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My brother got married in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago....it was the first time any of us had been there (except his now-wife; that's where her family is from). The reception was indoor/outdoor, and the flower girls spent the entire time chasing frogs that were climbing the windows, swimming in the pool, and in general all over the place. They were in frog heaven!
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How funny-- that picture is on the wall of Amelie's bedroom, and it even comes alive at one point. I bet you'll like the movie.
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My brother got married in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago....it was the first time any of us had been there (except his now-wife; that's where her family is from). The reception was indoor/outdoor, and the flower girls spent the entire time chasing frogs that were climbing the windows, swimming in the pool, and in general all over the place. They were in frog heaven!
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How funny-- that picture is on the wall of Amelie's bedroom, and it even comes alive at one point. I bet you'll like the movie.
I'm a HUGE Eddie fan.....AAAAAHHHHHH I'm covered in bees !!!!!
I like my women like I like my coffee-- covered in bees!
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In 2005 a psychologist named Jesse Bering performed an experiment examining how the idea of ghosts affects people's behavior:
I like my women like I like my coffee-- covered in bees!
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In 2005 a psychologist named Jesse Bering performed an experiment examining how the idea of ghosts affects people's behavior:
As part of his research, Bering examined how subjects were affected by the perceived presence of a dead agent. He had three separate groups of subjects take a computerized test where the highest score earned a $50 prize. The subjects were told that the computer program had a glitch in it sometimes the correct answer to a question would pop up on the screen with the question. This presented them with the opportunity to cheat at the task. By pressing the space bar, the subjects were told, they could delete the correct answer before they read it so they could respond truthfully.
One of the groups read a made-up memoriam before the test, stating that the fictional graduate student who developed the test had died. Another group also read the memoriam, and were casually told that the graduate students ghost had been spotted in the very room where they were taking his test. Those assigned to the third group heard nothing about a dead graduate student.
Bering found that the subjects who were told about the ghost were generally less likely to cheat, because the subjects hit the space bar more rapidly than those in the other two groups.
Cross-culturally, were seeing evidence of a belief in the absolute causal power of people whove died, Bering said. If I perceive that someone is evaluating me, whether it be my dead grandmother or God, Im less likely to commit a transgression, possibly because Im afraid of the consequences.
One of the groups read a made-up memoriam before the test, stating that the fictional graduate student who developed the test had died. Another group also read the memoriam, and were casually told that the graduate students ghost had been spotted in the very room where they were taking his test. Those assigned to the third group heard nothing about a dead graduate student.
Bering found that the subjects who were told about the ghost were generally less likely to cheat, because the subjects hit the space bar more rapidly than those in the other two groups.
Cross-culturally, were seeing evidence of a belief in the absolute causal power of people whove died, Bering said. If I perceive that someone is evaluating me, whether it be my dead grandmother or God, Im less likely to commit a transgression, possibly because Im afraid of the consequences.
