ATA5

For assignment five we were to commit 5 random acts of kindness to total strangers. In this assignment I held a door open for an elderly lady, helped a lady find her kid, flipped over a penny for luck, gave money to charity, and helped a girl pick up her fallen papers. This assignment was to have us see how one small act could affect others. We were to respond how we felt after the act and how the other person felt after. I felt that after each act I felt happy with myself and happy that I could help even if it was something as simple as holding a door open for them. As well as the response I got after of just genuine appreciation for what I had done for them.

In this assignment I learned that life is not just about yourself or you only helping people you know. Sometimes going out of your way for someone else can cause a ripple effect. Ripple effects can start small but have a large impact on the word. Small acts are not meant for the sole purpose of making you feel good they are meant to put a smile on someone else face. We never know what someone is going through and that one small act can impact there life in a way we could never imagine which is why it is so important that we commit these acts at least once a day.

I feel this assignment is similar to our Blog 2 post when discussing who we are as a person.  When initially doing the blog 2 assignment when discussing how I am as a person and student and measuring my self-efficacy. I feel it is easy to say I am a good student and have a high self-efficacy but what else? Am I also a good person to not just myself but to others as well or am I only concerned with the people I care about and myself and not that of total strangers.  Self-efficacy can be a tricky thing you can have all the confidence in the world in what you can accomplish for yourself but are you as confident in what you can accomplish for others? Life is about more than just yourself and the world needs to understand that if we want to make it a greater place for generations to come.

This assignment was relevant to me because this assignment was not a regular one this one was not about me but about others and how I could make them feel. I feel the relevance of this was huge the world is constantly getting more and more concerned about themselves and less about the happiness of others. We are in this world together and only we as a whole can change the world together. An example of this would be me helping the girl pick up her papers as people walked by more concerned about getting to class and themselves then the girl whose papers fell. The world needs to be kinder and one small act of kindness a day can help with this.

I included a picture of people holding hands around the world because together we can do anything and change the world for the better.

ATA4

For assignment 4 we had to take a Scale of Love test. We were given 42 questions and from there they were broken down into 6 sections. The sections consisted of the Ero, Ludos, Storge, Pragma, Mania and Agape category. The Ero section deals with the physical attraction. Then we have the Ludos section that deals with your manipulative side in a relationship. Next we have the Storge section that plays into friendships with your significant others. Following these we have the Pragma section that focuses on planning and calculation when it comes to love. We then have the Mania category that consists of ones uncertainty to be with someone in a relationship. Lastly we have the Agape category which deals with a non demanding type of love.

I learned in this assignment that on a lot of the sections I scored low which means I am high for this type of love.  I agreed with the results I got and found them spot on with who I am when it comes to my love life. I also learned that your love life has different factors that play into it. Beforehand I thought love was just one thing but after doing the questionnaire I realized that it has multiple different factors that play into it. And that love has a lot to do with oneself and not just solely on the other person. This assignment can relate to the assignment we just did on self-regulation and emotional intelligence. This is due to the fact that both relate to each other because while emotional intelligence is being aware of your emotions self-regulation is about using that awareness to keep you in check.   In a relationship we have a lot of emotions involved and we have to figure out how to control them while being aware of them as well, just like when you are in love you have to take into account your feelings as well as a whole other person. Relationships are work and with this love questionnaire it opened up my mind to see other aspects of love.

I found with this assignment it was relevant to me especially in the Pragma section I am always planning and trying to figure thing out so that everything goes well. However, since I am always planning things do not always go the way I want them which can result in me getting upset and cause issues in relationships I’ve had.  For example if I plan to go somewhere with someone and there late or we end up not doing something because something came up  I immediately get upset but I have been working on this trait so as to not let little things such as my mind and planning get in the way of the good times. The picture I included is of a couple and the balloons and flowers are just flying around in the wind. I chose this picture because I feel love just needs to be natural and unplanned I believe it played well into the Pragma section that I felt related to me the most and how I need to just let things happen and not plan them.

