Blog 10
After rereading the first blog, a lot has changed. I wrote how I thought the coronavirus was big because of media but everything else has killed more people. Now, that seems a little stupid. Even with everything going on i have managed to still keep up with assignments and do some early! I feel good about my grades and I have learned a lot during this class so I thank you for that! I learned what I set out to do. Why people say mean things, why we think the way we think in groups, etc. I chose this photo because it shows the growth to knowledge which I feel we all need to know and do to better the world.
Blog 9
Pardon my messy handwriting, but the above photo shows my thought process for how I came about my top 3 things I have learned in this class so far or the top three things I found the most interesting.
Our emotional intelligence or how well we know what we are feeling was interesting to me because I took two different types of quizzes which were supposed to measure your EQ. I scored high in both I found that interesting. I related it to our Assignment 4 which was us taking a love survey to see which types of love we were high or low in. I find this related because you have to know your emotions in order to know how you love.
The entire chapter on self was interesting because it took a lot of looking back at yourself and understanding your self and what makes you, you. I related this to our Assignment 2 about Who am I? Am I a good student? Am I funny? I enjoyed getting introspective.
Prejudice, stereotypes, racism. Why do these things exist? What makes them happen? This was also somewhat into the self chapter, but I’ve seen it in almost every psychology class I’ve taken. Some form of discrimination either sexism or racism or ageism is in every psychology class because we want to know why we do these things. I related this to Assignment 3 where we had to watch a video about a comedian going off the deep end, why did he say those things? Is he racist or just being funny?
In this course, one thing stood out to me and reminded me of something I learned in another class, Psychology of Women. It is not mystery that women compare themselves to what we see in the media. We want to be accepted and when we see people who look different get accepted more, we want to be that, look like that. This reminds me of Blog 6 in which we had to watch a TedTalk about the media and how it shows us how very different women are from men. Or at least that’s how the media shows it.
Blog 8
I will not lie, this article was kind of confusing but I think I understand the gist of it. Basically, it states that men and women are different. In the article they stated that they show differences when they have to choose if emotional or physical infidelity is worse. I learned about this in high school and from what I remember, men found physical infidelity worse and women found emotional worse. I find that just interesting. Above you will see two pictures that in my experience show what really upsets the opposite sex in heterosexual relationships. Men get upset when women “nag”, shop too much, or honestly what I see the most is when they focus on the wrong things the other has done instead of the good. I think all women do this at one point, even my wife does. For example, your partner wants to do something nice so they load the dishwasher, small, but nice, instead of going “oh thank you for doing that. I appreciate it” they go, “You loaded it wrong” I have seen that so much. Men upset women when they belittle or “mansplain”, that is honestly the biggest thing. Almost everything else can be tied to women feeling belittled or not as important. Overall, I found this article confusing, but interesting when I understood the gist of it.
Blog 7
As you can see from the picture above, Emotional Intelligence has many different facets. Emotional Intelligence or EQ in general is the ability to identify and manage your emotions. According to the video we watched self regulating is be able to deescalate the emotions you may feel from the oldest, evolutionary part of your brain. We can do this be doing breathing exercises. I took two different types of emotional intelligence quizzes. One was just being able to identify emotions you see on other peoples faces. The other was more about me and being able to identify my own emotions and being able to control them in a way. For both I scored high, but I also am around people a lot, especially children. My own wife you have to be able to know from her face, her energy, her body language how she is feeling. I can usually tell if someone is off if their energy is different or if they just look not themselves. You have to be emotionally intelligent to be able to identify your own emotions and regulate them so you don’t do something you may regret later. I am typically good at being able to not overreact or start a fight over nothing. My problem is that I may sometimes see something that should warrant a reaction but instead I look from the other persons perspective and am then no longer angry or my anger just doesn’t last long. At word, it can get quite frustrating when children are screaming or fighting. These next two weeks in general at work are going to be difficult due to all the children that will be there due to the shut downs of schools. When that happens I know to take a deep breath and walk away or have them walk away and just calm down, even if they are destroying the classroom or screaming “no” at me. I can recognize my limits. That is emotional intelligence and self regulation.
