Blog 10
I would say my expectations match up with the outcome of the course. I wanted to be able to have more psychology knowledge and a better understanding of people in social settings. I have told people close to me about the things I’ve learned, and even feel like I understand why people act the way they do in real life better. I achieved most of the course objectives. I know some of the procedures social psychologists use, I have a better understanding how attitudes are formed and changed, and I know some factors that influence our liking for others.
My attitude about social psychology has changed. I didn’t realize how much information there was to learn. When I thought of the class before I didn’t realize there were a lot of technical definitions, and how many aspects apply to social psychology. We learned a lot about others, but also so much about ones self. I learned about what I think about myself and what kind of love I prefer. If I took this class again I would spend more time reading the textbook. I read the chapters to learn the material, but I wish I would have gone back to reread them so I could remember as much information I can to really learn it.
One way I have grown academically from this class is time management. I would set aside a few hours every week on the same day to complete my assignments. I had a bad habit of doing assignments right before they were due, but I have gotten a lot better at doing things before hand. One skill I have gained is a better understanding of myself. I have been working on managing my emotions and new ways to react better in situations.
The visual I chose is a screenshot of my current grade in this class. I thought this is a perfect visual image of my academic growth because I have an A in the class.
Blog 9
I learned the most for my e-portfolio completing the weekly blogs. The assignment for blog two was completing a self efficient quiz. The results showed that I am a pretty self efficient student. I scored pretty well in the three categories, and the only reason I didn’t get a higher sore is because a lack of confidence. Also, another one of my weekly blogs helped me learn about my emotional intelligence. My scores from the online quiz showed a high score for social awareness. This helped me realize I perform best working with people. One last thing I learned is from my assignment takeaway. Assignment four in this class was to take a quiz on the type of love I prefer most. My results from the quiz made me realize my current relationship focuses on the unconditional and intense emotions love.
Blog eight asked questions about an article written by a psychologist. The article was about how men and women want different things from relationships. It was saying the men want many different sexual partners and women want one good partner to provide a family. These statements are based on human biology of men and women. This relates to my assignment takeaway for assignment two. The second assignment was picking photos and writing about what type of person you are based on the photos selected. One of the photos I picked was about my relationship. I am in a serious and long term relationship and plan on marrying my boyfriend. This backs up the statement in assignment eight about women wanting to pick a good partner to start a family with.
In the social psychology textbook it talks about schemas in chapter two. Schemas are mental frameworks that help us organize thoughts. In my lifespan development psychology class, we learn that kids start developing schemas very early in infancy to express ideas and thoughts through exploration and play.
I chose a screenshot from the social psychology book about schemas. I remember reading about schemas in this class and remembering I already learned about them from lifespan development psychology.
Blog 8
The article about sexual conflict shows that men and women have different interests when it comes to sex that can cause an array of different conflicts. This article talks about how women want few sexual partners that fit into the type of person they want because they are thinking more about babies and picking a good partner. While men want more sexual partners because biological they don’t have as big of interest in parental duties. This article talks about the stereotypical idea that women want a husband and babies, while men want sex. After reading the article it did make me want to roll my eyes at the typical stereotypes, but I do have to agree with most things its saying. Generally, most women do care more about having kids and men have sex on the mind more.
One way in which men upset women from seeing it first hand is the lack of listening. It happens to everyone around me, including myself with my own boyfriend. He sometimes doesn’t listen when i’m talking about smaller things happening in my life. A way in which women anger men would be lack of communication. Instead of telling my boyfriend when i’m upset, sometimes I say nothing is wrong. This causes conflicts because it drags out the issue.
I chose one image where a woman is upset at a man and another image where a man is upset at a woman. The first image the woman is upset because the guy is checking out another girl. In the other image the man is upset because it looks like the woman is ignoring him.
Blog 7
Emotional intelligence is being aware of what your feeling and being able to control and express your emotions. It is important to work on your emotional intelligence to help your professional and social life. A good way to do this is through self regulation, which is the ability to regulate your emotions to respond to things in a more acceptable way. Our emotions can have a strong impact on us and how we react to things. If you can practice things like breathing exercises you can regulate your emotions and respond in a more appropriate manner rather than lashing out.
Emotional intelligence is very important to me. I am the type of person who can be ruled by my emotions, so being able to help control them can help my relationships with other people. I have been dating someone for almost two years and being able to regulate my emotions better could greatly improve our relationship. I think a good way I could improve my emotional intelligence is by practicing the breathing exercises from the video. I think the breathing exercises can help encourage me to respond in a more thoughtful way when having an argument because it would prevent me from saying something rash. 
The above picture is a screenshot from the emotional intelligence quiz I took online. My results show a high score for social awareness, and average score for the other categories.