ATA3

In assignment 3 we were to watch a video of Michael Richard. In the video it shows him going on a tirade and calling out racial slurs to African American spectators who were talking during his show. We were then asked what we thought of the video and our point of view on it. After that we were asked if we felt that he simply meant to cause a painful insult or if his comments came from a deep hearted hatred for people of color. Once our opinion was taken we then had to answer if we felt racial slurs can be spoken without being racist.

I feel this assignment relates to chapter 5 “Attitudes”. First I think that this assignment played strongly on Richards’s attitude. The way he let his emotions dictate his attitude and how he expressed his attitude towards other around him.  During this video I realized just how fast attitudes can develop, I felt this scenario got real bad real quick. Then we have learning by exposure to others I feel in that moment whether we saw it or not I feel he learned from the situation mainly because it was so public and the fact that he was so well known.  In chapter 5.2 it talks about “When and Why Do Attitudes Influence Behavior”. This chapter I feel relates greatly to the assignment we were given, mainly due to the fact that it made us think  a lot about different point of views as well as what we thought he was feeling and why he reacted the way he did.

I feel this assignment was relevant to me because it caused me to think a lot. At first I thought it was just a joke and part of the skit but as it continued I was shocked that it was really happening.  A lot of times I feel I see how racial slurs can offend people and that’s why I try not to say things I wouldn’t want someone to say back to me. This assignment was really shocking and caused me to see that not everyone is as progressed as we think. The photo I attached is of two hands of different color holding each other. This shows that no matter your color we are all one.

ATA2

In assignment 2 we were to take six photos of ourselves and describe ourselves and how it represents us.   Once we picked the photos we were to explain why we picked those pictures in the first place and if they accurately describe me as a person. In two of my photos I was with my younger family members and the other four I was by myself. Each picture showed a different side of me whether my joking side, serious, loving, or protective side. All of the photos were me, no one photo was more me then the other.

This assignment relates to chapter 4 “The Self”.  It relates to self-presentation, self-knowledge, and personal identity. When talking of self-presentation it could relate to the picture I took with the filter and how I wanted to portray myself in a picture I was posting for other people to see. I wanted to look good and be complimented on my looks. When it comes to the other two such as self-identity and self-knowledge that played more into the why and how it represented me part of the assignment. I had to relate the pictures to me and dig deeper into the meaning and feeling behind each picture.

The assignment was relevant to me because it made me actually think about how I was feeling in each picture as well as how it portrayed me. I realized that the pictures of me all showed a different part of me. While some pictures of me smiling may have looked like I was happier than other I know looking at them that some were just for the picture. This assignment was very mind opening because it caused me to really dig and look at myself from different point of views and explain how it represents me. I included this photo because a picture is more than just a pretty face or a serious it’s about truly looking deep into the person to learn about who they really are in all aspects.

ATA1

In assignment 1 we talked about heuristics. There were four type’s representative, availability, anchoring and adjustments, and lastly we have status quo heuristics. Representative is when you make a judgment of someone based on what they look like and cast them into a group based off of it. Then there was availability this is when your mind makes a situation it has seen bigger then it was and more terrifying then situations worse then it. Then we have anchoring and adjustment this is when you set a set point for something and use it as you basis to go off of for negotiation. Lastly there was status quo this occurs when people believe something is better because they have used it longer as opposed to newer items.

I learned in this assignment that we often make judgments and decisions on things without knowing all the facts we take what we see and know and make a decision based off of that. This is not always the right answer I learned in one of my classes about the Stroop effect and with this it plays a lot on attitude and perception. How the things we see our not always what we believe them to be but what our mind see it as. I feel this was personally relevant to me because sometimes I see people for not who they really our but as what I see them as. And vice versa some people see me as unapproachable yet when they get to know me that always say they were totally wrong about me. They say I am really not serious at all but the opposite always joking around.  The picture I included is one of many faces. Because no one face is the same we are all different we can’t just make judgments on people we don’t know.