Blog Ten
I think I’ve met a lot of the objectives that were set out from the start of the semester. My attitude towards social psychology has changed significantly as the semester has gone on. I find it much more intriguing now than I did over the first few weeks of the course. If I was taking the class over again, I would try and approach it with a more open mindset at first instead of just doing the assignments because they were due. I feel as if what I’ve learned in this class has helped me in both my personal life and my academic life. I re-learned the importance of test taking strategies and it made an instant improvement in my exam scores across all my classes. Personally speaking, I think learning about attitudes and body language will be the biggest thing I take away from the course because we deal with them all the time even if we don’t realize it.
I chose this image of my grades to show my growth in the semester as I feel my scores in all classes improved as I learned and applied my test strategies. Without them, I’d have struggled mightily to achieve the scores I did.
Blog Nine
Over the course of this semester, my work on my e-Portfolio has taught me what to look for in credible and not credible advertisements which has changed the way I shop and view some products. The EQ test from blog seven showed me a lot about myself through answering the questions on it and made me realize how important it is to value myself. I was also able to identify and take advantage of new test taking strategies after reflecting on my exam scores in the fourth blog entry. As for tying in what I’ve learned and written about in my portfolio, artifact one and the first assignment takeaway both talk extensively about heuristics which was something I had never even heard of before taking this class. I think another notable thing about heuristics is to look at how different my examples are in my takeaway compared to artifact one’s examples. Talking about nonverbal communication in chapter 3 was interesting because I was able to tie that back to management classes I’ve taken where proper and healthy nonverbal communication is always preached as being one of the most important aspects of the workplace. I included a picture of my Social Psych folder as to how I broke apart and managed my learning this semester for this class.
Blog Eight
My main takeaway from reading the assigned article was that communication in a relationship makes a world of difference. Often times, it’s a lack of communication or something of that sort that makes problems much more significant than they would’ve been with adequate communication. I think men can anger women by focusing only on their body or the sexual side of a relationship while detaching from the other areas in the relationship. Men not listening would be another one I see on a regular basis. As for women, I think they can make men upset by being too emotional at times. I’ve seen a few of my friends get mad at their girlfriends for talking about the same problems over and over again even after they had made numerous attempts to fix the issues. I chose the no love image because it makes me think of arguments and how they can hurt relationships.
Blog Seven
I think the relationship between emotional intelligence and self regulation is an important and necessary one. Emotional intelligence to me is using your emotions in a manner in which you are furthering yourself as you pursue your goal. Self regulation is one factor in overall emotional intelligence as it talks about handling our emotions and taking the time to think about our next move before we actually do it. I think owning up to my mistakes when I do make them is a part of how I display emotional intelligence, but I know I could definitely do a better job at listening and being more understanding. I included a picture of my EQ test which told me a lot of what I already knew about myself. I need to spend more time reflecting on what really matters to me instead of just trying to work through those feelings. I’ve had points in the past year where I can recall feeling so burnt out that I didn’t want to do anything. I’ve come a long way from being that person, but I know there’s still so much more room for personal growth if I invest the time necessary.
Blog Six
After watching the TED talk, I realize how blind I’ve been of such an important issue. It’s not something I’ve ever really thought about on a larger scale. I see now how advertisers photo shop or edit their ads of women to meet the accepted standard and just how wrong that is. I selected five advertisements to help further my point and that I think are relevant to the topic at hand.
The first ad I chose shows a women in a bikini asking about your beach body. This ad seems to try and imply that the only acceptable beach body is being slim and fit enough to wear a bikini out. My second ad choice is an ad for the Burger King Super Seven Incher sandwich which relies heavily on a classic sexual trope which is just uncomfortable to think about especially from Burger King. The third ad I chose is from the World War II era which talks about women actually being useful since all the men were fighting. This ad basically puts down all women and says they weren’t useful before the war began. Advertisement number four is a woman opening a bottle of ketchup while basically saying that it’s simple enough for a woman to open it. The last ad I chose is an ad from Mr. Clean that shows a woman cleaning and connects it back to Mother’s Day. This one I feel is in particular bad taste because it’s more recent than some of my other options and it makes that bridge to Mother’s Day which should be a day of appreciation and love, not cleaning or scrubbing like the ad suggests
Blog Five
For this entry, I went with three distinct advertisements to display what a credible, non credible, and attractive style of advertising looks like.
