Blog Ten

My initial expectations with the actual outcome kind of remained the same. I still would like to take what I have learned and include it in my everyday life. I feel like I have done okay with my achievements in this class, it could have been better in my opinion. I have remained positive and open about this class and everything that I am learning in the class. If I took this class over again, one thing I would do differently would be to take it in person instead of online. I have grown academically over the last few months because I now have knowledge of a topic that I was not well versed in at first but now I know a little bit more. One skill that I have gained from this course is the ability to kind of gauge why people do certain things that they do.

Blog Eight

I feel as though the article didn’t really state anything besides things that most people already know. I thought it would have been a little bit more informative, for example, the classroom activity that was assigned to the students. I thought at the end there would be some of the answers that they gave, but there weren’t any. Also, nothing was really uncovered in my opinion. Moving on, a few ways that men upset women is by not listening, making unwanted sexual advances, not being appreciated, etc. Some ways that women upset men are being overbearing, acting manipulative, nagging, cheating, etc.

Blog Seven

The relationship between the two is that they go hand and hand with each other. When you are self-regulated, you are able to have a healthier emotional intelligence, it gives off a better response to others. A few ways you can display EQ are by thinking about other peoples’ feelings, providing helpful feedback, and displaying empathy. Different ways to improve your EQ are by being able to take criticism, being self-aware, and being an active listener to others.

Blog Six

During this ted talk, I personally agreed with a lot of the key points that she touched on. Especially about how women are expected to live up to the standards that are set in these ads. The pressure they have to go through to look like the women that are placed in these ads as well.

I feel like all the ads we see now, and days are manipulated to improve how the model looks in these ads. Nothing is natural anymore. We don’t see the acne or stretch marks, no dark spots within these people that are hired for the ads because the photographers edit everything out. Especially for the women, while men get to keep their photo looking like them, the women’s photos are edited to where it barely looks like who they are.            

I already knew that men and women were treated differently in every aspect of life, but watching that ted talk demonstrates, how women are treated differently in an industry that is marketed towards their views, the will manipulate the way a woman looks to sell anything, but a man would never get that same treatment, and also wouldn’t be degraded in the process.

Blog Five

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Blog Third

The connection between music and relationships varies by person. I believe when you have the same interest in music as someone else that you’re close with, it is a way of bonding. The music aspect brings people together and it gives you something else to talk about. I noticed that my boyfriend and I have similar tastes in music to a certain degree, so we are able to have fun together on car rides, or if we are doing our daily chores because we’re vibing to the music together. If I’m out at a social event it’s easier to talk to other people if you see that there are interested in the same music as you because you can start talking to them about the song or that specific artist. Some of our ideals and values are shared or similar, but some are also different. Although, we have the same taste in music or it’s closely similar doesn’t mean we are always going to share the same views.

Blog One

These course objectives will help me in the future because I will apply them to my everyday life. I will use what I have been taught in this course when I’m interacting with friends and family, or even when I meet new people. Everything that I learn now, I can carry with me through day-to-day interactions. The expectation I have for this course is to learn different behaviors from others. Since that is what social psychology is all about, at the end of this course I should be able to interpret why someone is behaving they are, or what could be some reasons behind the behavior. To guarantee my success in this course I will make sure I am reading over the chapters and writing out my notes to where I retain the information, and I will also make sure I am studying everything and completing the assignments for the course.