The Last One

I found it only appropriate to do my last post about the last scene of the Friends series.

In this clip the friends say goodbye as their lives take them separate directions.

• Emotions- All the friends are sad because their lives are changing and they won't be hanging out together everyday. They had ten great years together and with things changing it is always difficult.
• Personalities- Chandler's personality really shows in this clip. It's a sad moment and Chandler, the comedic, makes jokes to lighten the mood and to keep him from getting too emotional. 
• Intelligence- Joey's slow mental processing is also shown in this scene because he realizes for the first time that the apartment is painted purple. He even lived in the apartment for awhile. 
• Memories- as they look around the apartment for the last time their hippocampus digs out of the memories that they have had there and together.
• Perception- All of the friends perceive the apartment as smaller than it usually looks. This is probably because they are sad and the room is empty, they are thinking about how much they are going to miss the apartment and their time together. Also, with the emotion of being sad about things changing their world seems to be closing in on them. 

Personal Reflection

I just wanted to reflect on the class and this activity.

First, I wish the class wasn't at 8am because I'm not quite awake and I wish i would be. The things I have enjoyed about this class is not having a ton of work to do. Knowing the format of tests ahead of time and the review sheets really help because it helps me study effectively for the test. I like that it isn't always a stand and deliver type class. I enjoy working with a group and having discussions as well as doing activities in class that apply to what we are learning. Like the conditioning day, I really understood the  lesson, it made me pay really close attention to what was being said because I was waiting for the word "conditioning" so I could eat some more of my Pixy Stick sugar. I can't believe I was actually salivating, I was even drinking water, I also couldn't believe I was the only one, must have a sweet tooth.

Doing this reflection journal activity was actually pretty fun and helped me understand ideas we talked about in class. It was fun because I was able to watch clips from Friends and have a valid reason to. It was also I really good feeling to be able to apply a concept learned in close to the show because it made me feel pretty smart and it helped me understand the material. When I was studying for tests and certain questions on the test I referred to my blog posts and used them to help me study. I found out that not all my interpretations of the content was correct on here, but I eventually figured out that my explanations weren't entirely accurate but I tried my best to apply the material. I that doing these journal response is an effective form of learning and understanding plus it's nice that we can be creative with it because it sort of makes learning fun.

Overall I've enjoyed this class. It has challenged me and it interests me. I see a lot of connections with this class and my education class. Understanding child behavior will be really important in my career and I like that this class applies to my major. Plus we have a super sweet professor :)

Rachel's Emotional Response

In the following clip Rachel and Ross accidentally lock Emma inside of their apartment.
Waiting to Get Inside of the Apartment
Rachel Freaking Out

According to the James-Lange Theory which claims that a person has the perception of the stimulus and then they experience arousal and after that they feel the emotion.

• With this theory, First rachel realizes that the door is locked and Emma is inside alone. Then her heart starts to race and panic rises and then she starts to feel scared and worried.

According to the Cannon-Bard Theory, which disagrees with the James-Lange theory, says that a person has the perception os the stimulus and then the arousal and feeling of the emotion happen at the same time.

• With this theory, Rachel realizes Emma is locked inside and her heart starts racing as she becomes scared and worried.

If I was a psychologist I would disagree with both of these statements, I think we experience the emotion and then the arousal occurs. I think the arousal plays off of the emotion. I know when someone jumps out at me I get scared right away and after i realize what going on I realize that my heart stopped for a second and then starts to race.

Personalities Based on "Friends" Parents

In class we discussed how personalities can be based on the environment in which people grow up in, currently live in, and the people they are surrounded by. I believe that some of the Friends characters have certain personality traits because of their parents. Either how their parents treated them or how they influenced them growing up or currently.

