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ATA5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

This assignment\nwas relevant to me because this assignment was not a regular one this one was\nnot about me but about others and how I could make them feel. I feel the\nrelevance of this was huge the world is constantly getting more and more\nconcerned about themselves and less about the happiness of others. We are in\nthis world together and only we as a whole can change the world together. An\nexample of this would be me helping the girl pick up her papers as people\nwalked by more concerned about getting to class and themselves then the girl\nwhose papers fell. The world needs to be kinder and one small act of kindness a\nday can help with this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I included a\npicture of people holding hands around the world because together we can do\nanything and change the world for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATA4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For assignment 4\nwe had to take a Scale of Love test. We were given 42 questions and from there\nthey were broken down into 6 sections. The sections consisted of the Ero,\nLudos, Storge, Pragma, Mania and Agape category. The Ero section deals with the\nphysical attraction. Then we have the Ludos section that deals with your\nmanipulative side in a relationship. Next we have the Storge section that plays\ninto friendships with your significant others. Following these we have the Pragma\nsection that focuses on planning and calculation when it comes to love. We then\nhave the Mania category that consists of ones uncertainty to be with someone in\na relationship. Lastly we have the Agape category which deals with a non\ndemanding type of love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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\u2019ve 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATA3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In assignment 3 we were to watch\na video of Michael Richard. In the video it shows him going on a tirade and calling\nout racial slurs to African American spectators who were talking during his\nshow. We were then asked what we thought of the video and our point of view on\nit. After that we were asked if we felt that he simply meant to cause a painful\ninsult or if his comments came from a deep hearted hatred for people of color.\nOnce our opinion was taken we then had to answer if we felt racial slurs can be\nspoken without being racist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel this assignment relates to\nchapter 5 \u201cAttitudes\u201d. First I think that this assignment played strongly on Richards\u2019s\nattitude. The way he let his emotions dictate his attitude and how he expressed\nhis attitude towards other around him.  During\nthis video I realized just how fast attitudes can develop, I felt this scenario\ngot real bad real quick. Then we have learning by exposure to others I feel in\nthat moment whether we saw it or not I feel he learned from the situation\nmainly because it was so public and the fact that he was so well known.  In chapter 5.2 it talks about \u201cWhen and Why Do\nAttitudes Influence Behavior\u201d. This chapter I feel relates greatly to the\nassignment we were given, mainly due to the fact that it made us think  a lot about different point of views as well\nas what we thought he was feeling and why he reacted the way he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel this assignment was\nrelevant to me because it caused me to think a lot. At first I thought it was\njust a joke and part of the skit but as it continued I was shocked that it was\nreally happening.  A lot of times I feel\nI see how racial slurs can offend people and that\u2019s why I try not to say things\nI wouldn\u2019t want someone to say back to me. This assignment was really shocking\nand caused me to see that not everyone is as progressed as we think. The photo\nI attached is of two hands of different color holding each other. This shows\nthat no matter your color we are all one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATA2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nassignment 2 we were to take six photos of ourselves and describe ourselves and\nhow it represents us.   Once we picked the photos we were to explain\nwhy we picked those pictures in the first place and if they accurately describe\nme as a person. In two of my photos I was with my younger family members and\nthe other four I was by myself. Each picture showed a different side of me\nwhether my joking side, serious, loving, or protective side. All of the photos\nwere me, no one photo was more me then the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This assignment\nrelates to chapter 4 \u201cThe Self\u201d.  It\nrelates to self-presentation, self-knowledge, and personal identity. When\ntalking of self-presentation it could relate to the picture I took with the\nfilter and how I wanted to portray myself in a picture I was posting for other\npeople to see. I wanted to look good and be complimented on my looks. When it\ncomes to the other two such as self-identity and self-knowledge that played\nmore into the why and how it represented me part of the assignment. I had to\nrelate the pictures to me and dig deeper into the meaning and feeling behind\neach picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s about truly looking deep into the person to learn about who they really are in all aspects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATA1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In assignment\n1 we talked about heuristics. There were four type\u2019s representative,\navailability, anchoring and adjustments, and lastly we have status quo\nheuristics. Representative is when you make a judgment of someone based on what\nthey look like and cast them into a group based off of it. Then there was\navailability this is when your mind makes a situation it has seen bigger then\nit was and more terrifying then situations worse then it. Then we have\nanchoring and adjustment this is when you set a set point for something and use\nit as you basis to go off of for negotiation. Lastly there was status quo this\noccurs when people believe something is better because they have used it longer\nas opposed to newer items. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019t just make judgments on people we don\u2019t know. \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… <\/p>\n

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