The High Price of Materialism by Tim Kasser

This story by Tim Kasser was extremely psychologically related. We have yet to have a reading where it is all about psychology. This story was about the psychological effects of materialism. Kasser and Ryan performed an experiment where the people were tested to see just how materialism ran their lives. I think this experiment should be done more often because people are too materialistic. This experiment was pretty extensive and really specific. Psychology subjects are pretty interesting and this reading was quite informational. I found it to be an easy read since I love psychology so very much. Ti surprised me when the test revealed that people who are focused primarily on financial problems are going to be unhappy, stressed, and not fit in well with society. This experiment proved to me that being materialistic can be extremely self-destructive. The America dream is all about financial success, so the American Dream could be ruining people without any of their conscious awareness to doing so. The most surprising thing of this blog was the bit about illegal substance, alcohol, etc. I had no idea that materialism had to do with a persons want to do drugs and continuance with the drug. This story opened up a lot for me to understand the materialistic views of society. I will concentrate more on when I am thinking materialistic than unmaterialistic. 

Abortion Is Too Complex to Feel All One Way About By Anna Quindlen

      Anna Quindlen and I can definitely agree that you cannot just think about abortion in one way. Abortion is a very complex subject and once brought up in a conversation among friends, it can ruin it. I can say that I am 75% Pro-choice when it comes to abortion. Sometimes it is just the right thing to do. Yes, you are “killing” an un-born little person but what would happen if that child was unwanted. Honestly, I would rather get an abortion myself than allow my child to be unhappy. Getting an abortion is a big thing and even if you are for it, you will feel terrible for the rest of your life. Even so, I still would do it for the sake of the child. What if that child was a product of rape, incest, unplanned pregnancy etc? Do you think that child will be brought up in a wonderful household? Maybe in some cases but in most cases, a child being born to family that does not want and is not ready will most likely lead an unhappy life. I feel as Anna does on the case of abortion. The other 25% of the time when I doubt that abortion is an okay thing to do is when I see happy couples do it just because they can. They could have put the child up for adoption. Yes, there are many other way to deal with an unwanted child other than abortion. If a mother gave birth to her child that was conceived through rape, she will see the eyes of that person who did that too her. She will relive her experience and she will doubt the life of the child. This may not happen in every case but it does for most of them. Abortion is a tough subject and that’s that.