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BLOG 10:
When it comes my achievement of the course objectives I think personally I have fairly achieve them. For example the discussion of the processes through which people perceive and attempt to understand others and the origins and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. Those are two course expectations that have stuck to me and what I have learned that has resonated with me the most. And from that I have learned and in some cases I was misinformed about some things when it pertain to those two examples. I really don’t that my attitudes about social psychology has changed but I have been more aware and educate more about what social psychology is all about and what it truly means when it comes social psychology. Honestly at the beginning I had heard of social psychology from previous classes but really didn’t know what social psychology really meant until I was enrolled in this course and learned a few things. So my attitude was more on the level of getting educated about this type of psychology. What I would of done differently if I had the opportunity to take this class again would be honestly really not a lot. But second thought I would say I could be more prepared when it comes to the test and become more prepare with my note taking and having a better grasp of the literature, concepts, and terms that I have learned. One way that I have grown academically over the last months is not settling for mediocrity when it comes to my grades not just in this class but in my other course I am taking. Other settling for a C letter grade or better but striving for A’s and B’s only and knowing what I have to do to get those grades. One of skills I think gained from this course that I can utilize in my professional life is the skill of making connections and relationships with people from other diverse backgrounds and cultures and seeing how our connections and working together possibly on a project or task can beneficial in a great outcome of us working together.
Reflective statement: The reason why I chose this image to show my academic growth of keeping a high GPA and not settling for a low GPA below a 2.0. Another reason I chose this picture is to demonstrated the hard work of working a full time job and having a family and still striving for education excellence and having a few classes left away from graduating with another degree underneath my belt. This image relates to this blog when I stated about not settling for mediocrity with a passing grade of a C but trying to maintain a high passing grade of A’s and B’s and with this GPA is a example of striving for that.
BLOG 9:
The top 3 things that I have learned so far in this course is as follows. From Blog 6 how ads can distort what you are trying to prevail or get across by either in this from this Blog 6 of having fairly nude women and in some cases shirtless men trying to promote a brand or product for example perfume or cologne. . From this particular blog I can applied to another area I learned about module 8 archive where this assignment talked about how stereotypes can cloud our judgement when in this case the type of news we watch on the regular. And also how stereotypes haven’t changed in my opinion and the slant of media in some cases will persuade you on whether you will watch that channel or not. So the connection with Blog 6 and module 8 archive is that ads and stereotypes have a way of persuading you when it comes to making decisions on whether you are going to buy that product base on the sex appeal of the ad to watching your national news depending on your political affliction. When it comes to connecting one thing that I have learned in this course with another course when it comes to related concept I will say in my psychological psychology class I just learned about James Lange Theory which entails that emotions are products of the brain interpretation of physiological responses to a stimulus or events. This can be a example of how stereotypes /ads can have a effect on your emotions base on this theory by James Lange.
Visual is to represent what I learned so far in this course. Also the visual is a representation supports what I have written about in this blog when it comes to stereotypes and distorting ads and where you will see them in the media.
BLOG 8:
My thoughts about this topic on mating are as follows. First off I never heard about this term “mating” until today when I read about this term in this article, which I found very interesting. Most of the points that were address by David Buss I agree with from either a personal experience or knowing someone that have witness this themselves or heard someone speak on one of this experiences. What I found interesting as the reader was the parts about sexual conflict and the stages they come with them. Some of the stages I thought about self from previous relationship to now. Now when it ways in which men upset women i will give 3 examples 1. Men forgetting where, and when was their first date. 2. The first kiss and where and place men forgetting 3. Forgetting when was the first time you say “I love you”. These are my tops 3 for that one. When it comes to women upsetting men my 3 examples are 1. Turning the Tv volume down when watching a sports game 2. Not willing/not in the mood to have sex when the man wants to. 3. Make you run late for dinner reservations due to the female can’t decide on what to wear. And these are my top 3 for my category.
Visual image : showing man trying to watch football game and women seems very upset.
BLOG 7:
The relationship between Self Regulation and Emotional Intelligence is as follows. Well first hand they both have to deal with emotions and how we deal with them either from a positive perspective or negative perspective. And when it comes to self regulation how you respond to a strong emotion. Emotional Intelligence means me to first having self awareness. Which from the video I viewed made me aware of this first step when it comes to Emotional Intelligence. Also emotional intelligence means to me having the know of all that all of our emotions come from inside us and knowing we have the control of emotions good and bad. Lastly emotional intelligence means to me knowing how to manage your emotions in positive way during stressful times and situations. A example of how you can display EQ is receiving criticism from your supervisor in your yearly performance review at work and accepting responsibly based on your performance. From this example the way I could improve my EQ is accept the criticism and take it as learn lesson/teachable moment and from that makes you want correct and improve whatever you was getting criticize about before the next performance review.
