which to look at the big divisions in the U.S., and place several states outside the norm. Texas, for example, is less in the South and more in the East, which may be news to some. ... "

We find out that Texas is both "unfriendly and unconventional." Texas is neither "relaxed nor creative." Texas is "temperamental and uninhibited."

From the article: " ... In Cluster 3, the psychological profile of the region is defined by low Extraversion, very low Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, very high Neuroticism, and moderately high Openness. This particular configuration of traits depicts the type of person who is reserved, aloof, impulsive, irritable, and inquisitive. (The work is published in the latest issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Ben Schiller. October 18, 2013. LINK) ... "

CONCLUSION
" ... Texas, for example, is less in the South and more in the East, which may be news to some. ..."



NEXT WEEK: High-Tech Underwear that Keeps Your Farts from Smelling (LINK)

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http://www.fastcoexist.com/3020192/there-are-three-americas-hiding-inside-our-country-which-do-you-live-in?partner=rss#1
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/apa-ure101613.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_Belt

MooPig Home School Department :: "Shopping e-Event"

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Do we Have Enough Study Helps?
by Pat Darnell and Arnie Palmreader  |  May 8, 2013  |  Bryan TX

In the better homes you will find organization. Yes a good home is de-cluttered. Not mine. Nope. It is the opposite.

I have made home schooling into a variety store. I will surely burn in hell for this.

It turns out I cannot get enough "study helps" for my kids. It all started when I was doing substituting for Kindergarteners through 12th graders at the Pasadena Independent School District in Texas. I needed props for when I stood before another teacher's group of 5th graders, or got bogged down in discussions with know it all seniors at high school.

Here is one of those collectible pdf files available on Internet: The Peroiodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures. Truth is you can find tons of study helps online, but you can also find cool stuff in $dollar stores, clearance aisles, that cost a little bit. A little bit here, a little bit there, and all the funds from busting a move as the cool substitute-ness is all but spent. Yes, home-schooling is yet another American shopping event.

elements.wlonk.com:

" ... These colorful, fun, and informative periodic tables are great for elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as adults. Copyrighted material. Do not copy to other websites. See Terms of Use. (Copyright © 2005-2013 Keith Enevoldsen.) ... "

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LINK to the interactive Periodic Table of the Elements ...


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http://elements.wlonk.com/#Orbitals
http://www.iqraonline.net/the-periodic-table-of-islam-infographic/

MooPig Home School Department :: "Teachers Say: ..."

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Jan 3, 2013 | Bryan TX

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13+ Things Your Child's Teacher Won't Tell You | Reader's Digest: "4. Kids used to go out and play after school and resolve problems on their own. Now, with computers and TV, they lack the skills to communicate. They don't know how to get past hurt feelings without telling the teacher and having her fix it."

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Go to this site to see how the teachers have responded to our NEW ERA of postmodern techno barbarism.



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http://www.rd.com/slideshows/slideshow-13-things-your-childs-teacher-wont-tell-you/?trkid=outbrain-all#slideshow=slide4
http://www.zeroto60andbeyond.com/?p=678

MooPig Brain Industries :: Senior Moments [Advertisement for Vinpocetine]

Start Ramping up your Brain
Retrieved by Pat Darnell April 17, 2011 Bryan TX

NOTE: MooPig Enterprises wants to get information out to its reader, both of them, so we include this info-mercial for you to peruse. Maybe you can pick up the Periwinkle supplements at your favorite pharmacy, or Health Food store. That's all.

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