A1-
Assignment one was able to give me a name for these thought processes I have been aware of, but hadn’t named. I was able to learn when faced with a dilemma our brain goes through choices and these choices stem from heuristics. There is never a true right or wrong answer when making a decision in a situation, but there is a reasoning process behind both the lesser and more optimal choices. This process relates to me personally because it has made me more aware of what can influence my decisions to be less accurate, along with the opportunity to become more familiar with the technical terms and characteristics for the different processes. The way we interact as humans can be heavily influenced by heuristics, which leads me to assume that this topic is a building block for the information learned later in class.
A2-
One of my biggest takeaways with this assignment, was how hard it was to talk about myself. I struggled with the idea of being able to pull out personality traits and other details from photos. This assignment opened my eyes to the power a photo can hold and the story it can tell. I was able to learn about myself as well while working on this assignment. I have grown so much mentally, and it’s hard to see that progress going from day to day, but taking a step back and seeing this array of photos I picked, I can see the growth that’s not physically visible. Moving froward, I think I will be more aware of the representation of different photos. My visual representation highlights my thoughts towards the assignment, and my biggest takeaway. It represents the idea of being able to look at a photo of someone, and see beyond their physical appearance, but their story.
A3-
I think assignment number three taught me a lot. For starters, the power of word. When one makes comments, they can not be taken back and can even be used against you in the future. Secondly, racism is such a big issue and I personally do not think that there is any excuse for this or reasonable explanation for making racist comments. In this instance the argument that these racist comments were made out of anger, and didn’t hold any significant meaning, which I strongly disagree with. My visual representation is a world I picture for us one day, one with no prejudice. Topics like this are not talked about enough, and there needs to be more awareness of this issue. Moving forward I know how important it is to not be a bystander of something like this and to be kind always. Words can actually hurt.
A4-
Assignment number four really was eye opening and intriguing to piece together things that I’m learning with my own personal life. The scale at first was a little confusing to me, but once I figure it out along with the different definitions for the different styles the assignment became more applicable. The test was able to teach me a lot about myself and gave me the opportunity to label certain behaviors and or characteristics of my relationship. The answers were things that I already knew were happening and fully responsible for, what I wasn’t able to dissect the actual emotions associated with each of the styles. My favorite topics learned have always been the ones that challenge yet inform me. I was able to take away a lot of personal information from this assignment, that I will be using moving forward.
A5-
I chose this image to represent my takeaway for assignment number five because it’s a visual representation of kindness. I learned a lot of things from this assignment, not just about myself but to others too. I felt like my whole perspective changed for the better after doing one random nice thing. It wasn’t always about getting personally rewarded after being nice either. I’m currently taking a communications class and we learned about how there are different forms of communication other than a verbal conversation. I think these acts of kindness were forms of communication to different people, some who were complete strangers. The assignment is something that holds an impact in not only my educational career but personal journey. I wish everyone in the class were to have completed this assignment in hope that our society’s youth is being grown with these foundations.