Visual Image of two EQ test I took and the results
BLOG 6:
I definitely can say that I have notice prior to this presentation how ads do distort women and dehumanize women. But honestly by watching this Ted Talk it made me more aware. From flipping through a sports magazine seeing the different ads of women promoting or advertising something and not really getting a thought about what is being promoted but how the women are dressed or fairly not dress to promote for example a cologne/perfume or even a pair of jeans. This video really opens my eyes more and made me more aware of the different standards/ double standards amongst women and men and the difference of mostly all the women being fairly nude to promote a product compared to some men ads. And also, which is consider pretty amongst some people with some models(female) by in some cases filtering some body blemishes to just make that model look perfect to the consumer.
The reasoning behind each picture. The first picture advertising the cologne joop and having woman standing there from the backside while a man is looking up at her with the caption “Real Men Score” i guess with this cologne they are saying real men score. But does this have to do with joop sport cologne. Second picture this one I find very degrading and dehumanize of a woman for tom ford cologne. The bottle is place in the middle region of the female which is beyond disrespect and degrading. Third picture reads Real Men Wear Pink to promote Joop Cologne with male and female with no shirt on and pants. But female looks distraught standing behind the man compared to his expression on his face. My takeaway real men who wear pink can get these types of women. Fourth picture of P Diddy aka Sean Puffy Combs standing behind a woman in a dominant and uncomfortable position to promote this fragrance of perfume. She is looking vulnerable and in an uncomfortable situation. The last and final picture is a well popularized commercial and advertisement for old spice body wash. What I take from these real men wear this body wash to smell like a male. Could this ad have the same impact if the man was wearing a shirt and not sitting on a white horse which I would say represent purity.
The 5 best perfume adverts (getthegloss.com)
BLOG 5:
Picture A represents a credible source because first it shows probably the GOAT (Greatest of All Times) in the NBA Michael Jordan draining Gatorade. Gatorade is probably still the most popular sports drink athletes drink still including in the NBA. The drink is still known as a great quencher that thirst. In the advertisement MJ is holding a Gatorade drink with a big smile. If you ask anyone, who do you think of first when it comes to drinking Gatorade from the mid 90s to the early 2000s. In this ad it says 30% faster when it is compared to drinking water. I found the attractive source effective one because its Michael Jordan but two as a former basketball player I can say that this drink did more than water when it pertains to quenching my thirst and getting back that energy.
Picture B represents a not credible source because the ad is someone opinion on a particular product. There is a female who is holding a bottle of water called “remedii” water with the caption “Want to lose weight the easy way?” Get the remeddii. How do we know as the viewer and the buyer that this works, and this type of water make you lose weight? Where is the evidence and the results to support this ad. I don’t know if the communicator has a personal stake or not. But i do believe it’s more a click bait advertisement to bring attention to this water by having a female hand hold this bottle of water.
Picture C represents attractive source because it shows 2 African American young people male/female wearing and promoting Calvin Klein jeans. What I found attractive first is the attraction to more inclusive and by having minorities models to bring in a diverse of people to think about buying Calvin Kein jeans. By having these models who are attracted by some people eyes bring more awareness and attraction to the jeans/brand they are promoting in this advertisement.
BLOG 4:
This is what I learned from this process of going over my recent exam 1 test as follows. Yes, I could have done a better job of augmenting my notes as I go through each chapter. I could have also done a better job of reviewing my notes and highlighting sections, definitions, and concepts that I think could be important to review for the exam now and in the future. Yes, I did space the review sheet over the week prior to the test. But honestly could have done a better job and there was definitely room of improvement of that I believe so. And with the review sheet I should of use that as my main source and focus when it pertains to the exam and less focused on my notes. Another observation /feedback for myself is like all test I have taken in school to not over think the questions and go with my gut feeling. This was something I dealt with plus nerves. This feedback can help a lot with future tests in coming up with a better studying strategy and not let my nerves come in the way of my ability to succeed on future exams. Lastly this feedback will give me a new and better outlook on how to prepare myself with the way I prepare my notes, reviewing the review sheet, and deciding on what to highlight in my notes to remember when it comes to the next exam.
The reason why I chose these visuals were because I needed to show a representative photograph that visually illustrated something I mention in this particular blog. So these pictures are a quick snapshot photos of chapter 1 objectives/chapter overview paper and study notes I had taken down and it goes back to my blog 4 post to some mentions i talked about in this post. When it comes to relating back to the blog these photos are just a snapshot of ways i have prepare myself for future exams and in some way possible of taking better precise notes to prepare myself in the future in taking exams not just in this class but in future courses I take in my ODU experience.
