Blog 10
I believe I have a better understanding on how a person’s mind works now than before I started this class. Not everyone behaves or thing the same but there are ways to understand the mind of others. I learned in this class that there is still a lot of prejudice and hate in this world and that society still has a lot of work to do to change that. What I want to take with me from this class is that to understand that everyone is different physically and personality and it is okay. I want to empathize more towards others rather than assume the worst or stereotype.
Blog 9
I learned from this class that Social Psychology and Human Services have more in common than I thought. Both deal with a person’s emotions and behaviors. Assignment takeaway 1 and 3 spilled over my HMSV class in the sense that when becoming a HMSV professional a person must be open to new things and be open minded towards others cultural differences. HMSV also encourages equality to all and how racism and prejudice can be harmful and wrong in the field. In fact they do not tolerate such a thing. I truly enjoyed this class and hopefully I can carried on what I learned in this class towards my career.
Blog 8
Men upsetting women:
Lying is a big no no. Women get upset with men when they have the nerve to lie and they catch them in that lie. However, women also get upset when a man is too honest, for example telling them that they look like hot mess. Women get upset when I guy does not talk, they want to know their feelings and their opinions in order to have a connection with them. But then it angers them when men talk too much and they can not wait for them to shut up. Women get upset when men do not open up and show their emotions, again it comes back to making a connection. If they show too much emotion, then they just look dramatic and whiny and that just upsets women.Basically men could just be standing there breathing and that still gets women upset.
Women upsetting Men:
NAGGING and being CLINGY. The end.
Blog 7
According to the YouTube video by Ms. Linda Ferguson I believe Emotional Intelligence and Self Regulation are sort of the same. What we think is actually what we feel. I feel like you can not have one without the other. For example, at work I make sure that I keep it professional and know better than to act up or fool around . I know to be professional therefore I act professional. However what I need to work on are my knee jerk reactions when ever I get defensive if i feel like I am being criticized. I know I should not get all worked up and say things that could be hurtful however it is part of defense mechanism when ever I feel verbally attack. But I am working on that!
Blog 6
With the video of Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly III it did not come to a surprise to me the way advertisements work. I kind of knew this for a while now. She mention how majority of the face of the advertisements are mostly beautiful white women, which in the past was true but today they did change that. Now there are women of all colors, however one thing has not really changed, beauty. In some magazines women are still being perceived as having to be young, beautiful and skinny in order to sell a product. It is almost telling the consumers “buy this product and you can look just as beautiful as her”. I am actually doing what Ms. Kilbourne did, not paying attention to the ads. Its not worth my time and I do not want to lower self esteem because of it. I am happy who I am and I do not need a product nor look like a model to make me feel good. If I do want a product I would want the product to fit me and not the other way around.
Blog 4
Sooooo I definitely bombed this first test. Not sure how, I keep beating myself up about it. I have never been a good test taker, I always get nervous and second guess myself. This test was also very different than other tests that I have taken from other previous classes. This test was more critical thinking rather than studying a bunch of key words and defining them. For the next exam I need to take the time and look at my notes and the review sheet more. At least I have an idea what the test format looks like so I have a better idea how to study.
Blog 2
I believe I am a slightly confident in myself when it comes to the type of student I am. I try to hand in assignments on time and even do the extra credit. Though I feel like I can do a better job when it comes to studying. Sometimes its difficult for me to actually sit down and read a textbook. I’m good at retaining information in naturally, ONLY if I find the information is interesting. Its a lot harder when I find it boring. But I put my hard work in it and it builds my confident up when I get positive feedback from my teachers and also words of encouragement from them and my family. Till this day I still go to my mother and tell her whenever I get a high score on my tests.
Blog 1
Hello my name is Chloe Andres and I am currently taking this class for my BS in psychology. I am prior military and I reside in Chesapeake VA. I am originally from Queens, New York so I am a big METS fan. I miss New York but I realized that I am not for the fast pace life anymore. I have two children, a boy and a girl and they definitely keep me busy! For my day job I work for the military library as a library assistant. I love my job especially when it comes to cataloging the library collection. In the future I would love to pursue a Master’s however I am still undecided in which field I would love to do. Right now I am just taking life one step at a time with a smile. I hope to learn with this class because I really enjoy helping people so my wish is for this class to help me enhance my ability towards helping others.
