Learning Assessment #2

1. Learning Assessment #2 By: Victoria Barbour

2. Applying to my Life I have realized that sometimes I choose to put less important needs above my other needs. Even putting others’ before my own. For instance, I was in a relationship where, when he was down, I was also down. I would allow his problems to interfere with my life. It would take a couple or a few days to pull myself together. That’s when I noticed that I was not taking care of my Love needs (emotional) or Esteem.

3. The Importance of Needs • All of these needs are important to know how to be independent on ourselves. For example, it is important to know how to love yourself before learning how to love another person in an intimate relationship and how to take care of your emotional needs. When living on your own, it is your responsibility to make sure you have a stable job to pay the bills. It is essential for individuals to realize their own potentials and be careful not to limit themselves by only what they know but to explore new things. But the more we need the less basic we become.

4. Mental Disorders • Television shows dramatize disorders. I have learned that mental disorders are more caused by the environmental stressors than by genetics. The video that we watched about the woman married for eight years and is now working with computers, was a great example that in some cases people’s lives can be normal with the help of medication. I have also taken into account that in a major depressive disorder, women are more likely to be sad and men are more likely to be paired with anger and irritability.

5. Different Perception • In class I used to joke about someone with extreme rage or weird saying and call that person “crazy” or “insane”. I never realized how much it could hurt a person or label them badly. Mental disorders were not of my concern until I recently had a boyfriend that was bipolar. During the same time period of my monthly mood swings he would have his. I took it personally and made the situation about me until I actually took a step back and realized that his depression was not something he could control because at the time he was out of medicine. I use to think that I could be of some assistance until but I was wrong. I became more cautious to his feelings and others by watching what I said. Lesson learned and I have become more aware of my words.

6. Significant Things • Confirmation Bias • Illusory Correlation • Identical and Fraternal Twins difference • Kohlberg’s Theory for Moral Reasoning • Attachment types and importance • Others influencing our Behavior

7. Confirmation Bias • When we have certain beliefs, we tend to only confirm them by going to those with the same beliefs so that we do not have to hear anything that could possibly contradict our belief. • For example: If I felt that the general requirements needed to be changed, I would only go to those that felt the same way instead of trying to persuade those on the opposite end.

8. Illusory Correlation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU19VnjejSs • Those with arthritis sometimes suggest that rain causes pain in their joins. This is a two variable correlation that does not actually relate to one another.

9. Identical and Fraternal Twins • I learned that identical twins originate from the same zygote (fertilized egg) • Fraternal twins form from two separate eggs at the same time and they can either be of the same sex or the opposite.

10. Kohlberg’s Theory for Moral Reasoning • Some abide by the laws because or religion or morals. • Others avoid trouble to be rewarded and the rest want to seek praise in their good doing. • An example of this would be those who give money to charities sometimes give to get praise, not because they really care to help those in need. • Another example is making an honest living through legal work whether one to three jobs at once to provide for families and take care of bills instead of fast money.

11. Attachment • This ties into the needs pyramid. We first learn who we can and cannot trust to provide our physiological, safety, and belongingness needs when we are infants. Mothers especially because of the close bodily contact through breastfeeding or holding. An infant can cling to, avoid, or push away from their mother. A mother usually provides a sense of security and that is why a baby can be in distress when she leaves.

12. Others Influencing Our Behavior • We conform to social norms and expectations in decision making. Obedience is an example of “following orders’ or demands from a person in charge of us. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hmA-hC5Bsw • Although we are responsible for our own behavior or actions, we are influenced by social groups, media, religion, and family to tell us how to behave, what is right and wrong and so forth. Our minds can be persuaded into doing something we know is not in our character but we like to please.

13. Future Students • When studying, try to figure out the most important things in the section/chapter. If you figure out the key points and understand how it all connects, it will save you less time to study for an exam. • After receiving back your test look at what you missed and go over those. These could appear again on the cumulative tests. • Do not cram in the reading before a quiz or exam. You will have to keep going over it to make sure it’s there and you might mix things up. • Make sure to do your BEST on the quizzes because they do reflect the exam.