To tell you the truth, when I had was late to register this last semester I almost missed the opportunity to take my required English 122 class, but thankfully section 018 was opened and I got a seat! Anyways, I kind of dreaded the title of the class since it was a "research" class, but that's exactly what I needed help with and that is exactly what I learned in this class. I learned not only an abundant amount of tools but how to use them to my advantage (search engine operators and the different types of search engines available). I feel like this class taught me a lot that I would have not learned anywhere else, but gave me many advantages in future research assignments and tasks. Diigo and Miindomo served to be useful tools to save interesting information from important websites that could serve a purpose in my paper.
Thank you for the class very much Professor Clark.
Friday, December 9, 2011
RJA #14: Field Research Report
My field research consisted of 2 interviews with a doctor from Czech Republic, Petra Jakubicova and a nurse from Washington state, Jana Necesana. I asked both participants the same types of questions:
Interview #1 (respectively):
How long they have been married?
10 years
What was the feeling she felt when she first had saw him?
“The feeling was immense as if it was love at first sight and afterwards I just could not keep myself away from him.”
How do you feel about Oxytocin being a significant factor in successive reproduction?
Oxytocin cannot be the only major factor contributing to sustainable reproduction
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the creation of bonds?
I feel like this could be a definite possibility from what I have heard, but my limiting knowledge about the hormone itself makes me unsure.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the ability it gives to women to feed their young, would nature be able to survive without it?
Without the ability for a mother to feed its young from it's own body many species would indeed die off but many would still survive, I guess it depends on what spectrum of animals you look at.
Interview #2 (respectively):
How long they have been married?
2 years
What was the feeling she felt when she first had saw him?
It definitely wasn't love at first sight, but with time and work our bond grew much stronger over time.
How do you feel about Oxytocin being a significant factor in successive reproduction?
I believe this is a very valid argument, and that this in fact may be a very important piece to the puzzle, but once again one piece won't solve the entire puzzle.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the creation of bonds?
I feel very strongly because the bond that has formed between my husband and my daughter is very special and there has to be something behind it.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the ability it gives to women to feed their young, would we nature be able to survive without it?
I think that without the ability for a child to gain nutrition from the mother the chances of survival are very slim.
Interview #1 (respectively):
How long they have been married?
10 years
What was the feeling she felt when she first had saw him?
“The feeling was immense as if it was love at first sight and afterwards I just could not keep myself away from him.”
How do you feel about Oxytocin being a significant factor in successive reproduction?
Oxytocin cannot be the only major factor contributing to sustainable reproduction
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the creation of bonds?
I feel like this could be a definite possibility from what I have heard, but my limiting knowledge about the hormone itself makes me unsure.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the ability it gives to women to feed their young, would nature be able to survive without it?
Without the ability for a mother to feed its young from it's own body many species would indeed die off but many would still survive, I guess it depends on what spectrum of animals you look at.
Interview #2 (respectively):
How long they have been married?
2 years
What was the feeling she felt when she first had saw him?
It definitely wasn't love at first sight, but with time and work our bond grew much stronger over time.
How do you feel about Oxytocin being a significant factor in successive reproduction?
I believe this is a very valid argument, and that this in fact may be a very important piece to the puzzle, but once again one piece won't solve the entire puzzle.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the creation of bonds?
I feel very strongly because the bond that has formed between my husband and my daughter is very special and there has to be something behind it.
How do you feel about Oxytocin and the ability it gives to women to feed their young, would we nature be able to survive without it?
I think that without the ability for a child to gain nutrition from the mother the chances of survival are very slim.
Monday, November 28, 2011
RJA #13b: Presentation Plan
For my presentation I plan on using Power Point to convince my audience that Oxytocin is indeed a fundamental element crucial to a successful reproductive cycle. My presentation outline will be similar to the order of my argumentative paper, but instead of providing many case studies and a lot of information, I will provide only the significant information which proves the role of Oxytocin. I will start with what Oxytocin exactly does in the human system, and a little history on the hormone. Then leading into how oxytocin levels may create problems in bonding and social/mental structure. Following with my strongest argument which goes into how parents cannot care for their young without this hormone. Objections and contradictions will be next with refutations. My concluding slides will provide an overall grasp on why oxytocin is "needed" for successful reproduction.