BLOG 3:
I first want to say I enjoyed reading this article because it speaks volumes about me when it comes to music relationships amongst my inner circle wife and friends. Yes, I definitely notice a connection amongst my wife and myself when it comes to music and relationships. We definitely shared the love for the same genre type of music from neo soul music (Eric Roberson, Sade, Jeff Bradshaw) to conscious rap (Common, J Cole). When it comes to my friends, we mostly share the same taste of music from rap, r&b, neo soul, old school r&b, old school hip hip 80s-90s and go-go music (DC). I think this love by both of us does make a big difference in the love we share for each other and the love we share for these two genres of music. I would say yes, we shared the same similar values and ideals. For examples the values of family and enjoying the moment we are together especially at music concerts.
The reason why this visual was chosen for this blog was first this was one of the requirements that needed to be with this blog of the people and their accompanying songs. But also I needed to show how each person I named had a particular song that corelates with them in some form or fashion. Lastly to show how the songs had some type of meaning or message in them too for each person I chose for this blog post and a quick explanation and reasoning as well.
BLOG 2:
The type of student I believe I am, is the type who strategize a weekly plan of how to get my schoolwork done. For example, a student that picks a time throughout the week preferably after working a full-time job designating at least 2-3 hours a day of doing schoolwork and on the weekends at least 2-4 hours of getting any leftover school done. Also, I am the type of student who makes sure he turns in any homework or assignment at a least a day ahead of the schedule due date. Lastly, I am the type of student to at least reach out for help if needed from the professor or the professor aid. My current level of confidence is fairly high as long as I keep a drive to have my work done ahead of time and not try to cram a lot of stuff in at the last minute. I am confidence that if I give my all and prepare myself for any quizzes and test that I will received/earn a passing grade of better than a C letter grade. Some factors that could increase my confidence level is sitting the bar high for myself when taking test and quizzes by putting a little more effort in my studying. And by that one thing I should earned at least a B letter grade or better with a lot of studying and preparation. Another way I can increase my confidence level is to not second guess myself when answering questions just go with my first gut feeling and not spend time after completing the test with a lot of second guessing myself about the answers that I have already chosen. When it came to my score on the self-efficacy scale survey, I scored a sum total score of 30(3.0). On the mean scale score that calculates to a 3 if I am correct. With this score when it comes to relation to my task accomplishment, I believe that is fairly accurate by the scale. When means that I have a perceived high general self-efficacy. Since I have a high self-efficacy result, I believe that task accomplishments shouldn’t be a problem as long I keep up the same motivation, study patterns, and momentum.
Title: Academic Excellence
Reflective Statement: If I continue maintain a high self-efficacy and stay motivate with the way I accomplish my schoolwork this picture will represent the ending outcome less than a year. Second degree down.
BLOG 1:
I will say that this course will help me out in the future either in my career or personal life by making me prepare and aware about my own preconceived thoughts or notions about people that I may have no interactions with. Also, this course will help me with in the future with understanding people from different backgrounds and cultures when it comes to social behavior. With this course so far, I learned about myself how in some cases how people/media can sway you in believing in something that might not be so important as it really is. I can definitely use what I have learned and incorporate in my daily life as well. My expectations and goals that I have set for myself in this course as follows. To main a passing grade of a B letter grade or better. To gain a better understanding of social psychology and what that all entails of. And lastly gain some knowledge and tools that I can use in my personal life and in my career. When it comes to what I want to gain in this course, I will say I want to gain how social behavior is demonstrated when it comes to social psychology. I want to gain a better understanding and outlook how prejudice and discrimination correlates when it comes to social psychology as well. I also hope to gain better insight from social psychologist and experiment groups when it comes to social groups and individuals when it comes to social psychology. Lastly the strategies I tend to implement to be successful in this course is to keep in contact and willing to ask questions and verification from my e Porfilio assistant when needed and also for any more assistance or better understanding reaching out to my professor. There also might be times where I might reach out to fellow classmate for some advice or assistance as well either through email or by chatting in the discussion board room. Lastly the most important strategy I can implement to be successful in this class is to study hard and read all the assigned readings and make sure that I do good on tests and quizzes. In my opinion if I do all that I have stated above this class with be such a benefit to me in my learning and studying of psychology. In closing I know what I have to do to succeed in this course and can’t wait to accomplish that in due time
Title: Salesman price is right
Reflective Statement: The reason I chose this picture is because from the reading about anchoring and adjustment heuristic setting a starting point value and then adjusting to fit the narrative.
