Top Artifact #3

I chose the item to archive from module 12 which I thought was the most interesting and enjoyable to me. I learned from the activity what exactly would qualify as aggressive behavior and how it could come into play. This activity allowed me to become more proficient in spotting and detecting behavior that can be…

Blog #10

When reflecting back on blog #1 I thought it was crazy how different I was thinking between the beginning of the class all the way to where we currently are. I feel like I did a good job of achieving the course objectives. My attitude towards Social Psychology is the same, where it allowed me…

Weekly Blog #9

One of the first things that I learned about was the concept that people do good deeds in order to improve their own moods. This concept is active in the assignment takeaway in which we were required to do 5 good deeds over a week period. Another concept that I learned was Heuristic processing. This…

Weekly Blog #8

I thought that the points that Buss investigated and found were incredibly interesting. After reading the article I was then able to mentally see all the points he was getting at. I thought that it was pretty surprising as well with how accurate everything was and being presented this information in the first place. Some…

Assignment Takeaway #4

This assignment required me to do five nice things for people that I do not know and to track various elements of those good deeds. The first good deed that I did was help my neighbors shovel snow out of their driveway. I did this good deed because I was already out shoveling snow and…

Weekly Blog #7

I think that the relationship between self-regulation and emotional intelligence goes hand in hand with each other and that they depend on each other for an individual to be successful throughout their lifetime. Emotional Intelligence means to me that an individual is capable to maintain their own emotions in a constructive and non-damaging way. all…

Weekly Blog #6

Prior to the video, I was wondering how ads would be able to take such extreme views and be able to get away with dehumanizing women without any alarms being raised. However, after that Gave me a new understanding of how this occurs and how many companies are able to get away with it. I…

Assignment Activity Takeaway #3

This activity required taking a survey and then finding the average and comparing it to the typical results based on gender. For Eros, the average was 2.3 and I got 1.5. For the Ludus score, I got 4.8 when the average was 3.1. For Storge the average was 2.6 but I received a1.2. For Pragma,…

Weekly Blog #5

Credible Source: There are certain ads that contain credible source elements. Such as this Colgate ad below. In this ad, the statement “9 out of 10 dentists who tried would recommend it” was used. This statement influences perceived credibility because it says that dentists which are professionals that work on your teeth promoted, used, and…

Weekly Blog #4

Something I learned about this process is that it allowed me to see what I did wrong and correct everything. It also allowed me to look through which questions I got wrong and figure out why they were wrong. This allowed me to get a better understanding of the topics and allows me to go…