• Monica- I believe that Monica is a "neat freak" because of her mother. Monica's mom seems to not think very much of Monica and critics everything she does. That is why I believe she has a need to make sure everything is always clean and organized so it's one last thing that her mother can judge her on.
• Ross- I believe Ross has to be right about everything because growing up he was used to his parents praise. Ross was the favorite child, Monica was not, so he was used to getting his way. His parents always told him he was right and that he was the best, so he expects that from others. If they don't believe him, he gets paranoid and won't drop it until he proves he is correct.
• Rachel- I believe that rachel is needy because her parents spoiled her as a child. She comes from a wealthy family where everything was handed to her and she didn't have to work for anything. Now that she is on her own she still seems spoiled and expects to get what she wants and tries to get people to feel sorry for her if she doesn't. 
• Chandler- I believe Chandler is humorous because he is very insecure. His dad is gay and is a drag queen in Las Vegas and when Chandler was growing up his father had him give him facials and pluck his eyebrows, etc. These things make Chandler feel feminine and people always say that there is a gay-like quality about him and he uses humor to mask the lack of self-confidence. 
• Phoebe- I believe Phoebe is strange because she didn't have parent figures growing up. Phoebe lived on the streets through her teen years, which makes her aggressive at times. Also, she believes in weird things because she picked up those ideas of the streets. The lack of parents also gives Phoebe a freeness because she was on your own and didn't have to live by other's rules.
• Joey- I believe Joey is caring and kind because he grew up in a large family. Joey is the only son of this parents and has several sisters, this makes him non-agressive and kind because he didn't have a brother to fight with and has sisters that he knows are moody and knows how to be kind to women. 

Chandler's Defense Mechanism

When Chandler kisses Joey's girlfriend. He feels awful about and as a result he will do anything for Joey and be the best, best friend. This portrays the defense mechanism, reaction formation.

Reaction Formation is psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into opposites. Thus, people may express feelings that are opposite of the anxiety- arousing unconscious feelings. "I hate him" becomes "I love him." Timidity becomes daring. Feelings of inadequacy become bravado.

Chandler shows this because what he did was betray his friend. His conscious feels really bad about it so it decides to do the opposite and start doing really friendly things.

The clip below shows when Chandler tells Joey the truth and this shows that Chandler does not use the defense mechanism, denial. Because he wants to be a good friend and always remember what he did was wrong. Chandler Confesses

Denial is when a person refuses to believe or even to perceive painful realities.

Interpreting Rachel's Dream

One method that Freud used to analyze the unconscious mind was through interpreting manifest and latent contents of dreams.

Manifest is readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident;obvious; apparent;plain.
Latent is present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential.


The clip below shows a dream that Rachel had about Joey.

Rachel's Dream About Joey

I believe that Freud would look at this dream and use it to analyze Rachel's unconscious mind. He would probably say that Rachel is in love with Joey based on this dream, The manifest would be that she wants to kiss him because she wanted to in her dream. The latent content would be that Rachel is in love with Joey. It's not obvious in the scene of the dream but maybe thats what's driving her passion to kiss him.

The other idea is that Rachel is in love and wants to kiss Joey's soap character. Rachel Watching Joey's Scene this clip shows what she did that day and what could have lead her to the dream. Either watching the scene made her attracted to Joey's character or to Joey himself. We find out later in the series that it is Joey she's attracted to.

Monica's Personality

Personality is an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.


Monica has very strong personality traits. Below I'm going to analyze her personality.

• Cleanliness- Monica is known as a "Neat Freak." She is obsessive about her apartment and loves cleaning it. Examples:
• She describes the dry cleaners as her Disneyland. 
• She categorizes towels into 11 sections.
• She cleans her cleaning supplies.
• Monica's Cleanliness (clip)
• Competitiveness- Monica is highly competitive and usually takes her competitiveness too far and too rough. Examples:
• Monica breaks Ross's nose in football. 
• She got angry during Pictionary and threw a plate.
• She plays Mike in ping pong for several hours trying to beat him.
• Monica's Will to Win (clip)
• Bossiness- Monica is known by all her friends as bossy. Especially when you get in her way of something she wants (going back to being competitive). Examples:
• She insists on working in military time while planning Phoebe's wedding.
• She always bosses Chandler around and tells him what to do.
• She knows that Rachel is a push over and bosses her around some.
• Monica Bossing Chandler (clip)