Weekly Blog

Blog 10

I think that this class met majority of my expectations. Like I said in Blog 1, I really enjoy learning about human behavior. This class specifically was about human interaction which was interesting to me. I found myself to be more into my people-watching and observing habits and looking for things that this class talks about like women and perception. I feel that I could formal discussions about the objectives of this course. One that I found that I learned more about was the topic of prejudice. Social Psychology made this topic and others a lot clearer as to why these behaviors and thought processes exist.

From the beginning of this class, I would have liked to have a better understanding of organizing for this course as I seemed to get lost in it. I also think that the jeopardy guide can be used in different way and I think I would be more creative with it. Through the semester I did get better with organizing in general because I had to start writing dates down and printing schedules. This is something that has improved my school work overall. Lastly, one skill that I have gained in this class is the ability to be more aware of others, their thoughts and feelings. I don’t typically like to read into situations too much but this class has brought me awareness.

https://evernote.com/blog/change-your-desk-change-your-life/
I chose this picture because it illustrates my chaotic workspace, which was quite literally what it looked like before this class, and after. Because this class has so many moving parts, I had to learn how to write things down and organize things so I wouldn’t forget. This affected my academic life has a while because my organizer kept me on task and on time. This also represents my mind because I don’t read into things and ideas have become clear to me I am better able to understand those around me.

Blog 9

The top three things that I learned about that I also found the most interesting are the love styles, self regulation, and my blog entry about my test taking. I found the love styles to be very interesting. I like taking inventory tests and I always like learning more about myself and things I can improve on. This is also the reason I liked self regulation and learning about my test taking abilities and how to improve upon myself. In self regulation I liked learning that I am not crazy when I act on instinct or emotion and that there are ways to learn to control this. As for my test taking, I think this is something that although I have practiced ideas of mine, I think that it will take me a while to figure out what works for me. I think that the lovestyles also indirectly had a lot to do with module 6 when we discussed our traits. Our traits have a lot to do with our personality and how we portray ourselves to other people, especially in personal relationships. In discussing self-efficacy, in this class, it took me back to a child development course I took where we also discussed self-efficacy but in different terms. In this class I got more of a feel of being an adult and going through life learning about ourselves and being confident in our abilities. In my child development course, this concept was being used as a baby grows and learns to navigate the world. Whether they take their first step, try new foods, or learn that the stove is hot. As basic as we think these things are, we are essentially learning the same things as adults with different scenarios. While these are the same concept, I think it is interesting to see how it affects us in different stages of our lives.

These are images of the modules we have completed that were the most interesting to me and going through the powerpoints or chapters that pertain to these modules in the book.

Blog 8

I feel as though it is natural for opposite sexes to become annoyed and agitated with each other especially if newly dating. From personal experience, I find that men tend to say more than they do. By this, I mean that instead of doing the laundry or dishes, they say they will and that can be annoying. Not just with chores, it is possible that overall men can make women feel under appreciated. As for women, I feel that women could have a tendency to be overbearing. Men may feel that women ask for too much or nag. I have been that woman personally with my fiance where I am cleaning and consistently get irritated with him not doing something the way I want it.

As far as sex goes, I think that communication is key for both men and women no matter the stage in the relationship. An it is normal to take time to get to know your partner. Especially when you are married, you will spend your whole life getting to know every stage of them.

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/417959-man-and-woman-fighting
I chose this picture because i shows that these relationships and arguments are not just one sided. That both men and can be irritated and mad at eachother and they both hold that responsibility.

Blog 7

Self-regulation allows us to slow down our mind and instinct response, allowing us to have a more intelligent response. This allows us not to act under pressure and instead, relax and think about our response to a stimulus. Emotional intelligence means being able to understand and take hold of your emotions, allowing yourself to act rationally and not on a whim. I tend to be a very emotional person when it comes to many things, especially if I spend too much time with my family, we all know how that is. I have to take a minute to step out and breathe before I have a melt down. I typically will do something to calm myself down like organizing something or cleaning. After, I will come back and reassess the situation. Because I am so emotional, I tend to act out of emotion especially when it comes to patience, I have to remember to relax and not become irritated, this is something that I am working on and will probably work on for the rest of my life.

https://www.arealme.com/eq/en/
I took this EQ Test to see what my ability was and I score average. I believe this is because I am very emotional and tend to act out of emotion rather than rationaly.

Blog 6

In The Dangerous Ways Ads See Women I was surprised to see how far back the objectification of women has gone. One of the first adds the came to my mind was an ad that I had seen a while back from Burger King advertising a burger. She actually use d a similar one in her talk. Currently I am not surprised by the ad market sexualizing women because sadly it has become our reality every day. Her point about the use of men in advertisement was interesting to me as it seems as though she down played the fact that men are just as sexualized as women. I think we notice it more because there are a lot more parts of a woman that are sexualized that are really just body parts like breasts. But overall, I feel like the sexualization of both sexs are sexualized more than they should be.

