My number one archive is finding out whether people like the people who are like them or do they like people who are the opposite as them.  This was fun because I got answers to support both claims. People who like the opposite of them wanted someone to be different because they found themselves annoying. It was interesting to see because I wanted to compare what people like me would say. I wanted to have a picture represent people comparing each other and finding similarities and differences.

The self activity was also fun to take part in. I evaluated myself in certain situations like at work, in class, or with my friends. I reacted in different but similar ways. Each place I was held a certain standard of professionalism that needed to be met or I would not meet the norm. For example, I have to be active at work and ready to get task done whether i want to or not. But I can be a lot more relaxed with my friends and don’t have to take part in the activities if I don’t want to.  I chose this picture represent adaptation. 

For this archive I had to do a survey (I think it was done in class) that asked me a variety of questions on different subjects. The questions conflicted themselves and made me feel weird if both of my answers didn’t match up. One question wanted to know how I felt about how seat belts increased safety. Then it asked if i always wear a seat belt. My answers didn’t match up and I would try to justify why they didn’t to reduce the feeling of dissonance. We don’t want that feeling as humans so we justify our actions to make it seem OK in those situations. The picture gives a visual with the definition. 

There was a list of racial groups and I had to pick adjectives from a list to describe them. Then compare them to the list from lists that were from years back. My list was similar in some ways but I could see that some stereotypes have changed. Maybe my list is a little bias because what I picked is what I believe is true. I believe that there are a lot of lazy people and not just one race that’ lazy because I’ve grew up seeing different types of lazy people. This activity is low on my list because it was hard to just accept certain stereotypes since I really don’t like to think like that. I wanted a picture that can get people debating the question, “Why stereotypes are harmful?” 

The last artifact was seeing if it was true that men are looking for attractive younger women and women are looking for stable older men. I believe that you’ll end up with who you are supposed to be with. Love finds a way. There are people who make both of those claims true but I didn’t find a lot of people who agree with them. In class I learned that you typically pick someone with the same level of attractiveness. Men do pick someone who is more capable to bare children instinctively and women do pick men who care provide for their children. I believe that The standards of the claims don’t have to be met. I see more people in a relationship around the same ages than an age gap. It was fun to test but its something I don’t agree with. I chose this picture  because I’m looking for real love and I think other people are too.