Blog 10

I did not make a post for blog 1, however, my initial expectations for this class was just to get a good grade in it because I had dropped it during the spring semester. In all honesty, I did not have high expectations for this class because I was a bit intimidated by it last semester, however I have learned a lot in this class and I extremely happy with the course. I really enjoyed the readings and specifically the assignments; I felt like professor really made us think with the assignments and that’s something not every class can provide.

For my visual representation, I chose a picture of a blog because I had not realized how useful having a blog may be to study and review your previous work. I also didn’t realize how much I liked blog assignments.

Blog 9

The top three topics I’ve selected from my blog are emotional intelligence, sex, gender stereotypes. My biggest interest is in emotional intelligence because I believe this is often overlooked. So many people push aside their emotions, but they don’t realize emotions (especially the negative ones) can have a major snow ball effect. I’ve also noticed people who lack in emotional intelligence are often more anxious, easily aggravated, and are easily lost for words. As for gender stereotypes and sexual relations, I think these two topics go hand in hand because gender stereotypes often affect how we act around our partners, even in an intimate setting. In reference to this, I’ve learned in my Psychology of Sex course that men often prefer to be dominant in assumption that women prefer it- however, according to statistics that isn’t always the case.

For my visual representation, I’ve chosen a self-reflection photo because I felt this class has helped me reflect back on my personal thoughts and experiences, as well as topics others have confided to me.

Blog 8

I can see the justification in why people do what they do, based off of this article. I do believe men view sex as a higher priority in a relationship in comparison to their female counterparts. In reference to the ways men and women can upset each other, I think women are more prone to be upset over smaller problems such as, not noticing a new outfit she may had put a lot of thought into. However, men are easily upset by arguments that affect their pride or reference their family members or loved ones.

For my representations: I picked one showing an anniversary date because women aren’t too keen of their husbands forgetting their wedding anniversary. The second picture I chose is of man frustrated by his wife and mother arguing.

Blog 7

Self-regulation and emotional intelligence can be extremely useful to help deescalate a stressful situation. Growing up, I was extremely high strung, I was always anxious about everything and even before the problem came up! My anxiety would peak whenever something went south and I’d often dwell on the problem and obviously, it only gets worse when you let your emotions and thoughts run wild. However, as I grew older, I’ve realized worrying about a potential problem only does more harm than good, and in the scenario that something does go wrong then it already happened. Dwelling in the sadness and anxiety would only make the situation worse and I’m the one who will be directly impacted by those feelings. When I finally came to that conclusion, I noticed myself being a lot happier; I also had less anxiety and whenever I did feel anxious- I knew how to calm myself down.

It takes some practice to get a hold of letting go of your feelings, however, once you overcome that and realize you are actually in charge of your mind, body, and life- you will feel like you can conquer any obstacle.

I took an EQ test from Psychology Today and scored 84/100; I think that’s a pretty solid score for me considering I’ve only started learning how to better connect with my emotions this past year or so.

Blog 6

I can deeply relate to Jean Kilbourne’s response to advertisements in America and I do strongly believe it is a problem with a much larger collateral damage than imagined. In this video, Jean Kilbourne spoke on subjects such as degrading women in advertisements, seeing women as objects, and an unrealistic idea of perfection. She first pointed out a few beauty advertisements such as losing weight, ideal makeup and beauty, and menstrual medications which really spoke to me. As a child, I was always under the impression that skinny is pretty, fit is pretty, and any slight weight gain was unacceptable; even my aunts who gained weight during pregnancy were dieting right after they had given birth. Diet pills were the magic pills for every woman I knew growing up and I don’t know of one who hasn’t tried them. Ultimately, this was engrained into my mind ever since, along with unattainable beauty features.

When Jean Kilbourne spoke about advertisements teaching men to subconsciously degrade women- I was star struck because this was something that has happened to me! I grew up in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood in white wash America as an Asian girl; I am not saying European or Hispanic beauty isn’t beautiful, but I never saw someone who looked like me as a representation for beauty. It was always a petite blonde girl on TV or the ads at the mall- I was never reinforced by the idea that my features can also be considered pretty until I grew older and men told me I was pretty. Obviously as a young lady, I simply took the compliment as it was but soon, I realized that because I am Asian, men would often assume that I am submissive or soft spoken. I didn’t want to believe it at first until I watched more American movies with Asian female roles and that’s exactly how they portrayed Asian women as- gentle, submissive, sexual beings. I was baffled once I had realized that.

Now, I don’t believe every man that finds me attractive is trying to degrade me like Hollywood has taught, however, it is quite apparent that any American growing up with access to media has been influenced in one way or another. The tragic truth is advertisement companies use sexism and stereotypes to influence consumers to buy their product and I don’t think that would ever end because at the end of the day- we are allowing it to happen. Even the most sophisticated man has degraded a woman some point in his life, and even the most intelligent, worldly woman has degraded herself to believing she is not enough.

Blog 4

I received a 94/100 for my first exam; this isn’t necessarily a bad score however I was aiming for 100. I don’t think I need to be hard on myself for this score, but I will need to study harder for the next exam. I would really like to get 100 on at least one exam per class I’m enrolled in. My goal is to eventually get to a 4.0; I’m fully aware of how challenging this may be considering I also work full time, but I believe anyone can do anything they set their mind to. I’ve attached an image below that represents my goal.

Blog 2

My self-confidence as a student is fairly high overall; I personally believe that anyone can achieve anything they put their mind too. However, my falling point would be whenever I procrastinate. I’ve noticed whenever I do assignments early on or on time, they always come out how I would want it to be. But once I start delaying the process, I would develop a lot of anxiety and then it would just snow-ball into me not wanting to do the assignment anymore. Fortunately, I’ve caught on to when I start to slip up, therefore, when I feel like procrastinating or anxious about submitting close to the deadline, I just tell myself to “do it.” I’d have to do it eventually or the repercussions would only become worse-and I’m much more fearful of failing than hard work.

I’ve attached my quiz results here for everyone to take a peak. I felt like this was the best way for everyone to see where I pride myself in my work and where my downfall is. It’s good to have visual representation of this because I know what my flaws are, and how or when to fix them.