Blog 10
I still don’t know how to best interact with those around me. I did learn how prejudice and discrimination are formed and how to change my attitudes and behaviors. I plan on turned in my work on time mostly and attended my meetings with the instructors to better prepare myself for my tests. My attitude about social psychology hasn’t changed, I still think its silly thinking you can manipulate people to think or feel a certain way about something or someone. I would do all of my assignments if I took this class again missing out on free points is lame. Always holding a positive attitude and helping others will always make someone have a better day, and ingratiation is a useful thing for moving up the work totem-pole.
Blog 9
The fifth assignment was mostly there for a writing assignment but having to perform acts of kindness was really enjoyable and could easily spread smiles among the community. If more people took the time out of their day to make someone else smile the world would be a much better place than it currently is right now. While looking back at the artifacts I liked the one where I had to find people who both liked unique situations more and having a familiar thing to go back to. People were happy with both situations and most of the time it was more depending on their personality. People enjoy being around others and new situations are always fun to be in. A long standing relation needs to have some amount of common ground so that both can having something to reason to. I enjoyed looking at my test and seeing how I could improve myself. Taking time to learn how things work so I can better interact with the material to make the the next interaction better is useful and can translate well to all classes. Heuristics and prejudice are what constitutes our racist stereotypes. This is because we all quickly draw a conclusion from seeing a group doing something and quickly tie it back in to the stereotype and agree “yeah, they must all do this”. This is why over time they change and become less damaging to the look of the group.
Blog 8
Women and men don’t always see eye to eye about some things. Sex is one of those things. Women tend to use sex to get the emotional aspects fulfilled, while men use emotions to try and get sex. Because of this opposite genders tend to butt heads about being fulfilled with their aspirations. In a relationship women don’t like it when a man chooses someone other than her when he is bringing up emotions. Men don’t like when a women puts out only when she knows that she’s going to get something out of it.
Blog 7
Emotional intelligence or EQ is how you handle yourself is certain situations. Not everyone is a calm movie star and can handle themselves on a stage with many people watching. Some people are better at helping people come together and have a good time, where as some people can inspire others to die for them. The ability to understand and manage emotions is something that people have varying degrees of control over. You can have a greater control over your emotions if you self regulate, take time to breathe and check back on yourself to see if there might be a reason other than your knee jerk instinct.
Blog 6
Many advertisements have changed women from being just the opposite sex, and are now considered to be objects that are to be used or altered. This is strange and a bit disgusting. With the added abilities of current year technology we have the ability to adjust our images and this helps them look more real by having less real proportions and a filter to help change what you are into what you should be. I don’t engage in many things that have ads, as from a young age I moved from the television to the internet, and more recently with their insertion of advertisements on websites ad blockers have become more relevant. I only notice billboards and the covers of magazines while I’m in line for check out, this must have helped me avoid contact with such grotesque attacks on the female body. The over-sexualization of models has made it so the items that are women are more likely to be acted against by those who have no self respect or control.
Blog 5
The toothpaste that comes recommended by medical professionals and experts in their fields can give credible information that is believable to the public, and most likely was not made for the sole purpose of gaining money. The Elvis coke ad is an not credible source as their entire goal is to make you purchase their product. They are not out there trying to make a product that is helpful to the general public, they just want the most money from the most people. Micheal Jordan makes Gatorade look good because if a celebrity likes something, so should I. This makes the ad the attractive source.
Blog 4
What I learned is that to better take a test I should review the study guide more frequently when going over the readings again. Formulating what to look at would benefit my grades more than doing nothing at all. Knowing how the tests are structured helps prepare for the next test by giving me the knowledge of how the questions are articulated and what similar items they make to distract from the real answers. This test I will do more than just cramming before the test.
Blog 3
The article Soul Meets Body talks about the connection between music and relationships. My friends hold similar musical tastes as I do; However, they have a more single genre preference where as I will listen to almost anything. I share many core values with my friends and we have similar hobbies too. I think that the connection to music doesn’t lead people into a sense of belonging, but it helps to share more of an emotional timestamp for how you felt or when you felt life was better. Dethklok Fansong – ODU, they want to siphon me for my blood, tears, and money . Grover Washington Jr Just the two of us – Future wife, slow funk makes it easy to dance to and it has a positive message about how we can do anything. 竹内 まりや (Mariya Takeuchi) Plastic Love – ODU SSA, The song is about a woman who loses the love of her life as the love was all fake, where as I have many friends from the club I don’t think I’ll keep playing smash brothers competitively after college. Fall Out Boy Thnks fr the mmrs – high school friends, I don’t hang out or communicate with my high school friends but I cherish the memories that we made together. K/DA POP/STARS – College friends, most of the people from SSA make it into this song as we think were better than we are, but sometimes we do cool things. RISE The Glitch Mob, Mako, and The Word Alive My parents, They are always supportive of my decisions even if they don’t agree with what I do all the time. DBangz Thick N*ggas & Anime Tiddies – Me, I’m a loser but I have fun doing what I enjoy even if it’s a terrible decision.
Blog 2
I believe that I’m a lazy student with a lack of motivation and who could spend more time to make my thoughts and projects have enough time to bloom. As a student I’m losing confidence as I’m taking my time and going at a slow pace as my high school friends have finished school and I still about a year left. I would feel better about my self and be more confident in my abilities if I had higher grades and put in more work into my school work instead of slightly above the bare minimum. I scored a 28 on the basic self reflecting self-efficacy test, I know I have the ability to do work and be efficient, as when crunch time comes i’m usually on top of my work, even if I had been putting things off for a bit too long. In the scenarios that I find myself unfamiliar in I perform worse, yet if I spend some time to watch those around me it helps to lead me to what I should be doing instead of what I’m doing.
Blog 1
My expectations for the course are that I will understand how people think, and learn how to better interact with those around me. I will know how prejudice and discrimination starts, and how I can form and change my attitudes and behaviors. I plan on turning in my work on time and attending my meetings with the instructors to better prepare myself for my tests.
