Three things I have learned this semester, or segments I took into closer consideration, was the usage of heuristics and how they work, the complexity of discrimination and prejudice, and “the self.” The overarching theme I found in these things is there is always at least one detail we miss when we perceive people or social situations. With research and information we have now, we can examine and more carefully concur what its happening when we witness or personally engage in social interactions. There are many moving parts when socializing or interacting with people that have been explored and discussed over the semester, such as the evolving, or rather, revolving self, our preconceived notions and conditioned ideologies of people and situations, and how quick and eager we are to briskly characterize and categories people and situations. I have had many courses that had functioned like building blocks, but never as intensely as Social Psychology, or PSYC 304. Every chapter has grooves for aspects of the next and the one after to connect to, and it is truly fascinating how much I have learned about a topic I thought I already knew much about. The assignments connected as well. The most noticeable connection I found was when I did Assignment 2 and Item to Archive 6. These assignments both had to do with the self however, the two together painted one bigger picture: The self changes situation to situation because of past experiences formulating attitude, personality, and ideology.

Below is a picture of my “process” of learning, for so I took it. I usually read my textbook own my phone (not pictured due to my phone being my camera), then I handwrite notes – something I recommend to every student, and then I use my computer too complete assignments.