Interestingly, I don’t think my expectations of having an extreme change in thinking and behavior during this course was met. That is not necessarily a bad thing because I did learn how to be more tactful, and to always consider cultural differences whenever I interact with people. However, the main course objective for this class…

When I was younger, I was intrigued by the emotional displays from my first-generation Philippine neighbor, especially, when it came to how she handle racism and discrimination in public settings. Particularly, I was invited to go back to school shopping with her and her children; unfortunately, my neighbor started to receive disparaging remarks in regards…

For the better part of my childhood, fairy tales have always represented past, current, and future WEIRDO cultural norms and values. These cultural norms and values have always been reflected in centuries old tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, and the Little Mermaid which emphasizes overt femininity and submissiveness, traditional white male savior roles, and…

I am not too sure that my pursuit of an higher education satisfies my needs for autonomy. Granted, I am satisfied and proud of achieving an higher education along with doing well in my studies. Yet, I feel that societal pressure to get a college degree was a strong influence in my decision to go…

Using Markus and Kitayana’s research to describe my sense of self, I believe that based on my responses, I am stereotypical in my western ideology about having an independent construal of self. Nine out of ten of my statements (1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9) were centered around self-love and quality traits that I possess around my family and friends….

After viewing my exam one results, I genuinely feel that the feedback from the test reaffirmed that I have a terrible tendency to second guess my answers and not read through the answer choices. In addition this, by reviewing the exam, I do feel confident that I came up with a solid note taking strategy…

The NEO personality test has reinforced what I already knew about myself through my own self-reflections, and the multiple personality tests I have took throughout the years. Yet, there are some are areas I found a bit surprising that I scored relatively high or low in. For instance, I am very high on the neuroticism…

Since I was six years old, my maternal grandparents were very open with me about their struggles with mental health and how mental health issues have plagued the family for decades. One of their main philosophies was: taking care of one’s mental health is the most important thing you could ever do in this lifetime….

The course objectives in cross-cultural psychology has made me reexamine how I define culture, and how culture plays a significant role in human development and psychological research (Matsumoto & Juang, 2016).  Throughout my readings, I realized that psychological research is based around the concept of WEIRDOS: western, educated industrialized, rich, and democratic cultures: which does not…