Blog 10:

I feel like I have successfully achieved the courses objective, there was a large load of work that kept me on my toes the entire semester. My interest has spiked for Social Psychology, and my attitude has always been excited to go to class to learn something different everyday. I think I would of tried to really understand how to do all the blogs, Assignments, ATA, wordpress, and the dates to the work. If i would of paid a little bit more attention to the details, I would of gotten the dates correct. Academically, I have grown over the last few months, I feel that I have learned a lot about myself that has helped me be able to deal with my stress better than I have ever been able to. I think I will be taking more than one thing away from this class, but the most important to me was how to be able to establish a more equal environment, trying not to judge a person by their looks. I want to one day work for No Barriers and help Veterans like me heal emotionally, with this class I feel like I can take what I have learned to when I apply to Intern with them.

Blog 9:

The top three things that I have learned is how much women are sexualized in advertisements in blog 6 when we had to watch the video, then you go back to the assignment that we had to read about the prejudice comment that was made. It shows how much discrimination is going on with african americans and women. Learning about the different types of heuristics and how it plays a role in almost everyday situations. We had to take a questionnaire of self-regulations and emotional intelligence, that really made me have to open up to myself. Knowing more about how my mind is working really helps me understand myself, how I can help my self-regulation better. I learned last semester in Human Cognitive how humans are highly intelligent and have to use cognitive in every part of their social live. Learning about social cognitive made it easier since i understood the human cognitive portion of it already. My picture is of a empowering message sent to little girls.

Blog 8:

 

 

 

 

 

I selected my images for a little bit of humor, and I also had to reach out to a few female friends of mine to see what their boyfriends/ husbands do to anger them. Never being involved with a man makes it a little hard to know what actually angers them while having a intimate relationship. I have heard a lot of complaints and I have personally experience walking into a bathroom with the toilet seat up. There is nothing more gross about having to touch the toilet seat with either your hands or shoes, and the fact that it takes less than two seconds to do is mindblowing. With women, I know that one thing that makes a man/woman angry is the way some women tend to communicate. With the article that we had to read, I feel like a lot of it seems true. I have seen it when my males friends say what they have to say to be able to get a woman in bed with nothing more. I am guilty of having done it when I was younger, but I now search in meaningful relationship; the intimacy feels special and worth it. I feel that men make women angry with their lack of cleanliness, communications, and if their partner dishonest. Which I feel like it’s the same way with men, we as humans have been raised in different cultures and by different people. To me it all depends on the person you and your morals. If you as a partner dont agree with each others morals or with how they are cleanliness are.

Blog 7:

The relationship between self-regulation and emotional Intelligence (self-awareness) work hand and hand together. Emotional intelligence is about how a person attends to their surroundings, be able to control how the emotions are dealt with, and also how to apply all this in interpersonal relationships. Self-regulation is how a person is able to control their emotions when fight or flight come in place. A humans’ first reaction is fight or flight, but with some techniques and practice people can learn how to control their reactions. Having more Emotional intelligence shows how much a person can actually handle their emotions without jumping to conclusions. I have a hard time not jumping the gun when it comes to my emotions. I have been practicing to take a step back from the situation I’m in and take deep breaths. It helps me to get out of my own head and check myself. Also, I think if a person can start to regulate their cognitive thinking to more positive than negative it can boost self awareness and it can help to keep negative thoughts to even appear within. I still have a long way to work on my emotional intelligence and this test has shown me how important it is to be able to regulate emotions.

Blog 6:

I’m going to discuss Jean Kilbourne speech about ads and the depictions of genders .She gave a speech about how the media has been portraying women and men. She highlights the way the media violent and unacceptable ads seem normal, and gave a call to action to understand how they influence us and how we can learn to not have the mindsets they are trying to get the public to believe. While I was watching this video, I realized that this was made over 30 years ago and we (women) are still struggling to fight for equal opportunities. I have been aware of the media has been exposing and degrading women for a few years now. I didn’t know that we have been fighting it for as long as we have been, I thought it was more recent. It’s disappointing to find out how long we have been battling to get seen as a hard working independent woman and not just as a piece of meat for men.

Blog 5:

This ad sends such positive vibes to females, especially the younger ones. These children are our future and we, as a society, are striving to become equal. I feel like this ad is a credible source, Always is a trying to send a message to the world how we should be talking to our younger female generations so throughout their adolescents they will experience more positive equality with males. Under the description it gives more links for extra information about the about Always mission to help adolescent girls live an empowering life and access puberty education. There is a lot of credible information connect to this advertisement, and I think we will have better success getting through all the stereotyping and discrimination.

 

This advertisement is not a credible source, regardless if message is sending correct information. The tobacco industry fought for many years to keep the warnings out of media, but they were forced to put out advertisement. They intentionally made this ad as bland as possible and made sure that it wasn’t aired around the time when young adults would watch TV or put them in non-popular TV stations. The communicator (Tobacco industry) is doing the minimal to get any of the health effects of smoking out to the public.

