Human Relations Reflection

After taking a Sociology class this semester, I learned a lot of about the different topics and concepts in this course and how they are related to our society, which has changed my perspective as well as how I view and see the meaning of my surroundings. I would also think about what would be going on inside a specific person's mind and how he or she was feeling. After learning about different concepts in Sociology and watching the videos presented in class, it became easier to just stop and think about a person, wonder who that person was, and be curious about that person's life story. We pass by people all the time every day, but we never really know what is going on with them and don't really think about it or care since it is so

Coming in this semester this was one of only two classes I decided to take. I had never take any classes with ODU and want to “get my feet wet”. I can honestly say that if all my classes run as smoothly as this class has I will have no problem completing my Human Service degree.

While completing my Major in Human Relations at Concordia University, I took courses such as Business Communication; Working in Task Groups; Respecting Diversity; and Organization Development. Due to the experiential learning nature of my education, I am

This semester has been filled with informative information when speaking about our own social skill, but also other people’s social psychology as well, thus is why it will be very useful in future. Throughout the semester we studied everything from the introduction of social psychology, social influences, aggression in psychology, and interpersonal attraction and close relationships. A lot of the knowledge that I gained was not only from the “Social Psychology” textbook, but also in the videos and the reactions that we needed to come up with on a weekly basis. I like the idea of being able to watch the video to see if the experiment was successful or unsuccessful and commenting on it by giving my opinion if I agreed or not. For me,

For the course of my break I was let down a little by some companies I wanted to volunteer with. Instead I helped my family because of the position I was in during the holidays. Even though I didn’t help a wide scale of people in a community; I helped my family members. Even the smallest deeds I did for example, making sure my grandmother buys healthier foods and accompanying my dad to places to do errands made them happy. I made them happy regardless of me not being there for them throughout the year. I didn’t volunteer for the break, but I did give gifts. Spending time with my grandmother examples, encouraging her not to give up so soon, enforcing her to cook better foods, and change her diet. I helped my dad out by cleaning up, and

Social psychology, the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to another, can be used to explain many situations and phenomena that happen in the world. For instance, it can be used to explain why and how people react the way they do when they perform poorly in an act that they’re usually good at, also known as self-serving bias. It is blaming external factors when bad things happen, but contributing internal factors to the reason why good things happen.

From a young age, I knew how I wanted everything that concerned me. When I had to do something, whether it be an assignment, task, or chore, I knew how I wanted it done. It was frustrating as I could not portray what I was thinking to anyone else. Nevertheless, I didn’t stop trying. It became easier when I grew older and I learned how to research, generate lists, and create vision boards. When I found out about this method of communication from my mother, I fell in love with it. She taught me to prepare, and moreover to be proud of productivity. I applied everything I had learned when the “new” iPad 4 came out four years ago. I believe in the power of planning.

For those of you who know me well, you know that since last November I actively participated in recruiting with the big four accounting firms. My free time throughout the week in the school year was spent going to socials, interviews, case studying and team building exercises. I was learning how to socialize in a business environment and I was learning to like the black pants suit with a nice pair of Tory Burches for comfort neatly packed in my purse. In fact, I even mastered the cocktail social. The cocktail socials were the most difficult for me because I am only 20 years old and thus, I couldn’t drink because I figured using a fake id to buy alcohol in front of a future potential employer was a bad idea. So I had to schmooze recruiters completely sober, which as easy as it sounds is a hard feat to accomplish. However, by the time my final two cocktail socials rolled around I had mastered what I like to call my signature power move to impress employers and that move was packing my own bottle of Stella Artois in my purse and then casually bringing it out once the full social was in swing that way I could drink alongside the seniors from Terry and Franklin college. I felt my recruiting game had instantly improved after making the revolutionary connection that BYOB was my golden ticket to a summer internship with one of the BIG FOUR.