It is strange to me tah PETA is for the protection of animals but not humans as well. Sexualizing a woman to make a point about going vegan.
https://medium.com/@rlg233_group4/creative-project-the-sexualization-of-religion-in-advertising-108e4be8b280
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This is a very popular ad I believe most of us are familiar with. The use of abs in pretty much all of Abercrombie’s advertising.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/abercrombie-ditches-sexualized-ads—-the-one-thing-its-known-for-2015-04-24
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Here they are sexualizng a man for a sald dressing.
https://funnyjunk.com/Effect+of+feminism+123/funny-pictures/5214598/135
In this ad they have the woman in a submissive position that she mentions in the video.
https://womenandadvertising.weebly.com/women-as-sexual-objects.html
In this ad they are sexualizing both men and women over a cheeseburger.
https://sexualizationofwomeninadvertisements.wordpress.com/

Blog 5

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Picture A represents a credible source because a reputable athlete such as Kobe Bryant, is drinking and promoting Vitamin Water. He is a professional athlete and Vitamin Water is a drink promoted to athletes. In this case he would be seen as an expert in the field of athletics and would know what is best for athletes and himself. He may not know everything about athletics but as a well known athlete, it would be perceived as experience and expertise.
Picture B represents a not credible advertisement. ItWorks is a popular pyramid scheme that invites people to buy into their products and then sell them. Whether the product works or not is not the case. Majority of the advertisements are stock photos like these that do not show any credible medical sourcing about how these work and what they do. Majority of advertisements are personal advertising which may be great for showing results but they are not credible sources nor experts in this field.
Picture C represents an attractive ad. This is Halle Berry helping to advertise this make up brand. She is a popular figure and very beautiful. Her image will help sell this product because it will show that if she uses it so should you as well as, you may be able to look as beautiful and flawless as her if you use this product.

Blog 4

Test taking has never been a strong suit of mine, especially on the first exams of the semester. For this exam, after looking back through my answer selections, I think I should study my vocabulary a bit more. Something I do to help improve is to look at the questions answered incorrectly. I have a tendency to know the answer, but if there is a word that I don’t know, I pick it because I think it could be the correct answer simply because I don’t know what the word or phrase is or means. After examining the answers, I define them from the book or online sources and write them down to study them. I feel that this tactic added to finding the correct answers is helpful. I do think that it may help if we were given the answer choices that we had as well. I think I would be able to understand why I didn’t pick the other answers as well has give us a sort of bank to choose from. I didn’t know the answers the first time around and some of the questions are interpreting and it is hard for me to find the answer if . don’t really know what I am looking for.

The reason I chose this image is because I believe that this topic is the one I struggle with the most in terms of application. The reason I used a textbook image instead of my notes because I feel that I did not utilize the book during my studying as much as I should have nor did I use it to its potential to help me understand topics I didn’t have a good grasp of.

Blog 3

Music has always played a huge role in my life. I realize it now more than ever as I am planning my wedding with my fiance and we are looking at music with the DJ. It really surprises me just how much we have in common as well as my family and his family. My go to music is country, but I really enjoy all music and find it hard to choose what I want sometimes. I feel this gives me the upper hand when making relationships with people because I am able to talk about so many types of music. I do agree that music also sets ideals and values in people. I love songs about love and family (typically) and I feel that these qualities represent me well.

I chose the song for my mother because whenever I was in a bad mood, she used to turn this song on and we would scream at the top of our lungs to this song. It has no emotional significance, but when I am upset or irritated, I can’t help but laugh when this song comes on. Now it is a whole family thing where we quite literally scream the entire song until it’s over.

Blog 2

Overall, I believe that I am an independent and strong student. Especially now that I am in my final semester of school, I feel that I have grown a lot as a student and as a person. For the most part, I am very confident in myself and my work. I have a strong need for things to be planned because I do not like to be unprepared. When things come up last minute or plans don’t go accordingly, I have a tendency to panic and need to take a minute to create a new plan, such as when I get sick and miss an assignment. I believe that this is something that could be a great improvement for myself. I am an anxious person and think that coping skills would help me a lot in staying calm and finding a solution to problems. I took the General Self-Efficacy Scale and scored a 33. I believe this shows the confidence I have for myself as well as some off the things I could improve on like coping and patience.

I chose these pictures of a hand painted brachial plexus. For a project in my upper extremities class we had to be creative and find a way to show the brachial plexus. The idea I had originally came up with failed miserably and this was last minute at midnight. It took me an hour to paint, we took pictures, printed them, and used them as our poster project the day after. This is where I had to be confident and find a solution to a problem.

Blog 1

I believe that these course objectives will help use learn about others and get to know our peers. I look forward to this course in teaching people to understand each other and no jump to conclusions. I also hope that this will show people that everyone is different, and they have their own ways of behaving and coping and dealing with situations. I am excited for this course because I enjoy learning about human behavior and expect to learn new things about others and myself when it comes to individual and social behavior. A strategy I am hoping and continuing to work on in this course and other courses is time-management, as well as application of different information into my personal experience. I want to not only learn the information but implement it as well. The image I created is representing myself and the people surrounding me that I do not know but hope to learn more about through this class.