Jasmine Gibson

Module 13 Artifact This assignment was my favorite of them all because it made me happy. Which is fitting because the assignment was about what makes me happy. I am a simple person when it comes to being happy. The smallest thing could put a smile on my face and cause the rest of my …

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Module 6 Artifact I learned from this assignment that the phrase “everything happens for a reason” is true. Even as a psychology major, I believe in fate. I didn’t have the greatest childhood or best parents to look up to, but it prepared me for the life I live today. It allows me to connect …

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Module 8 Archive What I liked most about this assignment was being able to reflect back on who I used to be. It has shown me how much I have grown in the last couple of years when it comes to my behaviors. The subtraits that I exhibited and feel don’t show who I truly …

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Module 10 Archive In this assignment I learned that we choose to give our time to those who are most important to us. I do not give my time to a lot of people and that is because I don’t feel that everyone deserves it. There are only a few people in my life that …

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Module 9 Artifact I learned from this assignment that stereotypes are socialized into our brains. As children we are told what toys to play with, what clothes to wear, what colors to wear, and what is considered to be feminine and masculine. We are taught to stay in our designated roles assigned to us by …

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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 …

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After reading the article Emotion Perception Across Cultures, I was able to understand a common behavior of an exchange student from my high school. When I was in high school, there was this girl named Chiaki from Japan. She was always very sweet to everyone, cheerful, and always smiling. In the article, they mention how …

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I did not learn much from assignment number four because I have done similar assignments in other classes prior to this one. Although, this assignment reminded me that men and women are still subject to objectification in advertisements. Their bodies are used to sell products no matter how demeaning they may be. Advertising women as …

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I believe that fairy tales don’t reflect a shared set of cultural norms and values, they reflect the ideal goals of a society. Fairy tales are called fairy tales because they are based on things that would never happen in the real world because people aren’t that good in real life. People do not always …

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I satisfy my need for autonomy and competence in the area of academics by choosing my own major, classes, and schedule. When I decided to come to college I didn’t do it for anyone besides myself. I chose to major in Psychology and Sociology because that is what interests me. Another way I exhibit behaviors …

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