 

When I first watched this commercial I thought it could be a little bit bias, because not everyone person in the world like dogs. By the end of the video, you can’t help but smile from ear to ear. I feel that this ad is 100% attractive, the puppy is terribly cute and the owner talks to her like she was a little human being. Today, I see a lot of dog and cats advertising; people are more open to the companionship of a dog. Buzzfeed is also one of the biggest independent media company today and that is all over social media. Not only is it advertising to get a buddy it is also promoting to adopt (since there is so many dogs in the pound) AND to use the dog food Purina. I personally don’t use that type of dog food, but my dog has a very sensitive stomach. I love how this ad promotes to love your fur ones and adopt instead of going through a puppy mill or breeder.

Blog 4:

Reviewing my test was actually frustrating, seeing the careless mistakes that I made. I could of easily took the time to review my test a few times before actually submitting it. I also didn’t pay attention to the running clock, I had a lazy attitude coming into the first test. I reviewed the questions that I got wrong, and 90% of my mistakes could of been avoided if I would of read through the entire answer selection. Every week we get new information, I make flashcards for the exam and study them for at least 30 mins a couple times a week. The week prior, I used the game we played to make flash cards. It made the information much easier also being able to watch the youtube videos. I have noticed that I put a lot of time into my Anatomy class and need to learn how to equally distribute time for all my classes. This image represents how I look after studying so much and not testing at my best ability.

Blog 3:

Music is such a big part of my life, I can’t go a day without it. Not only can music help heal my soul, it can help make stronger connections with people in my life. In my past relationships, I would use music to sometimes explain to my partner how I felt about them.  When I struggle to put my emotions into words, I turn to music to help me. I have noticed in the past, my three significant relationships, we always had music on when we spent time together at home instead of turning on the TV. I don’t necessarily think it shows people’s value; I love all kinds of music, and sometimes I like to listen to vulgar music which could be rap or metal. If I’m listening to a rap song about selling drugs, it doesn’t mean that I am for it or am going to go out and do it. The people that i’m closes to do share an interest in music, especially when we have get together to work out or if we are going out for a big occasion. The energy that we all get from the music we listen to together is incredible, it brings so much happiness to my heart. I choose this image because at my best friends bachelorette, it was eight people together enjoying music all weekend together. Now we listen to certain songs that brings back amazing memories.

My Playlist:

1. Pray –  Sam Smith feat Logic: Life outlook- This song gives me all the feels, speaks on how the world seems to be falling apart with all the hate and how we should have more love
2. Tu Sonrisa- Carlos Vives: Mother, Sister, & Niece- This song brings back memories when we had our vacation in Colombia.
3. La Vida es Un Carnaval- Celia Cruz: My grandma was the biggest inspiration in my life, she fought alcoholism all by herself and lived in an abusive relationship. She always looked at the positive things in her life with a smile on her face.
4. Majesty- Nicki Minaj- Squad: This song played on repeat at my best friends bachelorette, Nicki has a way to make women feel empowered!
5.  Heart Beats Slow- Angus & Julia Stone: Significant other- Shes someone that is in my life still and we are trying so hard to fight for our relationship, this song just shows that I’m close to letting go
6. 1800-273-8255 – Logic: I suffer from depression and PTSD from the military, I have a few attempts. The last time, I was close to succeeding, but luckily I was found before I left this world. I struggle everyday with suicide and this song reminds me that I’m not the only person going through this and I will get better.

Blog 2:

 I believe that I can be a successful student as long as I can stop myself from procrastinating when I do my studies. My self-efficiency depends how much confidence I have in myself while I’m in school. My confidence now is low because of all the negative feedback that I have gotten from other students about how hard Anatomy and Chemistry are. I tend to be a little hard on myself when it comes to my grades, this semester I want to go into all my classes with an open mind and be ready to work as hard as I can to be successful. With a positive attitude, I know that this will boost my confidence level throughout my semester. I choose this image due to the fact that I tend to procrastinate, and I will be literally laying in bed thinking about every single thing I have to do.

Blog 1:

In the course objectives that are outlined in the syllabus, I feel that I will get a lot of information to help me understand my ability of communication in a social environment which could be  helpful for any jobs that I have in the future or social events . I am a crossfit coach that has to interact with people everyday, I am looking forward to this course teaching me more about how to connect with people and also maybe help to establish stronger bonds with the client that I have. I’m hoping to learn more about how people are able to perceive each other and what’s the best way to avoid any kind of prejudice and discrimination. I plan on staying ahead of the game with all my readings before class so the information that is being put out in lecture isn’t foreign. I choose this image of me in my element, It shows how personable I have to be with my athletes.