ATA 4

For assignment 4, I was asked to compare relationship advice from an online popular magazine article with what the textbook says. The article was about how to be in a relationship with an introvert when you are an extrovert. Now this sounds relevant, but in my assignment I discussed how her argument that opposites attract goes against what the textbook states. While she may be the exception to the rule, take all advice with a grain of salt. I chose the above photo of me and my boyfriend because we are scarily alike and that is why we work. We gravitated towards someone similar, just like the textbook states.

ATA 3

For assignment 3, I was asked to analyze a set of beliefs and attitudes of someone I know or even myself. I chose to analyze the past beliefs of my maternal grandfather and my mothers side of the family. Their beliefs were very outdated and influenced by a southern, religious, abusive upbringing by my grandfather showing a social influence to the beliefs. Their beliefs ultimately changed because of family changes. I was scared for this assignment, putting my family’s past indiscretions and beliefs out there, but I ultimately did it because they changed. That was what I enjoyed about the assignment, seeing how my family has changed over the years. I chose the photo above because this assignment also made me think of all the times I screamed at my mom because we shared different beliefs, but no one was really ever listening. I feel that is true for a lot of disagreements, everyone is yelling but no one is listening. Overall, I enjoyed this alternate assignment I was given.

ATA 2

Assignment 2 was for us to look at a few photos of ourselves and describe how they show parts of our personality or how we view ourselves. We then were asked if this collection accurately showed how we see ourselves or a representative of our self-portrait. I chose this photo because it was one of the photos I saw that encompasses what I felt pretty much was my self-portrait, family oriented, love fitness and nature, and smiley or goofy. I enjoyed this assignment more this time around because it was fascinating to see how much I had changed but how much I had not changed as well. I felt the photos I chose did show a good rounded view of my self-portrait. They showed my love of family, friends, animals, etc.

This assignment reminded me a lot of a discussion I once had in another course. This course was Philosophy of Self. This assignment reminded me of when we discussed what makes a soul or a person. The portion of introspection really brought that back and made me realize sometimes our likes and priorities change but our essence does not ever really change. That could be a “soul”.

ATA 1

Our first assignment was about heuristics or rules we use to make decisions in complex situations. The 4 main heuristics are representativeness, availability, anchoring and adjustment, and status quo. I enjoyed learning about each one of these and thinking of examples that I may have experienced in real life. I feel when we learn about these we can learn how to maybe realize when we are wrong or ignoring something such as base rates. I personally know that I struggle with availability heuristic and believing the first thing that comes into my mind which is sometimes not the most accurate or pressing thing. That is why I chose the photo above. She wont be able to actually discuss what she is afraid of because right then the thing she is afraid of is right in her face.