At5

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In Assignment Five, we were asked to perform one act of kindness for a stranger, on five different days throughout the same week. This assignment was directly connected to the information we learned about prosocial behavior in chapter nine. I feel that it helped me understand mirror neurons through my own experiences in assisting other people and feeling the sense of wellbeing that came from it.

At4

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In assignment four, we were tasked with taking a Styles of Love survey, analyzing our results, and seeing how our scores in the different love styles matched those of others in our gender. It was interesting to me because it was a more in-depth version of a similar assignment I had this summer in Psychology of Sex. I find knowing your love style helpful because it can provide understanding for certain actions and decisions you might make regarding your relationship and your partner. I think the assignment gave me a greater understanding of this model than my previous class did. Filling out and grading the questionnaire, writing the paper about my results, and focusing on one specific relationship helped me apply it to my own life in a more personal way than just guessing at which type of lover I am.

AT2

For Assignment 2, we analyzed pictures of ourselves and discussed how they represented us. From this assignment, I learned that while photographs might show certain aspects of our lives or personalities, they are not all encompassing. Pictures now are taken more as a presentation, rather than being completely representative. I have read some studies that suggest that people who compare themselves to the social media images of others are more depressed. I feel that the idea that we only show certain aspects of our lives in pictures may be helpful to people who find themselves comparing their lives to the lives of others.

AT1

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Assignment One was very interesting. I learned a lot about how the brain groups information to make decisions, and how these schema can be both extremely helpful and sometimes fallible. It was relevant to me because it can assist me in understanding why I might make certain decisions, while also giving me an opportunity to appreciate that I should sometimes take a step back and assess if the decisions I make are sound, or if they are based on faults in heuristics.