I went with Greenpeace’s advertisement on global warming for my credible source because they’re one of the world’s most well known environmental groups. They also don’t take funding from any sources that would damage their credibility such as governments or private interest groups. Greenpeace has been around for over 50 years and has a foothold in over 50 countries so I think they’re credible.
I chose to go with Oprah advertising for WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) for my not credible advertisement because she is a direct partner and owns many shares of the business. Despite having actually used WW in the past, it’s hard to tell if she really believes in the product or if she’s just trying to keep the business afloat since she’s one of the partners.
The attractive source I went with is a Nike Air ad which is attractive to me because it serves as a reminder of my childhood and my love of basketball. I always wanted to be able to jump and dunk like the pros and the shoes always made me feel like a whole new player whenever I laced them up.
Blog Four
I learned from reviewing my first exam answers that I need to slow down and take more time reading the questions because most of the questions I missed were simple. I could’ve also highlighted questions on my study guide that left me unsure so that I would know to go back and review that material again. Another big thing I’ll try and do is spacing out my study guide so I can review a specific unit per day instead of trying to study everything all in one sitting and having it jumble up in my head. I think being able to see the feedback on what I did get wrong makes me want to work harder going into future tests because I know I haven’t tapped into all of my potential as a test taker. I chose a highlighter for my representative image because I’ve always found highlighting my notes to be a really great strategy for me personally.
Blog Three
For me, music and relationships seem to go hand in hand. I feel like I do generally get along better with people that have similar music taste because it gives us common ground. As I’ve grown up, I feel like my values and what I consider important in relationships has changed to reflect what I’m going through in my life at that moment in time. All of the songs I chose below hold significance to me. Same Energy works for my ex because she came back into my life when I started doing better for myself, but I told her to keep the same energy she had when I was going through some tough times. Happier Than Ever describes me currently because I’m genuinely the happiest I’ve been in a long time. My mom’s favorite song is This Gift, she’ll be singing it for days if she even hears the melody. My best friend’s favorite artist was and still is the late Mac Miller and The Spins has always been his go to song. My brother’s favorite song is Righteous or any other song by Juice WRLD. My outlook on life is perfectly described by older because I’ve dealt with a lot of tough moments but they’re all just part of getting older.
Blog Two
After answering the General Self-Efficacy scale’s questions, I had a score of 34 which means the mean score is a 3.4 across the 10 questions. I believe that I’m a good student and I don’t feel that I lack confidence at this point. I’ve always loved to learn and it became evident to me as I started growing up that asking questions is the key to understanding material. Voluntarily going to tutoring when I didn’t understand a topic also helped out a lot. At this point in my academic career, I enter each class expecting an A out of myself. I think if I spend more time studying and work to manage my time more efficiently, I can meet my expectations. I think looking back at what I’ve set out to accomplish and then actually accomplished really does make me feel proud because even when I didn’t know how I would do it, I’ve done it and kept the ball moving.
Blog One
I think that the objectives outlined in the syllabus will help me in the future because it’ll help me to better understand other people and what’s going through their mind. I think it will help me to make more informed decisions when it comes to subjects such as voting or who I trust with what information. I expect to work hard in this class and for my knowledge and attitude to be tested. I’m hoping to gain an A in this course and learn more about the ins and outs of social psychology. I will have to apply effective time management and test taking strategies to achieve my goals. This means less time on social media and my phone as a whole which opens up more time for me to study and complete my work.
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Availability Heuristic: I chose this image because shark attacks on people are rare, but many people overstate the risk due to movies like Jaws.