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Store Proprietor Catches Thieves Who Have been Stealing His Items For five Years On Cam… They’re Squirrels

Store Proprietor Catches Thieves Who Have been Stealing His Items For five Years On Cam… They’re Squirrels

Candies and candies have been disappearing from this comfort retailer for over 5 years, and it’s cheeky squirrels in charge. Cindy Kim, whose dad and mom personal the Luke’s Grocery in Toronto, Canada, says it began when her father started feeding the birds outdoors the store and left some seeds for the squirrels too. “I suppose they [got] used to coming to our retailer for meals. However these…

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And forget the second summer term in the heat of the day.

Yes, Canada Day only lasts one day. But so does your July break! So get out there and soak up the precious, precious moments you have left of the sun, maple, and moose. Here's to Canada - and the few hours you've got on the morning of the 2nd!

But once you start sulking packing up for school, do give the PeaSANt a glance. We've got terrific tips on killing your back-to-school anxieties, psychologically and physically, and even some melancholic reminiscence of your hazy June days - unless, of course, you'd rather just slow down time itself. (We feel you.)

But it's like Sir John A. Macdonald once said: "When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say, ‘We are going to have a summer shower.’" I second that motion. 

Have a fantastic Canada Day,

Cindy Kim

Editor-in-Chief

7/1/2014

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And there's plenty of summer left.

June should never be a gloomy time, by anyone's book. Whether you're done in just a few weeks or booked to the brim with research positions, internships, and part-time jobs, this is the time to soak up some much-needed Vitamin D. So work hard - but remember to play! The summer won't last forever, and we must bask in it while we still can.

Not that The PeaSANt is advocating hedonism without a plan. But if you're going to watch Game of Thrones anyway, you might as well procrastinate pass your free time with a psychological review of Arya Stark. Plus, we have just the cathartic experiences you need to ease your summertime blues, existential crises, and personal struggles in learning to become a psychologist. So why not give us a browse? Once you've paid worship to the great OWL of Purdue, you can even HELP US adorn our upcoming issue with a creative thought or two of your own. Even eager beavers need a break sometimes. Chip away, fellow Castor canadensis - but spare a thought for the forest. What's left after the dam is built?

Catch y'all downstream,

Cindy Kim

Editor-in-Chief

6/3/2014

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COURSE REVIEW - PSY202: STATISTICS II

BY CINDY KIM

PSY202: Statistics II is the follow-up course to PSY201: Statistics I and, as such, covers more advanced (but still basic) statistical methods used in psychology research, such as regression, correlation, ANOVA, and post-hoc testing. Needless to say, this is a tremendously useful course for anyone studying psychology, and a more psychology-focused alternative to other statistics courses, if you are not interested in studying a more general array statistical methods.

Professor (as of Summer 2012): Sandra Campeanu, Kuang Da Zhu

Break-down (as of Summer 2012):

Test 1 (20%)

Test 2 (20%)

Test 3 (20%)

Assignments (10%)

Final Exam (30%)

PROS: Like in PSY201, the lectures are usually to-the-point and easy to follow. As characteristic of math/stats courses, you either get the right answer or you don't, so mastering the material as soon as possible is all it takes to do well. 

CONS: Once you start to slack off, the material you do not understand begins to accumulate very quickly. Not that I slacked off.  Also, because the course only offers a concise and basic explanation for the methods shown, you can end up being confused as to why certain calculations work the way they do. You could ask the prof for more details, but then you'd be doing more work than you need to

VERDICT: Just take it. It's required. You can do fairly well, if you just keep up with the pace and workload. The knowledge you get out of it is also completely worth the effort!

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Submit your work to the PeaSANt!

By: Cindy Kim

Come on guys, I wrote Like five haikus already On the same topic!

Fine, here's one more, now: Essay, paper, art, or else - Submit it please to:

[email protected] Seriously, guys, Please help us: Material Doesn't grow on trees!

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Media Review: "La Fway" (Beyonce) - Bad Lip Reading (YouTube)

By: Cindy Kim

Believe it or not, this clever parody by Bad Lip Reading overlays Beyonce's rendition of the American national anthem, as performed at the public celebration of the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama on January 21st, 2013.

But you likely second-guessed yourself in that regard. For the most part, "La Fway" manages to convince its viewers that the then-31-year-old singer was, truly and sincerely, intent on "punch[ing] your neck". At the very least, one face in the crowd seemed to take offense to the said lyrics:

Yet, I would be wrong in assuming that Beyonce was belting out "La Fway" - with all its nonsensical lyrics - before the thousands gathered at the United State Capitol. After all, the truth of the matter is that she really was singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (or not) that fateful afternoon. 

Not that anyone could see it, on the virtue of this video alone.

"La Fway" remains, without a doubt, one of the most impressive audio dubs on YouTube to date, outdone only by Bad Lip Reading's other works. It can induce in its viewers a solid ventriloquism effect - the attributing of vocal sound to something other than the original speaker - and relies solely on this fact to create a remarkable audio-visual illusion. Admittedly, the ventriloquism effect is one of the simplest and most fundamental consequences of audio-visual integration in the brain: We unconsciously match up visuals and sounds so often that we frequently bias what we hear on the basis of visual cues. But it is one thing to make sound appear as if it matches up with sight - and another thing, entirely, to do it well.

So be grateful for your odd, powerful, and lightning-fast cognitive processes. How else could you understand the world around you - and what NFL players say to one other?

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Media Review: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - by THIS IS IT collective

By: Cindy Kim

What’s your favourite idea?

Mine is being psychologically analytical about my favourite creepy short-film, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. First screened at various film festivals during 2012, this absurd gem by the the film/animation group, THIS IS IT collective, has prompted millions to think twice about being creative (and about gazing deeply into Big Bird’s soulless eyes).

Story-wise, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is a clever social commentary on the limits imposed on our creative freedom. The singing notebook’s deceptively positive stance about creativity says it all: You must be creative - but not so creative that you deviate from the most authoritative definition of creativity. Yet, it is us - the general public, and not the artistic adjudicators - that directors Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling blame for this creative oppression. Though we all value liberty and creativity, the truth is that we are generally disturbed by, and scared of, the wild and unrestrained result of limitless creativity (raw human heart pies, anyone?).

But psychologically speaking, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is most impressive in its ability to portray uncanniness. Somehow, the short film manages to be scary - for no reason at all. One could even argue that this award-winning short film is entirely innocent: their enthusiasm for raw-organ pastries aside, there is nothing conventionally monstrous and horrifying about the singing, dancing, Sesame-Street-esque characters. So what makes this viral YouTube hit so disturbing?

A good answer might be: you.

In the Freudian sense, uncanniness is the uncomfortable feeling that something is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Freud claims that the feeling may arise from infantile complexes - or, more specifically, that we unconsciously project repressed desires of the id onto certain things, and thus, perceiving these things can make us anxious from being reminded of the said fears (unconsciously or not). Perhaps some childish rage you once held against your parents became the monsters under your bed. Perhaps your fear of isolation and estrangement underlies your fear of clowns and their mysterious, costume-wearing kin.

Of course, I’m not suggesting that you must necessarily have some deep and complex childhood fear regarding children’s shows. Neither am I suggesting that there must be a dark and familiar link between chaos, monsters, and the deaths of our dearest family members. No, not at all.

That would be too creative a thought.