Three things that I have learned from this course are things that are important to me (blog #5), the blinding effects of our own cultures (blog #8), and the levels of acceptance (assignment #1). In blog #5, we were asked to use the independent construal of self to describe who we define ourselves to be in our own eyes and the eyes of other people. Doing this exercise helped me learn what I find to be most important when defining who I am. Being a young adult, I lose myself a lot in my work, studies, and friends. I have to re-establish who I am when separated from the world and find myself.
In blog #8, we were asked to read an article to understand behavior responses from people of different cultures. This article placed emphasis on how blinding cultures are when we are submerged in them. We are only able to respond to things by the ways we are socialized to. In America, we accept other cultures but we are not taught to understand each culture individually.
For assignment #1, we were asked to read an article leveling acceptance and then choose which we identify with. I have always been aware of diversity and discrimination in society; but the terms I was taught are racist, non-racist, and those people in the middle. I didn’t know there were definitive levels of acceptance. After reading the article I learned that there are very deep levels of acceptance, and I am not as invested as some others may be.
Assignments that have related to one another all include the overall concept of acceptance. In blog 2 and assignment 1 & 3, acceptance is presented as something vital in order to prosper in life. In my future career, I have to learn to accept any person that comes through my door without judging them based on what they look like or where they come from. We all fall victim to making our decisions about people within a moment to help comfort us. The assumptions we make are used for the smoothest interaction, which a lot of times creates issues.
A concept I have learned in this class and another is temperaments in infants. Infants and children develop one of the different temperaments: easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up. I learned about this concept in my Child Psychology class during my freshman year. It is eye-opening because it better explains how to be there for a child depending on their temperament. It also gives an idea of what kind of adolescent they may be so when that time comes, parents are able to better understand why their child is portraying a specific behavior and how to properly discipline them.
I chose this image because it shows the process of me reviewing, comparing, and finalizing my decisions to choose which assignments I have learned the most from.