Blog #2

“Outside the classroom”: I chose to share this image because I feel that there is a disconnect between what we are learning and actually experiencing it. This photo came from my time in field botany, without putting what you have learned in the classroom to the test often times you never learn, you simply memorized!

	Not at all true	Hardly true	Moderately true	Exactly true
1. I can always manage to solve difficult problems if I try hard enough	□	□	x	□
2. If someone opposes me, I can find the means and ways to get what I want.	□	□	x	□
3. It is easy for me to stick to my aims and accomplish my goals.	□	□	x	□
4. I am confident that I could deal efficiently with unexpected events.	□	□	□	x
5. Thanks to my resourcefulness, I know how to handle unforeseen situations.	□	□	□	x
6. I can solve most problems if I invest the necessary effort.	□	□	□	x
7. I can remain calm when facing difficulties because I can rely on my coping abilities.	□	□	□	x
8. When I am confronted with a problem, I can usually find several solutions.	□	□	□	x
9. If I am in trouble, I can usually think of a solution	□	□	□	x
10. I can usually handle whatever comes my way.	□	□	□	x

I believe that I am a student that understands the value of college and puts forth the effort required to succeed. Being older I have experienced the “real world” and know what doors open with the proper education. Due to this my current level of confidence is fairly high. Scoring myself a 37 out of 40, or a mean score of 3.7, giving my self three moderately true scores for the first three questions. The reasons why I did not give myself a higher rating comes from past experiences. For starters, the first question “I can always manage to solve difficult problems if I try hard enough” is only mostly true for myself because sometimes no matter how hard I try I cannot solve a problem without the assistance of others. Overall, I feel that I am a confident student but that was not always the case. Over the years I have become more familiar with the process and have persevered through many difficult courses. I believe that these self-efficacy results directly correlate to my overall performance at ODU and I plan on using these skills to continue growing as a student.

Blog #1

https://humanhow.com/en/list-of-cognitive-biases-with-examples/ “Logic versus Creativity”: I liked this image because it is a simple visual representation of how our minds work.

The course “Social Psychology” (PSYC304) will help me in the future by providing me with the information and skills to learn how to better understand others. I am happy to say that I expect to thoroughly enjoy this course, the readings have been relatable and engaging thus far and I look forward to the following chapters. I hope to gain a broad understanding of how our brain interprets the information given in different forms. Having taken online courses in the past there are some strategies that I plan to carry over into this course. Due dates and quizzes are all handwritten in my calendar and crossed off each day to ensure all assignments are completed on time.