Blog 6
I was worried I would find this Ted Talk boring, repetitive and overdone, but I actually found it very informative. I had seen some of these ads but to be honest, I have become so desensitized to them now unless they bring a lot of media attention. I mostly see the good ads the ones that show different types of bodies, etc. I will say I do see how these ads have affected me personally, I find myself wanting to pull off outfits in ads that I feel I cant because my boobs are too big or my stomach isn’t flat enough, even though I know that it is photoshop and not real. I even see the point about how each sex is shown differently, like the children’s clothes. I work at a daycare and I have see 1 year old girls wear shirts that say, “Pretty and perfect” or “Pretty like my mama.” I have seen boys shirts that say, “chick magnet” or “Ladies man like my dad.” And I say, “You’re one. You are not a chick magnet” but to be honest I don’t think much about the girls shirts as i am used to them. Although to not focus on the bad i have seen shirts that say, “Smart is the new pretty,” “Invent the future,” “future genius,” and shirts with feminists icons on them. While it may not be much it is a slow movement up. This Ted Talk showed me things i didn’t know were advertised in certain ways like the children. I have an ad, Picture A, that shows this and it is disturbing as are the other ones that show racism, sexualization, photoshop, and how differently men and women are viewed. I think about makeup ads and how they only ever show women, but recently they are starting to show men too because men can wear makeup too and i think, while the world has a ways to go, we are going in the right direction in terms of representation.
Blog 5
Picture A represents a credible source because it comes from someone who knows their field and knows what they are talking about. They can therefore be trusted and the product will then be trusted and bought.
Picture B is a noncredible source because the quote, the person on it and so forth have no actual credibility in their field and therefore what is stated about Gatorade has no credibility either. People will still buy this product though.
Picture C represents and attractive source because this is someone we see everywhere, they are popular, in the media’s eye, etc. Due to this we want to like what they like because obviously they know best even if they have no idea what they are talking about but we will buy it because they buy it.
Blog 4
I did not do as well on this test as I would have liked. The first test is always the hardest in my opinion because we do not know exactly what to look for yet. We have the review and study guides in some classes but still are unsure exactly what to focus on. Now, I know exactly what the tests will entail and will then be able to prepare better. I did not space the review out over a week, I probably should have. I should probably also write better notes as well. While I find this class very intriguing, I need to crack down on the tests!
Blog 3
According to the article our music selection shows our core ideals and values. While I feel this may be true in some respects, some music preferences are just what we have grown up with. For example, I grew up with country and still to this day will listen to country, but my wife didn’t start listening to country until she met me, but we share core values and ideals. I feel music preferences do not necessarily always show our core values and ideals and just because you don’t share the same music doesn’t mean you don’t share values. Sometimes music shows where we are in life or what we are dealing with and sometimes it is just a good song. I chose the photo of the palm trees because one my wife is from California and I love it there. I love the palm trees and just the feeling of being able to be myself with no fear really like I experienced in Texas.
My Soundtrack:
Me: Rainbow (Kasey Musgraves)
My Wife: My Kind of Crazy (Brantley Gilbert)
Life Outlook: Biscuits (Kasey Musgraves)
Parents: Daddy Lessons (Beyonce, Dixie Chicks)
Political Views: Dear Mr. President (Pink, Indigo Girls)
Love of California: Malibu (Sarah Lawton)
Blog 2
Even as a young child, I was very independent, especially with schoolwork. My brother was diagnosed with autism and struggled with school. This caused most of the attention to be put on my brother and those made me independent. I never really struggled with school, except for math, but through help from my teachers I was able to fix that and graduate with Honors. I was in National Honor Society as well. I have always had confidence in myself with school and even though I have had difficulties with some subjects, I always worked extra hard to make sure I did well. My GPA may not be where I would like it but I am working hard to bring it up by making sure I give it my all, even if it gets a little difficult with working full time and doing school fulltime.
My self-efficacy score was 34 out of 40 which is on the high side. I feel this accurately encompasses me and my task accomplishment. I have always been good at time management and making sure that I had a planner or something to keep track of my school work and what needs to be done.
Blog 1
I chose the above photo because I see this availability heuristic everywhere. The Coronavirus is big right now because it has killed 12 people while the flu and smoking kill more people yearly than the coronavirus. The reason the coronavirus is so big in the media is because it is new so it is readily on everyone’s mind right now. I chose this class because I find social psychology fascinating. The idea of learning why we are the way we are in groups is intriguing. Just last night I went out with my coworkers and we had a margarita and I had a puff of a cigarette. Now I used to smoke, but why, after a drink, was I ready to have a puff? The course objective appeal to me and will be useful in the future because learning why we interact as we do can help us try to stop negative interactions such as discrimination. I have already placed all the due dates in a planner which helps me to keep track of everything. I plan to do all the assignments early as they are quite in depth as well.