Blog 10
When I reflect back on my first blog, I realize how much anxiety I had about this course. The layout of the course and the pace of the course seemed so overwhelming at first. Now that we are coming up towards the end of the semester I can honestly say social psychology was more interesting to me than I expected. I believe I met the objectives of the course as best as I could. My biggest hurdle with any semester is home-life balance, this can often times make me fall behind in my academic studies. This semester was very emotionally taxing on me due to the war and my family being in immediate danger however, I still managed to do the best I could with the circumstances. I have learned how to navigate word-press and learned one of my favorite subjects was learning about relationships. Although I initially wanted to become a children’s counselor, my interest was more focused on interpersonal relationships this semester. The skill that I have gained throughout this course is to not allow myself to become overwhelmed by my initial judgement.
Blog 9
The blog posts and the weekly top artifacts were my favorite aspect of this course. The weekly blog posts allowed you to connect the chapters we were reading to real life examples. This even helped me reinforce what I was learning in my organizational psychology such as discrimination. Although in organizational psychology the examples were related to workplace setting while social psychology there were broader examples. The top artifacts helped me develop a deeper understanding of the social norms and how people react when we push those norms. It also helped me develop a deeper understanding how the empathy-altruism hypothesis plays a huge role in my daily behavior.
Blog 8
When it comes to women and men the book men are from Mars and women are from Venus could not be more accurate. Men and women tend to have very different communicational styles. Men tend to always be in problem solving mode while women tend to be more emotional. Women will often want to vent to their partner while men will give advice on how to solve the problem. This can create a rift because women do not want the problem to be solved but rather feel heard and understood. This will only annoy the man because he has no idea what he did wrong, and often times sees the women who is venting as complaining.
The reason I chose this picture is because this perfectly illustrates how men and women tend to think differently. Women are often emotionally charged and tend to over analyze situations. While men are not as emotionally connected to themselves and tend to focus more on what is going on around them. This can cause so many issues in relationships often huge arguments.
Blog 7
When it comes to self regulation it requires understanding and patience. You must understand social norms to understand how to adequately respond to certain situations. This was something I had to learn while in the military that usually required minimal emotional response while emotional intelligence is rather more complicated. Emotional intelligence is much more complicated. It is fundamentally understanding yourself in every situation and how you will respond. It is also the ability to control your responses in the best way possible. This is also having the ability to possibly understand how those around you might respond as well.
This was the result of my emotional intelligence exam. When I got married I had to learn how my emotions and actions impacted my husband, and together we had to learn to problem solve. Once I had my daughter I had to learn how to handle stress and be positive to ensure our home was thriving. Emotional intelligence does not necessarily have to correlate to age but rather life experience.
Blog 6
Blog 5
This is an attractive source advertisement that is used by many major companies today. Taylor Swift is an artist that is known around the world who has a huge fan base. Her fan base is more likely to try anything that she recommends, especially when dealing with anything diet. She is thin and attractive therefore if she drinks diet coke then it must be ok for me to do so as well.
This is a credible source that is spreading awareness for breast cancer. This is to persuade women of all ages to keep regular check ups and to keep in charge of their own health. It is part of the pink ribbon program and for breast cancer awareness month in October.
With everything going on in my Birth Country I wanted to show a non credible source that also pushes Russian propaganda. This is another tactic that many countries use trying to persuade people from not doing something. From time to time it is positive such as smoking kills while others are aimed to keep people silent. This is a tactic to keep the soldiers in the dark from what is happening in the world.
Blog 4
When it comes to exams I have always been a nervous test taker, and this is often reflected in my exam score. In order to avoid any unnecessary stress I always highlight the chapters as I read. Then I go back and take notes from these notes I create flashcards. An old trick I use is that I always either have hard candy or gum while I study and this helps me with retaining and remembering answers. Prior to this class I never looked at my exams and studied the questions I did not get correct. This was very insightful especially since the answers that I got wrong I either rushed or second guessed myself and changed the answer the very last minute. This is something that I will try to be more cognizant of and also learn to slow down when taking exams.
