ATA 5

Assignment five taught me a couple things about myself and other people.I feel good when I conduct kind acts and it feels completely normal. Empathy can be looked at through different perspectives and plays different roles in our lives. After this assignment, I think that I will continue to perform random acts of kindness because it felt good to make others feel good. It feels as if endorphins are released after I have helped someone else.

ATA 4

I learned a lot about the styles of love during assignment four. I did not know that love was equipped with so many compartments or that they each depend on one another. After the assignment I realized that each style of love plays its own role in my current relationship. I understand how the Agape style of love is a huge part in all forms of my relationships because I personally believe unconditional love is  very important. Everybody needs love regardless of their imperfections. This assignment taught me that love is an amazing yet scary thing because everyone wants love, but in different ways. At the end of the day, no two people have the exact same heart or mind set. 

ATA 2

This assignment was definetly an eye opener for me. I learned a lot about myself through this assignment. It was amazing to realie how many concepts go into making up what we believe ourselves to be. Being human is kind of complicated. I think it is cool and a relief to learn about things that we do in everyday life. For example, I wanted to present myself in a certain manner during my job interview. I wanted to protray myself in a postive light. After this assignment I realized that these are things that everyone does at some point or another. I love that this assignment was realisitc and it could be applied outside the (online) classroom.

ATA 1

Assignment one was an interesting one for me because I learned a lot about the way humans make decisions. I had no idea that we use different heuristics to help us come up with quick answers in different situations. Our brains are really amazing. After learning about the four heuristics I could understand how they could lead us to make incorrect judgements. There are a lot of factors that go into making choices, and media could play a big role. I was in Target looking at curling wands and my mom recommended that I go with the Remmington brand because it had been out longer. This was a prime example of the status quo heuristic. Since learning about the four types of heuristics, I try to figure out which one I am using when making judgements. I think that this is a great way to apply what I’ve learned.