Final Thoughts

The thing I liked most about this class was the discussion questions. I enjoyed voicing my opinion and listening to what others had to say. I'm not a big fan of writing papers, but the writing assignment did help me learn. I found the Alcoholism and AIDS assignments to be especially interesting and enlightening. Being a designer, I'm not really sure what I'll use psychology for in the future; maybe it'll come in handy when I have kids someday. I did learn some good points about parenting during this course. All in all it wasn't a bad class.

Sleep Disorders

I believe the largest contributing factor to the lack of sleep that our society gets is due to our busy lifestyles. If you look back 20 years ago, people where not as rushed as they are now. Many people these days work long hours while trying to juggle a family. More people are working multiple jobs or are working full time and going to school. Mothers do all these things while raising their children. Caring for a family is a full time job in itself. Many women these days are the sole breadwinner in their household, which adds even more pressure. Money problems are another big issue which robs people of sleep. All in all, it's our go go go lifestyle that keeps us from getting the proper amount of sleep.