In the two years we have been together, my boyfriend, Andy, and I never talked about what we considered cheating to be. This past July, I found out that he had spent the night in his car with one of my closests friends, and his ex-girlfriend. I had told him in the past that I was not comfortable with him being out with a girl late at night, but never fully elaborated on it. Realizing that he had done something I wasn’t comfortable with, he told me he was up late playing Halo, and kept his outing from me for almost a month. Since we had never laid our boundaries, there were no boundaries to break. Personally, I view cheating as doing something you would not tell your significant other about, but he sees it as having intimate relations with someone other than your significant other. He saw it as him doing something wrong and apologized for it, but felt that it was nowhere near cheating. Our disagreement stems from the differences between our beliefs and expectations for each other.

Our society puts pressure on all genders, races, and lifestyles to be up to their standards and this is apparent throughout all aspects of our lives.To further prove this point I have deconstructed four music videos of popular artists, that being “Gucci Gang” by Lil Pump, “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj, “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears and “The next episode” by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, to show their bare structure and how they further underdeveloped society's views. To start off I will explain who am I as a person and how I believe society views me. Being a white, 20 year old male I am viewed by society to have a head start in life and thus I should be what our society has portrayed as being more successful, brave, and bold etc.. I am aware enough to admit that I try to behold this lifestyle in life to some degree, this is my personal “me “ it's how i chose to present myself to society. That being said there is more to me than just the stereotypical male outline that society has placed me in. While being a millennial as well older generations see us as irresponsible and not ready to take over society but myself as well as my peers have the will succeed and want to make this world make a change for the better of our lives as well as others. I see myself as someone with drive and passion while trying my best to uphold respect to the highest peers and my superiors while still looking after myself. While being a millennial as well older generations see us as irresponsible

Where do I begin? I’ve told you in our conversations that over the course of our relationship I have been hypocritical about being open throughout our time shared together. Holding back from sharing things with you has proved to be not beneficial in the least and I think it has been a contributing factor in the friction we are experiencing now. I held this belief that if I told you about the things I struggled with or past mistakes you wouldn’t be accepting of them and maybe you won’t be, but I believe now that if we want to keep Jesus at the center of our relationship we should be able to come to each other and help each with the areas we struggle with.

The one thing that surprised me was how much I learn from people come to our class. I like when real people come to our class and talk about the experience they had in that field. Even if I was not interested in the field they worked at. They were sharing what I wanted to hear. And how most of them were not doing their jobs for the money but for love. What I’m doing is for love and not for money. Finding people like me around this area was kind of awesome to me. Before this class I would read about people doing their job for love but I didn’t believe them because people are different behind the camera.

As educated College adults we can correct our negative behaviors by observing relationships demonstrated in songs and poems such as “ I’m Watching you” by Atkins, “Cats in the Cradle” by Harry Chapins, “ Daughters” by John Mayer, “If” by Rudyard Kiplings, and “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore Roethkes . The relationships one has molds them into the person they are and the person they will become. For this reason, it is important to observe relationships and analyze them to correct our own and improve the relationships around us.

The way a person is treated is based upon what they look like, what gender they are, what their social class is, and what they act as, these certain truths are what makes a person and in turn what a person makes of themselves. Following this I can say my certain truths that were placed on me are the fact that I am a white, female, and straight as well as saying the truths I made myself are the fact that I am cisgendered, (I’m also middle class as of now but that is somewhat a mix of the two). Those facts unpack not only details of my person but they show what path has been carved for me as well as what path I carve on my own. And as a person grows with their identities they start to see as well as not see what disadvantages and privileges people including themselves will be given. Ultimately, the life I was born into is due to what I can’t control but the life I live is based on who I grow to be.

Evaluating my own reflection was indeed something hard to do until I started learning Human Relations. Without self-awareness and self-disclosure, one can’t see his own reflection. It’s like a mirage in the dessert. We assume that something is there, but it won’t be there. And others mostly won’t envision the views we perceive. We may even have different opinions and may end up in fights.