Blog 10

This semester I feel like I achieved as well as overachieved my expectations of this semester. My overall love for my major has grown and I’m excited about what the future of my major will be like. Social psychology really helped me to understand why people do certain things and also helped me better understand myself. Something that I would do differently if I took the class again is that I would time manage the assignments better. There are a lot of assignments that could be due on Sundays and sometimes it would interfere with other assignments that I have for other classes so if I was better at time management then it would be less stressful. Academically I grew by becoming a better writer with the major assignments and the WordPress assignments. Something I would take with me for my professional career is trying to help others better understand something about themselves or their relationships with others. Below is an image that represents what I believe my biggest improvement was which is writing.

Blog 9

One of the things that we learned this semester that I found really interesting was the ted talk on how ads are dehumanizing women. I have noticed before the video but the video really educated me more on the topic. This also relates to our previous blog where we looked at how women were treated in relationships. Another thing that I found interesting was one of the top artifacts that were about the role the media has on the news and how it creates panic. This also relates to blog 5 where we discussed ads that have the qualities of credible and non-credible. Finally, I also enjoyed Blog 3 which showed us how music and relationships have a connection with each other. It was really interesting how music plays a big role in relationships be it romantic or just friendship. I feel like this relates to assignment 4 where we had to take a lover survey to find out what kind of love we are. Although I couldn’t find any connections to outside class because they are so different I still enjoyed these topics. Below is an image that represents my overall experience of learning this semester.

Blog 8

For heterosexual relationships, men and women have a widely different perspective on sex and their relationships. The reason for that is because the different genes located in there in each partner have different reproductive interests. With these differences, it’s very common that one partner may upset the other without it being their intention. For example, a partner may lie about something in order to strengthen the relationship or satisfy their relationship goals. However, a partner may also pretend to show what their partner wants in order to gain something from them. An example of this is when a man pretends to be emotionally available to their girlfriend but they are only doing it to increase their chances of having sex. Personally believe this tactic that some men have is truly wrong and can be considered manipulation and could ultimately lead to an abusive relationship. The reason for that is because whenever she doesn’t want to have sex it could anger him because of the times before they did when he was “emotionally available”. As for women they may send signals of sexual interest to their boyfriends in order to gain nonsexual resources from them. In other words, they may allude to sex in order to gain money, gifts, or other materialistic things from their boyfriend. If the relationship ever came to an end the women would have to stay cautious of the man. The reason for that is that men have shown to become stalkers of their former lovers. With un ableness to handle the breakup, they would try to threaten their ex to come back to them. Men may also blackmail the ex by saying that they will leak inappropriate pictures of her online. This could also be the other way around where the woman is stalking her ex in order to get back together with them. Overall the people that do these things seem like they don’t care for the other person in the relationship at all and are only focused on the sex and the personal gain they can get from the other. Also, feel like people need to be emotionally ready for a relationship before they get into one and understand that it is going to be difficult to maintain. As well as to have a conversation with their partner about what they believe the relationship is and what they want out of the relationship so there is confusion between them. Below is an image that shows a couple struggling in communication.

Blog 7

In this week’s blog, we were assigned to watch a video about Self Regulation and Emotional Intelligence. Self-regulation is the ability to monitor their emotions, thoughts, and behavior to what is happening around them. An example of this is being excited or being angry in a certain situation but you are focusing on trying to calm yourself down. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand these emotions that we feel turning those emotions into a positive way to overcome obstacles. An example of this is if someone is an artist and they are showing off their work. They then get into a conversation with someone who believes that the artist could have gone in a different direction with their work or done something completely different. Instead of the artist getting angry with their criticism, they could use that criticism to help them be a better artist. the way that I display emotional intelligence is in school and in my work. When I get assigned a lot of work that’s due on a specific day I do begin to stress and worry. However, to combat this stress I would begin to plan out days that can complete each assignment throughout the week. Something that I have a bad habit of when I’m stressed or feel overworked is that would ignore the assignments because I just want to relax. To end things off I took an EQ test and the results are posted below.

Blog 6

For this blog, we were instructed to watch a Ted Talk about how ads are dehumanizing and over-sexualizing women. Prior to this video, I have taken notice of how the advertisements would do this solely for the purpose of selling their product. Something that I didn’t realize but realize is a true problem is the use of photoshop in these advertisements or magazines. I agree with what she says about how it places these unrealistic expectations of the female body on younger. Having these false expectations in their heads could leave them feeling insecure about their bodies. It could also have young girls to start an eating disorder habit trying to get as skinny as these models. Not only does it put unrealistic body expectations in women’s minds but also for men. A man will see these ads and want women just like the ones they see in the ads to reject or insult women who don’t fit those expectations. Also agreed with the statement that the over-sexualization of women also puts them in danger of sexual harassment. Women may put on clothing that is revealing what they enjoy were and not with the intention of attracting the male gaze. However, men would see this and automatically assume that they wore that for them, and proceed to sexually harass them.

