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Over the semester, I was asked to complete “Item to Archives.” These assignments allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the material learned in a module. While all of the Archives this semester were equally fun and fruitful, I did have some personal favorites! One favorite Archive from this semester was Module 8 Archive 6.
Module 8 Archive 6 asked students to think about two occasions when their behavior did not match up with their personality. The module associated with this Archive explored culture and personality. It discussed theories of personalities across cultures and how they differ. The module explored concepts such as autonomy, national character, and indigenous personalities. This Archive taught me how personality varies across cultures and taught me about the factors that impact these differences.
This Archive was one of my favorites because it personally related to me. Since I struggle with Borderline line personality disorder, it was interesting for me to reflect on times where my behavior and personality did not match up. This Archive described a daily struggle that I have with my daily highs and lows. The highs and lows that I experience do not reflect who I am as a person and are hard to dissociate with. This Archive required some deep thought and reflection! This Artifact inspired me to look at the strengths and positives that come with having BPD as well. Even though my behavior does not always resemble who I am as a person, I am an amazing person at heart and I always try my hardest to show the word that.
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Over the semester, I was asked to complete “Item to Archives.” These assignments allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the material learned in a module. While all of the Archives this semester were equally fun and fruitful, I did have some personal favorites! One favorite Archive from this semester was Module 3 Archive 1.
Module 3 Archive 1 asked students to find an object of their choice that represents their culture. Module 3 explored culture and psychology. The module examined concepts such as cultural psychology, race, personality, ethics, emics, and other factors that contribute to psychology across cultures.
Compared to other Archives I enjoyed this Archive in particular because it was entertaining! I enjoyed rummaging through my apartment trying to find something that I felt accurately represented my culture and beliefs. Given that I come from a mixed-race family, this task was quite challenging for me, it was hard to find one item to write about. This Archive taught me about the importance of culture and how unique cultures are across people!
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Over the semester, I was asked to complete “Item to Archives.” These assignments allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the material learned in a module. While all of the Archives this semester were equally fun and fruitful, I did have some personal favorites! A personal favorite Archive from this semester was Module 12 Archive 10.
Module 12 Archive 10 asked students to watch Amy Cuddy’s TedTalk and explore the correlation between her video and material learned in Module 12. Both the video and Module 12 discussed the importance of human communication and how body language is interpreted by others. In this Archive, students were asked to find an image that represented their power stance and powerless stance.
This Archive resonated with me because it came during the perfect time! When this module was due I was feeling very unmotivated and experiencing fatigue from the pandemic and school. The Amy Cuddy video that was required for the Archive gave me the motivational talk that I needed! In her TedTalk, Amy Cuddy stressed the importance of self-confidence and the power of power stances. Her talk gave me the “umpf” I needed to feel motivated to finish the semester strong! This Archive taught me the importance of body language and self-confidence!
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Over the semester, I was asked to complete “Item to Archives.” These assignments allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the material learned in a module. While all of the Archives this semester were equally fun and fruitful, I did have some personal favorites! A personal favorite Archive from this semester was Module 6 Archive 4.
Module 6 Archive 4 asked students to relate their past selves to their present selves. The Archive asked students to consider an event that occurred in their childhood that led them to become the person they are today. When finished, students were asked to get creative and create a drawing to represent what they reflected on. Module 6 explored the culture and the developmental process. It explored concepts such as temperament, developmental stages, morals, and reasoning and the differences these concepts have across cultures.
This Archive is one of my favorites because it is another Archive that required personal reflection. For this Archive, I choose to reflect on my journey to college. This Archive resembled an activity I had done in my journal where I discussed childhood experiences that shaped me today, it resonated with me and allowed me to take a moment to appreciate just how far I’ve come in life. This Archive reminded me how strong of a person I am, and reminded me to pat myself on the back! This Archive reminded me how intricate and unique everyone’s experience is in life, and asked me to take a moment to reflect.
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Over the semester, I was asked to complete “Item to Archives.” These assignments allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the material learned in a module. While all of the Archives this semester were equally fun and fruitful, I did have some personal favorites! One of my favorite Archives from this semester was Module 5 Archive 3: Enculturation Activity.
Module 5 Archive 3 was an Archive that asked students to answer a set of questions that revealed information about their values. Module 5: Enculturation, focused on conceptions such as socialization and enculturation. These concepts explored the impacts that parenting, upbringing, culture, and other social/socioeconomic influences have on enculturation and socialization across cultures. The Archive for this module asked students to explores these impacts and consider how it influences their values and the way they view the world.
This archive was my most favorite archive because it required a ton of personal reflection and deep thinking. Unlike many of the Artifacts from this semester, this Artifact was the most personal for me, it required me to think about the impacts of important aspects in my life such as my family, peers, and upbringing. This Artifact taught me a lot about the effect social and socioeconomic differences have on people and their values. It opened my eyes to how different people are across cultures and how the smallest things could affect someone at large. The module also taught me about myself and had me consider how my upbringing and surroundings made me the person I am today. In this Archive, I explored the way being in an interracial family impacted my views on life and the values I have today.
