ATA4: 3/20/2021

In assignment 4, we were asked to do five nice things for people we either did or didn’t know. For my first act of kindness I cleaned my boyfriends room and did his laundry while he was at work because I knew that he was having a rough day. When he got off work, it made him happy to see that his room was clean and was thankful that it was one less thing that he had to worry about. For my second act of kindness, I helped this girl that I didn’t know in one of my educational buildings pick things up off of the floor when she had accidentally dropped everything in her hands. I could tell that she felt relieved that I was there to help and she thanked me before we went our separate ways. For my third act of kindness, I payed for the person behind me in the Starbucks drive thru line because the man in front of me did it for me and I wanted to pass the act of kindness along because it made my day and I wanted to make someone else’s day as well. For my fourth act of kindness, I told this girl I saw outside of the restaurant that I was at that I really liked her dress. She smiled, and I could tell that it gave her a little confidence boost on her date. Finally for my fifth act of kindness I did the dishes in the sink for my grandma so she could relax after making a meal for the family.

Doing acts of kindness towards people you know or even people you don’t know not only makes yourself feel good, but makes the other people feel good too and I think everyone should try and do one nice thing a day for someone all the time, not just because it was an assignment given. When someone receives an act of kindness, they are more likely to pass it on to someone else because they liked the way that they felt when it happened. Personally, I enjoy the way it makes me feel so I believe that others do too. My life would change if I practiced doing this every day because I would feel better about myself knowing that I made people’s day. You never know what someone may be going through and doing something small for someone might change their mindset.

 

ATA3: 2/27/2022

In assignment 3, we were to complete and score the Styles of Love Questionnaire and look at how our means compare with those of our gender. If you scored high, that means that you’re low for that type of love, and if you scored low, it means that you’re high for that type of love. For the first category, the items show strong physical preferences, and the number to score for women was a 2.3. I got a 1.42, which means I am high for this type of love. For the second category, the number for women was a 3.6, and I got a 4.14 which means I don’t have a manipulative quality and I don’t think having a deception of the lover is acceptable within proper limits. The third category was a combination of love and friendship. I scored a 1.57, and the average score is a 2.5. This means that I am high for this type of love, and that I find it important. For the fourth category, it focused on desired attributions of the lover. I scored a 2.71, and the average score is a 2.8, so that means I am high for this type of love as well. The fifth category was symptom love based on uncertainty of self and the lover. For women, the average score is a 3.0 and I scored a 3.85 which means I am not uncertain of myself or my lover. Finally, the last category was about an all-giving, non-demanding love. The average score was a 2.4, and I received a 2.71, meaning I am low for this type of love.

Looking back at my scores, I would have to say that I agree with them. However, even if these scores were a little bit off I don’t think that they are completely 100% accurate all the time. I do believe that the amount of time that you have been with your lover also plays a role in this questionnaire as well because a newer couple won’t have as good as a relationship built as lovers who have been together for years. You need the time to grow with each other and really build that trust. Couples who complete this questionnaire at the beginning of their relationship most likely will have different scores if they re-take it after a while of being together. I know that would be the case for me specifically, I know that I would have different answers if I completed this questionnaire a couple of years ago, rather than now because we have matured and our priorities have shifted as a couple. I found this questionnaire to be really eye opening, to allow me to get a better understanding of my love languages.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2022/01/what-your-love-language-says-about-you-five-types 

I added a pie chart that shows all the different types of love languages because that is what this questionnaire reminded me of.

 

 

ATA2: 2/6/2022

In assignment 2, we were to find 6 photos that best represent who we are. The pictures that I thought represented me were pictures of myself that my friends have taken of me, photos of my family, my dog, my boyfriend, me with friends, and photos of food that I have taken.

Photos that my friends captured of me show how they view me and how I view myself. This shows that I like getting my picture taken, and that I believe I am somewhat photogenic. I like taking pictures of those who I love, which explains why I have a lot of pictures of my family saved in my camera roll so I can go back and look at them in the future. My dog is one of the best thing to have come into my life, she has saved me in so many different ways, and I felt like she was always there when I felt like I had no one else. I picked her out 10 years ago, and I knew she was the one when I called the name I was going to name her, “Bailey” and she came running over to me. My boyfriend is also an important part of my life and I love taking pictures together, and of just him so we have memories to look back on and smile about. I love hanging out with friends and it seems like every time I hangout with them a new selfie or photo gets added to the collection that we have saved in our camera rolls. I love trying out new restaurants and coffee shops, and I have a tendency to take artsy photos of the food or beverages that I ordered if the presentation is nice.

This assignment made me think deeper about why I take pictures of the things that I do. I always tell people to take pictures of everything: of the people you love, with them, and your adventures constantly because its so fun and when you look back on them you will enjoy them so much. This has really helped me because right now I have 3,348  photos and 1,702 videos saved in my camera roll and I don’t regret it at all. I love scrolling through them and enjoying everything that I have captured.

This is a collage that I made of the 6 things that I discussed above. The first picture is a photo that my friend took of me, the second is a photo of my dad, the third is my dog Bailey, the fourth is my boyfriend, the fifth is me and some friends, and the last one is a photo of dinner that I took one night at a restaurant.

 

 

ATA1: 1/23/2022

In Assignment 1, we were to think of original examples of how people make decisions using representativeness heuristics, availability heuristics, anchoring and adjustment heuristics, and status quo heuristics. This assignment helped me to be creative by using my own imagination to come up with examples for each of the four heuristics that were not given in the textbook. This also allowed me to get a better understanding of each type of heuristic because I got to come up with ways that were easy to remember.

For representativeness heuristics, I gave an example of a materialistic thing that points towards wealth. Someone who drives a fancy car might be seen as wealthy in other people’s eyes, but that might not necessarily be accurate. For availability heuristics, my example was an individual looking at the weather in the morning while drinking their cup of coffee and seeing that its supposed to rain, their mood is then affected all day because of the forecast. For anchoring and adjustment heuristics, my example was coaches and players. Players make the adjustment to advice their coaches give them to better themselves. Finally, for status quo heuristic my example was a family only buying Ford vehicles, and not moving on to a different make because they have owned them all of their life. This would make them have a strong opinion towards the company.

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This cartoon portrays a man reading a newspaper about a plane crash leaving 12 people dead, and saying he will never fly on an airplane again. This exemplifies availability heuristics because this is an event that is not frequent in occurrence, but the man still brought it to mind thinking that he will experience the same event.