Here is an image that perfectly represents the issue that we are talking about. Perfume ads focus more on the sexual appeal of the ad rather than focusing on the product.

Another one that shows this and also the ad symbolizes taking advantage of women.

Here we see a company using an unrealistic body of a woman in order to push their product for weight loss.

Here a company promotes their product by focusing on “innocence” but really are sexualizing younger girls.

This ad dehumanizes women by comparing them to animals.

Blog 5

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For this week’s blog, we had to choose three different advertisements that had the qualities of credible, non-credible, and one that was attractive or pleasing to the eye. Image #1 is an advertisement for the famous car company Lexus. This advertisement shows the credibility just for Lexus’s expertise in cars. With Lexus able to stay around for long and also perhaps other people’s recommendations people trust that they will get a good car from them. Image #2 is an advertisement for the chip company Popchips. Here we see the world-famous singer Kate Perry with the bag of Popchips. This is a non Credible source because of the personal gain that both Kate Perry gets and what the company gets. Kate Perry may not even enjoy the chips but the money the Popchips paid could have been more valuable to her. For Popchips it helps their sales by having a world-famous pop star promoting their product. Finally, for image #3 see a photo of NBA basketball player Spud Webb promoting Pony basketball shoes. During his years in the NBA Spud was known for his dunking ability at only 5’7. It’s clear that this attractive source trying to garner the attention of young kids or people of similar height as Spud. When someone of those characteristics sees this ad they immediately believe that the shoes are the reason why Spud is able to jump so high and begin to want them.

Blog 4

A Look over the grade for our first exam I’m grateful for how I was able to get a good grade. With this test, I read over the sections that the test was about and try to spot key phrases like definitions or vocabulary. Then would create a Quizlet on them which makes it easier for me to study. I agree with the tip of checking over what you got wrong and checking the right answer because it could help you see your mistakes and come up with a different strategy to study or remember something for future tests. Another thing I forgot to look over was Powerpoints this could have made it a little easier to study because it’s almost a summary of sections on Pearson’s textbook. Below is an image of the score I got on our first exam.

Blog 3

In this week’s blog, we were assigned to read an article about how music and relationships have a connection with each other. It explains how a person’s music preference can provide information about them even if you just meet them such as their core values. People with similar music tastes can exhibit musical bonding early into their relationship. Personally, I agree with what this article says because I have similar music taste to my friends and have similar values. We both like to listen to hip-hop music when we hang out. Also, believe that the same music taste creates a better bond between each other. My older brother introduced me to most of my favorite artists and songs, and we have a strong bond between us. However, when I meet new people I would like for them to have a similar taste of music with me I’m not opposed to them not liking the music I’m into.

Soundtrack:

Armed and Dangerous By Juice WRLD

LIFE WE LIVE By MAVI

GHOST! By Kid Cudi

Runtz Remix By YungManny

Brace Face By Rod Wave

Power trip By J Cole

Blog 2

For this blog, we completed a General Self-Efficacy Scale along with what we are learning about self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is the belief in onces self that one can control their emotions to complete a task. For the survey, we had to read 10 questions and answer with the numbers 1-4. One being that the question is not at all true, two being hardly true, three being moderately true, and five being that question asked is exactly true. Once down you need to add up all the numbers and see the results. Also, the overall scores can range from 10-to 40. My overall score on the General Self-Efficacy Scale was high. I got a 32 which means that I have general self-efficacy. For the most part, I agree with the results that I got. I believe this because for the first job I had to keep composure in order to complete my work. I worked at a grocery store and at the end of the day I had to organize all of the dairy and frozen aisles. Also had to move pallets of frozen products to the freezer and had to do all of this on my own. Also have had to do this for school because I would procrastinate on assignments. However, I do work better and am more focused when I am working under pressure.

Here is an image of the Self-Efficacy results

Blog 1

My Overall expectation for this course is that I will further my education and knowledge in psychology. I also expected to better my writing skills through the essay assignments. I also hope to expand my love for psychology and the future that I can have with it. Strategies that I can use are using a planner or calendar in order to visualize when assignments are due. Also, I have trouble or questions then I will contact my teaching assistant for help.

I chose this meme because it perfectly shows the heuristics that almost all kids have done during a test. If you are not sure of an answer on a test just chose C and you will get the answer right.