ATA 5

After doing and reflecting on five different acts of kindness where I helped some people I knew, some people I did not, I realized how meaningful doing nice things to other people is and the impact it can have on other people and on myself. I learned how one small thing can mean so much to someone else and how it can really stick with them because I know it sticks with me. The sweet memory I now have of hanging out with my Grandma and my cousins just laughing and talking will be with me forever. In my old sociology courses, the way acts of kindness has an affect on the group or society as whole is almost too crazy to know. It is not just a small thing, it has the ability to boost confidence in others, encourage taking charge and being in control and push happiness and optimism. It can cause a ripple affect and can make the world a better and overall happier place.

This assignment was personally relevant to me because it was me doing the acts of kindness to others. I felt a shift in my heart and in my intentions days afterward. I felt conviction to do more nice acts and help others when I could. I realize that the little extra effort put in to say something nice or spend time with someone for a little bit makes all the difference in the kind of long-lasting relationships a person has and what kind of mood the other person is in and even yourself. We have used the new fire pit once so far since I bought it and the time spent with my family eating s’mores was perfectly needed. My mood was lifted.

Kindness Goes On

ATA 4

After taking the Styles of Love Questionnaire, I was fascinated by the meaning behind different styles of love but I also was not surprised of my scores versus the average for women. For the assignment, we had to learn what each style of love was: Agape, Eros, Storge, Mania, Ludus, and Pragma. We then took the questionnaire and compared our scores and discussed whether we agreed or did not agree with the results. I learned what each of them meant and felt secure in the results in accordance to my current relationship with my boyfriend. I also felt as if the questionnaire taught me the different aspects within a relationship and how they may play a part into the healthy or not so healthy areas that can be worked on. I feel that this topic reminded me of something I learned in a previous class about Christianity. We discussed Agape love and how it was God’s love to humans as well as human’s love for God. How also, in the Bible, it says that Agape love is the highest form of love and it is in contrast to Eros, because that can be lustful.

This assignment was personally relevant to me because I am currently in a relationship. I feel as if it opened my eyes to what my relationship consists of in a more broken down way and that allows me to assess the parts that might need a little more help. I really liked seeing how I tend to love someone in comparison to the different styles of love and how that might look differently for someone else of my gender on average. The average scores also encouraged me to think about how a relationship may look different than mine personally but that does not mean I love wrong or they love wrong.

Different Is Still Good!

ATA 3

When watching the video of Michael Richard’s outburst towards an audience member, it really made me focus on context clues as well as focus on his body language, what he was saying and how he was saying. His reaction to that person’s reaction to him spoke a lot about his feelings about himself and other people or possibly what was taught to him as a child. Pride played a large role in the not-so-funny way he was trying to respond in and racism or ignorance to what it means to be racism most likely played a role as well. When I think of what this has taught me, I think of something I learned in another class once about the saying “ignorance is bliss.” Where people say that in order to not have to dwell on things since the person is just not aware of them. However, this causes a facade in order to not have to deal with things that are unpleasant. But this causes the person to never learn from there mistakes or to grow since they are not aware of mistakes they may be making.

Although no excuse for prideful and racial remarks, I think it did help me to realize that not every person had the same upbringing and even as adults may not be aware of the faults they had instilled in them as a kid. I want to be a child psychologist when I am older and I feel like this helped me to realize not only how important it is to help them when it is easier to change there way of thinking as a kid but some adults were failed as kids and they deserve redemption. As I am currently teaching preschoolers, I will think the same as I want to when I am a psychologist. I want to help teach these children how to not boast and to be humble and to not hate but to love.

I am choosing this picture to represent what I have learned because I feel like it shows how not be willing to see or know something can cause a downfall. In this picture he is wearing a blindfold and has two able hands to untie it and take it off. He is choosing to not see where his next step could take it and it looks like it will be down off of a cliff.

Ignorance Is Not Bliss

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ATA 1

When looking at the four different heuristics: representativeness, availability, anchoring and adjustment as well as status quo, I learned the main ways a person decides to do or not do something and the way they feel about it. I was able to see a broken down description of how a person is able to judge and then decide what to do from said judgment. In a previous sociology course, we discussed judging someone based off what someone else said and how that plays a part into deciding how we feel about that person without getting to know them personally. When reading about anchoring and adjustment heuristic, I was reminded of that class and how we have a feeling about a person we know or heard of vaguely and then someone can tell us all of the horrible things or really amazing things they have done and our opinion is skewed in that direction.

When thinking of my own experiences, I thought of how the status quo heuristic has impacted me the most. Although IPhones are not old, they are in big competition with other phone brands. I have heard amazing things about Samsungs and Androids that have peaked my interest, but since I have been an IPhone user for many years, I do not want to try something new and have to relearn the layout of a different phone. When my phone is up for an update, I do not even think twice about what phone will be next since I know it is whatever IPhone is new at the time.

“He looks guilty!”

https://www.verywellmind.com/representativeness-heuristic-2795805