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Hi everybody! My name is Christine Hennigan and I'm a junior Human Development major. I'm taking this course because I'm excited to learn about ways to apply knowledge that I've learned in my other psych courses, and I feel like this course is a great way to explore a more practical and relevant side of psychology.
A little about me...I'm an active member of my sorority and I'm also an RA in the Psych department. I'm currently considering a career in Marketing but will always try to leave open the option of going to grad school for either clinical or school psychology or possibly secondary education in English. I love the fine arts and try to paint and silkscreen when I can. Most of all, I like to write and hope that I can pursue a career in writing on the side of whatever I end up doing in the future.
An internet phenomenon that interests me...well, I feel as if Instant Messenger has played a big role in helping me to keep in touch with my family and friends back home in New Jersey. Sometimes when I know I should call my parents to let them know I'm still alive and well, it is so much easier for me to tell them to just go on AIM instead of sitting and talking on the phone. I hate the phone, because I always find it hard to multitask...so if I'm going to take out the time to talk on the phone, I better not have something else that needs to get done at the same time. But with AIM, not only can I do a ton of other things online at the same time, I can write to multiple people instead of committing to just one. Of course, its not nearly as personal and many times information is misconstrued without the help of tone and facial expressions, but IMing at least gives you time to proof what you say, so you can think twice about what you are communicating to the other person.
To categorize IMing, I'd have to say its a form of synchronous chat. With IMing, you are directly connected to a person who is also online and writing to you at the same time.