The evaluation of exams
I found this image because it represents me every single time an exam is coming up. The week prior it is usually not something I worry about and I study a littler here and there. A few days prior I begin my intense study session and my stress levels begin to rise. This is around the time I begin taking out the notecards that I made the week prior and stress eating hard candy. Once the exam is over I am so relieved that all I can think about is taking a nap. Then a few weeks later the cycle repeats itself after another exam is announced.
Blog 3
They say that music is the window to the soul and I have to agree. Music is a wonderful indicator of mood and can help alter the atmosphere as well. It is also a wonderful tool to bond with those around you and can be a wonderful conversation stater, on top of it is also a wonderful educational tool. My husband and I both instantly bonded over our music selection, we both love all genres of music and are open to listening to everything. There have been a few times where we do disagree like my love for techno and his love for folk music but because we love each other we endure and listen to it. Over the course of our marriage our music change has altered and grew with us. For instance our playlist used to consist of G-Easy and Blake Shelton were as now we listen to worship music and Blues Clues.
Kids songs on repeat
I took a screenshot of my current Spotify playlist because my entire day revolves around my 20 month old daughter. A few years ago my playlist would correlate to how I felt and it was a wonderful way to bond with my friends. Now most of day consists of various kids songs that help with Education. I also listen to quite a bit of worship music to help with those amazing tantrums that my daughter just began to exhibit. Raya and I love listening to blues clues and have even made up various dances to some songs. Often time is she is not in the best mood or very upset I can throw on some music and we can change the mood inside the home. Music is a wonderful tool throughout life.
Blog 2
When it comes to Education our household takes it very seriously, and we strive to always have it as a priority throughout the week. As a student I am organized, punctual, and responsible. I try to constantly stay on top of my classwork but, it can become difficult when life is pulling you in different directions. I believe I am a very confident student, my main struggle is time management or a lack of time. Being a stay at home mom has its challenges and can make it very difficult to focus on school. Most of the time I end up doing classwork at the end of the day after my daughter is in bed. This leaves me with no down time but it does give me an opportunity to allow all of my focus be on classwork. The struggle is usually if anyone in the household is sick, my husband works 40 plus hours and usually comes home right in time for dinner. If my daughter is sick I am the main caretaker and this usually leaves me short on time to get anything else done. This is were my confidence as a student goes down because there is simply not enough time throughout the day to get everything done. I was surprised that my score was 37 for the General Self Efficacy Scale and I hope that one day it will be 40.
Mama needs some coffee
This photo was taken after night 3 of no sleep, my daughter was not only teething but she was also sick. This was my first week of classes and I was trying to catch up on my reading material. She did not want anything else but to be by my side. In order to get some work done I ended up reading her chapter one of organizational psychology, she was more interested in the pictures but it helped both of us just to sit on the couch that day. Most of my days revolve around my daughter and I try to improvise as much as I can to get things done.
Blog 1
The fundamentals of this course is to help people understand the behaviors of individuals and groups. It also gives us an insight on how we as individuals process this information. This can be quite beneficial throughout life because it gives you a new perspective of those around you and how to better gage problem solving. This new perspective can be applied in personal and professional atmospheres. It is also useful because it can be a mirror into your own patterns of behavior and give a better idea as to what makes you think the way you do. overall for this course I hope to gain insightful information that can help me navigate through everyday life. In order to be successful in this course my main strategy is to make sure I am organized and have good time management.
Raya’s first time making friends
The imagine that I choose is one of my daughter Raya(in the red sweater) as she learns to navigate through the social dynamics of life. I choose this imagine for a few reasons ,first this is the way I feel currently as I begin learning about social psychology brand new and clueless. Secondly ,interestingly enough my daughter understood a few social norms without any direction. This was something she naturally picked up from her environment. She automatically knew to wait her turn when needing something, she shared her toys, and finally she was engaged with the other children. This is mind blowing to me as a mother because this was one of her first few interactions with children her age due to the pandemic. This automatically reminded me of chapter one and how our environment tends to influence our behavior.