Blog 10
Compared to my very first blog entry, I am overall impressed and pleased on everything that was taught. Along with the things I was able to analyze and learn. Being taught things in many different courses and curriculums are easy to look at and dictate if you will use the information provided in the future. This course has had a significant amount of information that was both helpful and informative. The information provided, I feel to be an asset to my future career and life style. one of the things I would have done differently, I would have taken an extra day out the week to include my studies and keep up with my work on time and not last minute. Sometimes life gets the best if you and you forget to take the time to settle on what you find important along with anything else that also may be of importance to you. My attitude towards this broad subject has sincerely changed for the better and I know this is what needed to happen in order to grow.
Blog 9
Throughout this semester, these blog entries and even assignments of course, have taught me many things and lessons. I have learned things such as my inner perspective on certain attitudes I may display across other cultures. I have also learned that many different things I may have had negative impacts, to turn around and resolve them into positives. Some of the blogs were an introduction to open up more and dig deep within and understand that it is okay to have differences, it is okay to not be the only one with the same opinion. And some blogs were simple enough to say “hey, this isn’t even such a bad thing”. Cultural differences are a much needed and important aspect that we all need to understand and make room to allow balance for. There are so many things we can all learn from each other just by having an open ear and allowing things to be different.
Blog 8
In my experiences with engagement with different people coming from various backgrounds and cultures, watching how they express themselves has been versatile. There are many different aspects when it comes to how individuals express themselves and go about certain situations. Not that it is super different when it comes to emotions being displayed. But there are ways that we can learn from one another to fix things or change within ourselves, just by observing others behavior. Now being that the psychology in humans, really doesn’t change or deter from one to the next, we are all human and experience the cultural mindset interchangeably. Some cultures, women have to be completely submissive to their husband and not speak up for themselves in a way. Here, in the U.S, women speak their mind and voice their opinion, and I personally, wouldn’t be completely submissive and not stand up for myself.
Blog 7
I believe that ‘fairy tales’ set a cultural norm for society to folllow. There are and have been certain indicators that had been set in place that in society, seem to be the “correct” and “right” way of living. Certain norms consist of, falling in love at first site, true loves first kiss, a typical prince and princess love story, an eveil step mom, and the ability to talk to animals. These set the bar high for young girls who go off into the world beilieving a prince or their prince charming, will come in and sweep them off their feet. As a woman now, when I was a young girl, of course I played in my head that the right man to come along will be the first and the only love. As I have gotten older, I still expect the social norm of romance and expect the ideal man to be that one to do everything and to “fight” for me. The novel that also happens to be a movie, a favorite of mine, would be the Notebook. A close runner up would be the Titanic. The Notebook sets the love story of all love stories in the most romantic and sentimental way that every woman and young lady want to find their Noah! Here I am, 26 years old, and I want all the gushy, soft, romance, a man has to offer.
Blog 5
Assessing myself into ten different statements, defining on how I answer “Who am I?”, has settled down into who I am personality wise, who I am beauty wise, who I am when it comes to my education, and who I am growing into. Various ways of seeing myself as a good person, kind, loyal, beautiful, smart, and becoming a wonderful mother. I believe statements 8, 6, 5, 3, and 1 all categorize under the dimesion of “independent construal of self”. Following, the statments 2, 4, 7, 9, and 10 all fall under the dimension of “interdependent construal of self”. Based upon my answers, it is statistically seen as describing myself as right in the middle. I am equally independent and interdependent. “if you scratch my back ill scratch yours”, an interdependent proverb that is uniquely used in a various of daily in my life. Though I scratch backs of those when I can without seeking for one in return, overtime it will drain me and I will not attempt to do what I used to. I believe that it is easier for me to think of interdependent proverbs as if subconsciously I seek approval and satisfaction from others.
Blog 4
After reviewing my test and seeing which ones I had got incorrect, I was able to go back into my notes and readings and see where the answers were. I noticed that I have overlooked some details and small readings that were [clearly] important. I think that this will help me realize to analyze the entire reading and small notes rather than just the bold and main chapter reading. My main priority moving forward is to take my time reviewing my notes and paying close attention to the questions. I also did not look over my review sheet in a timely manner. These missteps that may seem little, have showed in my score that they are needed. I tend to have moments where I cram everything in and then I do not retain the information correctly or adequately.
Blog 3
After taking the personality test, I have realized that my personality scores were pretty consistent with each other. From the first part of the test I score Neuroticism high, Extraversion low, Openness average, Agreeableness average, and Conscientiousness average. On the second part in the exact same order I scored 31, 17, 27, 24, and 37. There were a few moments that I had to reflect on and be completely honest with myself on how well I know and how well aware I am of my own personality aspects. For example, I am a homebody and very much private. I enjoy my privacy and open up to those who I feel comfortable with. The times that I had found myself to be extremely social, were the days I used to be out and partying.
Blog 2
Some values that I hold sincere value in my everyday life include balance, organization, creativity, optimism, leadership, religion, and self respect. All of these values I have listed reflect relevance in my career choice. I am currently working on obtaining my bachelors degree in Psychology with a double minor in criminal justice and sociology. I am aiming to pursue my career in lactation consulting, while also building my beauty brand. Every value I reflect off of, is incorporated into what I put into my career going forth. For example, I am a mother first and I have to be able to balance mommy mode with business mode, I have to be able to stay organized and work around a schedule to maintain stability, and I need to keep my creativity in line when it comes to branding my name and even counseling mothers with lactation demands.
When I decided to continue my higher education, it was honestly embedded in me since I was a kid. I was always told I was going to college or that I had to go. Most of my friends from high school knew what they wanted to do with their life and where they were going. Every subject or major that college has to offer, none of which peaked any interest to me. I decided to stay in school because each time a year went by, I came closer to discovering what I enjoy. Though, I may have wasted time to others, I was able to dig deep within myself to find my passions and enjoyment. My mother has always stuck by my decision no matter how wacky it might have sounded at the time. My friends had all told me they looked up to me and had admired my work ethic. Most recently, my daughter, she has been the biggest push to everything that makes me who I am today and what I have accomplished.
Blog 1
After reviewing the course objectives, I expect to gain the knowledge to have understanding for the differences of cultures around the world. The impact of diversity and how it plays a part of everyday life. The impact that the diversity of culture has on a society and how may the understandings can be respected. I expect these outlined objectives to help me in the future by having a better level of interaction with people from all different cultural backgrounds. I expect to be able to engage in conversations and pay attention to all details expressed to me. In order to allow myself the given opportunities in this course, I will do my part in my studies, read and analyze the material.
