Artifact 5: Module 9 Archive
Module nine’s archive item was my final favorite because of how different it was. This item focused on subjects such as love, like, and other close relationships. I liked this archived item because I believe those aspects are a big part of social psychology. In other words, those aspects affect the type of interactions that occur between people. By completing the assignment, I was examining several personal advertisements and I saw a clear trend. Women are depicted as only things that have amazing bodies and service others constantly. Men are depicted as protectors with strong bodies that help them provide for others. Below is a visual representation that illustrates trends in age preferences, attraction, and other desirable qualities by gender and sexual orientation.
Artifact 4: Module 8 Archive
Module eight’s archive item was my fourth favorite item to archive because I was able to compare my stereotype answers to survey results from the 1930s to the 1950s. By seeing some similarities and differences, I was able to understand how these stereotypes can form and change over time via social transmission. I liked this assignment because I learned how such changes are also due to a process called cultural evolution as social information is repeatedly passed from person to person. Not only that but stereotypes change as per changes in social values. Cultural environment plays an important role in the slow change of stereotypes. People infer group members’ traits from observing their typical role behaviors in everyday life, and because of these new observations we have changed stereotypes. This assignment was very engaging, thought provoking, and interesting. Below is a visual representation that illustrates how stereotypes change and how they affect our decisions and judgements.
Artifact 3: Module 12 Archive
Module twelve’s archived item is ranked third because I was able to analyze and circle behaviors on a list that I believed to be aggressive. I found this engaging and insightful because it made me think about my philosophy of ethics. I liked this archived item and rated it third because it helped me understand how people will judge aggression based on their own ethical beliefs. By discussing issues that aggression involves, I learned that judging those situations is not be as simple as I thought they were. Below is a visual representation that illustrates how such situations are not as clear as they seem.
Artifact 2: Module 4 Archive
Module four’s archive was my second favorite item to archive because it was engaging and brought the concept of biased media coverage to life. I liked this archived item and rated it second because the film explained to me how the media’s biases can cause the world to believe specific events occur way more than they actually do. By watching this film, I was made further aware of ways the media creates bias and alters what people perceive as the truth every day. For example, I learned that people who fear flying in planes do so because plane crashes are heavily reported in the media when they occur. In other words, the fear of something like driving isn’t as present even though car crash fatalities exceedingly outnumber plane crashes because they are not as covered by media. Watching this film made me aware of how the media creates bias, and alters what people perceive as the truth. Below is a visual representation of what I learned from this archived item on the role the media plays in representative and availability heuristics.
Artifact 1: Module 5 Archive
Module five’s archive was my favorite item to archive because it made me engage in practicing enhancement strategies. I liked this archived item the most because it taught me about impression management, specifically self-enhancement and other-enhancement strategies. By applying different enhancement strategies to different real-life situations, I was able to practice for the future. When I graduate I from Old Dominion University I will be entering a professional workforce and need such tactics under my belt. The knowledge of how to improve my appeal to others while making a target person feel good in different ways will be valuable when interviewing and for networking. Below is a visual representation of what I learned from this assignment on self-enhancement strategies.