Blog 5
The first advertisement picture I chose was for the credible source. It is an ad to persuade people to stop smoking. I think this is a very clever and impactful ad. It was released by the NHS, also know as the National Health Services. I think this shows good credibility because it was released by the national and widely known health services that specialize in helping the public become aware of any health related news.
This is the picture I chose for my non credible source. This ad is an excellent example because of the very clear miss spelling. They meant to say public schools, but instead it says pubic schools. There also isn’t a source on the advertisement and the color and the font isn’t very appealing.
The last picture I chose is for my attractive source. It is an ad featuring Kendal Jenner, a well know professional model. I think this is a good attractive ad because it shows an attractive girl promoting the soda. Also, she is surrounded by a bunch of people smiling making the image visually appealing.
Blog 4
Going over test 1 results really helped me for the other tests in the future. After going over the results I added to my notes, and also tried to look over the material I got wrong in the book so I would have a better understanding of the material I struggled with. To prepare for the exam I read over chapters 1 through 4 thoroughly and took notes at the same time. I tried to learn the material by looking at a bunch of the examples in the book so I wouldn’t just memorize the information, but actually understand it. For the other exams, I’m going to try to do more of the study guide. I spent more time just reading the chapters and I think the study guide will help out a lot. Also, I think one great thing about reviewing the tests answers is I now have a better grasp on what to expect for the next tests and how they are formatted.
This is a picture of my notebook. It is titled social exam review and contains a couple of pages of notes I took from reading the book.
Blog 3
I think the connection between music and your relationships with people is very important. I personally do not listen to rap and a lot of other music types based on my values. This is the same for my boyfriend and we connect through this because we like the same music and don’t listen to the same ones based on our views. I think this brings us together because it forms a connection. A good example of this is the fact my boyfriend and I both love listening to more old school music and we can listen to it together and sing along which brings laughter and joy. This can instantly help you form a connection with someone if you can both jam out together.
My soundtrack:
Life Outlook: Everything’s Gonna be Alright (Bob Marley)
My Faith: What a beautiful name (Hillsong worship)
My Family: We’re All in This Together (High School Musical)
Significant Other: Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
My Friends: Stand by Me (Ben King)
Me: She’s a Bad Mama Jama (Carl Carlton)
I chose a picture of a sunset because they are one of my favorite things to experience. I just recently saw a sunset that looks exactly like this picture.
Blog 2
I think I am a good student. I complete majority of my assignments on time and pay attention during the lectures for my classes while taking notes. I also take the entire day before an exam to study hard and prepare as best I can. I would say I have average level of confidence as a student. I think I am capable of doing my work and learning the material, but I think there is definitely room for improvement. I struggle in some classes because the material doesn’t come as naturally. One way to increase my confidence is for me to believe in myself more. Sometimes I am not sure of myself and my responses so I never raise my hand in class and second guess responses on homework assignments.
For my self efficient quiz results, I scored average on the three categories. My highest score was for the ability to grow with effort. I think these results show a lack of confidence in my skills but a willing to grow and improve.
Self Efficiency Quiz Results
I chose this image because it shows my results from the self efficiency quiz we had to take for this blog post. I scored around 75 for each category.
Blog 1
The course objectives are going to greatly help me in the future. These objectives outline what we are going to cover and learn over the whole semester. I should be able to look at the objectives and answer each one and have the ability to discuss or explain them. If I cannot do that I know that I haven’t been studying enough or absorbing the material. If I have a good grasp on this course and the material then I feel I would be able to give insight on each objective.
For this course, I only have a few expectations. I think I will come out of this course with a lot more psychology knowledge. I will be able to understand people in social settings, why they think and act the way they do, and be able to use appropriate definitions and recognize social explanations in my everyday life. I am hoping to gain a lot of knowledge so in my life I can recognize things I have learned in the course to understand and even help people understand themselves. A lot of people might know what they are feeling but not understand why they are feeling this way. If I have the knowledge I can help people improve their lives by better understanding themselves.
I intend to check my syllabus every day to make sure I am caught up on all of my assignments and know all of the due dates so I can start working on my assignments and submit them in a timely manner. Also, I am going to set certain times every week to read the assigned chapters so I can make sure I am learning and gaining the information for this course. I want to check in to make sure I am reviewing over everything posted to get myself ready to excel on the tests.
http://www.verywellmind.com/availability-heuristic-2794824
I chose this image because it is an example of a heuristic. We learned all about heuristics in chapter 2 of the book. This first assignment was based on heuristics and examples of them. I thought they were important because of how much they were spoken about and emphasized so I chose an example of one. I chose a visual showing an availability heuristic.