ATA 5:
For assignment five, the assignment at tasked had to do with paying good deeds forward to random people throughout the week and recording their reaction to this good deed, how we felt about the good deed, and other questions that help pick apart the good deed that was given. When physically completing the deed during the week, it was hard at the beginning to find people that would be open and receiving of the good deed, but then I decided to not look for the people instead I decided to look for the deed itself which made things easier for me. The five good deeds that I had performed were all at different locations of places that I had visited during the week. I even got the chance to perform a deed in a different city! I had went back to Richmond, my hometown, for a few days during the whole week and found the best opportunity to pay it forward while I was at the store getting supplies for a big cooking event at my grandmother’s house. My favorite reaction that I received while completing this assignment was when I had bought the man’s groceries at the self-checkout in Walmart because the man had forgotten his wallet. He was very appreciative of me buying his groceries and what had made me happy was I didn’t even see how much it cost I just swiped my card because I wanted to bless someone and it made me feel real good on the inside. I feel that everyone should practice paying it forward because it can be very rewarding for both parties involved and you may even be blessed in many ways just by paying it forward to others. This will also result in the world becoming more sincere and connected within each other. The image I decided to include for this assignment is a picture of the food that we had made when going to my grandmothers house. This picture is important for this assignment because it resembles the day that I did something for someone that was very huge and it impacted me in many ways as well.
ATA 4:
For assignment four, we were asked to complete the Styles of Love Questionnaire and discuss our reaction to the survey and how gender roles plays a part in the different styles of love. I have only dated two people in my life and my first relationship I thought I knew what love was, but instead this relationship taught me what love is not and also taught me that I deserve to be treated with respect. The survey consisted of questions that all added up in the end different scores for different types of love and if the score was higher above the mean than you were considered low for the type of love and if you scored below the mean then you were considered high for the type of love. The type of love that I scored the high on that type of love was euros. This type of love contained questions that had to do with strong physical preferences in a relationship that includes early attraction of other other person. I agree with this type of love the most out of all of them because when I meet someone for the first time, I am first attracted to the person by their looks and then I see if there is an emotional connection after. A persons physical characteristics, as bad as it sounds, is a deciding factor in continuing the relationship or not. I am currently in a 3 year almost 4 year relationship and he honestly is my best friend. I tell him everything and can’t imagine a life without him in it. When we first met, I had approached him and definitely was physically attracted to him, but instead of trying to shoot my shot I just asked to be friends with him first. This then started the foundation of our relationship which hopefully in the future will continue into something more. The image that I am deciding to include for this assignment takeaway is a picture of me and my current boyfriend. He is from the Bahamas and he is a little bit older than me. This picture was taken in the summer and we had went to the river that day in the city of where we live.
ATA 3:
For assignment three, we were asked to watch a video of Michael Richard and discuss whether or not we feel that the words Richard said were racist or if his behavior was a result from his anger of the people talking during his show. After watching the video, I was honestly distraught and felt a lot of hatred towards Michael Richard. I began searching him up and searching up why society hasn’t cancelled him yet and classified him as a racist. However, I shortly started to do more searching on the topic and assignment at hand and I started to believe that Richard may not be a racist person, and the words he said may have stemmed from his anger during the comedy show and he wants to make the people hurt for talking during his show. This does not make what he said right at all in any way, but it has helped me understand the reasoning behind why he may have done what he did. At the end we were asked to discuss whether or not we feel that racial slurs can exist without any racial intent behind it. I answered by mentioning how many African Americans use racial slurs in their songs and their generally is no racial intent behind it, but there are certain people in this world that use the racial slurs as a way to hurt a certain race which then becomes an issue and makes racial slurs not acceptable in society. The image that I decided to include for this assignment is an image of my two favorite artists that are clearly African Americans and they both use racial slurs that Richard had used in his video. These rappers use the racial slurs not in a racial way, but in another way to say a man or person.
ATA 2:
For assignment two, the task was to look at a representative group of photos of myself that reflect who I am and explain how they represent who I am. The photos I chose for the assignment best reflect who I am and outlines the different aspects in my life. This assignment revealed how people view me which is something that I have been obsessed with my whole life. As a kid I was very insecure because of how I look and after my first relationship I left that relationship feeling even worse about myself. Looking back on how I have changed in the past and including these specific photos in my collection shows how much I have grown. My true personality is starting to show and I am more insecure in my body than I have ever been. This assignment really hit a sensitive moment in my life for me and it opened my eyes to how far I have came. Also, I am able to connect this task about self image and self worth to my child psychology class. In my child psychology class, we are learning about how infants use their social and emotional cognitive skills in order to determine the infants self image and their own personality. The visual image I decided to include is a picture of me where I feel the prettiest. If I were to try and take this picture back when I was very insecure I would think I look ugly, but this picture boosts my self-confidence up and makes me feel beautiful.
ATA 1:
For assignment one, the task was to define Heuristics and the different types of heuristics and an explanation of each type. We were also asked to write about how heuristics can lead to incorrect inferences. This assignment opened my eyes to how individuals makes a decision based on different factors. I can easily related heuristics to my child psychology class and what we are currently learning. In this class, we are currently studying how children decide to do certain things based on what they have seen their parents or other siblings do. Also, this assignment is relevant to a situation that has happened in my life before. When I was younger, I had watched a movie called Soul Surfer. In this movie, a teenage girl had her arm removed from a shark attack. After watching that movie, it took me years to get over my fear of the beach. I was scared every time I saw the beach that I would get attacked by a shark. This example of heuristics is a common example that I am sure many teenager and kids have experienced. The visual image I decided to include is a picture of availability heuristics and how it is common in situations like shark attacks or plane crashes.
