ASSIGNMENT 1
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Learning about the heuristics was interesting. I went over them briefly before in another class but did not understand them fully. At first, that was my struggle for the assignment. Being able to firmly grasp the content of each heuristic and associating them to other examples that I could come up with. I was unaware of the heuristics and their use for our minds and daily assessments of others and situations. I believed at first it was a learned behavior through observation but now I understand it’s tricks in our minds. It gave me awareness that these tricks can be misleading and led to bias.
It is relevant to me because my mind performs these heuristics on a daily basis. It is relevant because now I am more aware of my mental processes and can watch out for bias. It is important for my future career as well, to understand the way in which the mind works and apply it in my field of interest. Now I can make connections in understanding people’s thoughts that lead to their behaviors.
ASSIGNMENT 2
For assignment two, I found it difficult to talk about myself and choose what I wanted to say to answer the questions. I have learned about the self before, but this assignment made me reflect on myself and elaborate on what I already knew regarding the self. It was interesting having to connect pictures I have taken to how it expressed me as a person and how others saw me. Sometimes it can be difficult to express yourself to others and even discuss the faults you know you have within yourself and try to hide them from the world. However, the more you open up about them the more you aware. Knowing who you are and reading how people deal with themselves from this chapter is relevant to anyone and should be understood. The information in the chapter of the self can be helpful for understanding yourself.
ASSIGNMENT 4
Understanding who you are and what you like when it comes to being in a relationship with someone is an important factor in having a successful relationship. This topic in assignment four is very relevant to the writers. This was a self-assessment which you can apply to yourself and how you carry out a relationship. This may mean nothing to someone but you can take some of this information within the assessment and apply it if you wish. I can apply this by sharing it with my boyfriend because it’s important to converse on who you are when it comes to love and how you want to accept their love. I learned through this assignment that certain aspects when it comes to a relationship changes compared to the beginning honeymoon phase and months to years in. You make more sacrifices and accept their love in a more intimate way.
ASSIGNMENT 5
Through assignment 5, I was able to learn how easy it is to go out of your way for others and if we all continued to do that for each other, the community could end up a better place. I learned how much happier one becomes due to these actions because making others feel good, helps you feel good. This was a very relevant topic to one’s self. Taking the time to put others first for a moment can do good for the soul. One can hope that someone would do the same for them in return. This can be applied in your personal life in building relationships with others or giving back to the community. This assignment was really interesting and gave me a new perspective on taking the time to do something nice for others randomly. I enjoy helping others and this assignment got me back into doing that again.