RJA #13a: APA-Style Annotated Bibliography, Part 2
Barker, S. E. (2009). The Cuddle Hormone. In Oxytocin.org. Retrieved October 27, 2011
- This resource goes thoroughly through the positives and negatives effects involved with using synthetic Oxytocin to quicken labor on both the mother and the child. Over 75 percent of women who go through labor in the United States use the aid of Oxytocin "quick birth" in Greek, to fasten the process of labor and to help with uterine contractions. Although this may seem like a perfectly safe opportunity, researchers are now developing new curiosities about whether this may have long term effects on the human beings well being. Possibility of pathological conditions - that is if there is too much oxytocin, it may provide inappropriate pair bonding such as pedophilia. Vice versa, if the person lacks oxytocin, then he/she may have suffered from mental and physical neglect during their youth which can genetically transfer to their children in the same respect. This resource provides credible and scholarly information cited in an organized and updated fashion.
Fisher, H. (2004). Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love (pp. 91,198).
New York: Henry Holt and Company.
- Under some circumstances testosterone can trigger the release of Oxytocin in animals, increasing attachment behaviors such as mutual grooming, defending of the nest, and scent marking. But the reverse is also possible where Oxytocin starts the production of testosterone in animals. The chemistry of attachment can trigger lust and the chemistry of lust can trigger expressions of attachment. Under some circumstances, dopamine and norepinephrine can stimulate the production of oxytocin -- contributing to ones growing feelings of attachment. This book is well written in an unbiased perspective with very frequent citations. Helen Fisher has written and published many books revolving around the mysteries of love, bonding, and attachment behavior between species including humans.
Szalavitz, M. (2008, May 14). "Cuddle Hormone" Could Treat Mental Illnesses [Electronic version]. The New Scientist.
- This resource written by Maia Szalavitz provides useful information linking Oxytocin to playing central roles in romance, love, attachment, and maternal responsibilities. Explains and goes over many case studies including rats, sheep, prairie voles, and humans. Oxytocin deprivation proves to cause a mother to lose interest in its young and oxytocin increases in female rats have shown amazing results of the non-maternal rat taking care and showing defensive traits towards another rats young. It is the glue of society, so simple yet so profound. This source shows the connections between pair bonding and attachment between mates as well as mothers and their young. Well cited paper, with little bias but mostly hard facts, was published in the New Scientist magazine in 2008. This article will provide very important bits of information contributing/advocating my argument.
Walton, J. (2009). Oxytocin. In World of Molecules. Retrieved October 27, 2011
- This webpage document includes information about the basics of Oxytocins roles' as well as some history about the estimated age of the gene which derives from about 500 million years ago and is found in cyclostomes (modern members of the Agnatha). Links autistic children with oxytocin and shows deficiencies of oxytocin in their blood plasma, relating mental/social disorders with oxytocin levels. Discusses the effects of oxytocin on male rats as well as prairie voles, shows how oxytocin increases memory storage. This source also goes into Pitocin the synthetic version of Oxytocin and its uses in the labor room. Document is updated with credible references and has some pretty useful information as well as my first visual aid.
Friday, November 11, 2011
RJA #12c: Visual Aids
I plan on using a few figures in my argumentative paper first I will definitely include the picture of the molecular composition of the compound Oxytocin. I will use a bar graph to show my results for the surveys I have posted on surveymonkey.com as well as a collaboration of the interview results. I also plan on providing results from case studies in a table format to provide levels of oxytocin in the patients involved in the case study. I will also provide a image showing how oxytocin's greatest feat works (the transition of milk from the mammary gland to the nipple surface).
RJA #12a: Conversion from MLA to APA Style
Post, B. (2011, March 23). Natural Oxytocin, Anxiety and Depression. In Oxytocin Central. Retrieved October 21, 2011, from http://oxytocincentral.com/2011/03/natural-oxytocin-anxiety-depression
Robinson, M. (2005, June 23). The Big O' Isn't Orgasm. In Reuniting. Retrieved November 11, 2011, from http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_health_bonding
King, G. J. (1993). Reproduction in Domesticated Animals (6th ed., Vol. 9, pp. 144-150). N.p.: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Robinson, M. (2005, June 23). The Big O' Isn't Orgasm. In Reuniting. Retrieved November 11, 2011, from http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_health_bonding
King, G. J. (1993). Reproduction in Domesticated Animals (6th ed., Vol. 9, pp. 144-150). N.p.: Elsevier Health Sciences.
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