#module two

Day Four;

Dedicated study time 3.6hrs

I started Module Two today, we covered recording transactions, t-accounts, ledgers + posting, and journal entries. there is more to cover however, I capped out. I've found my threshold and we'll continue building it from here. three hours is substantial and perhaps by the time I am done with this course, I can build to about five hours of stamina. my comprehension is far better than I gave myself credit for and I am pleased with my progress so far. I chose to study from home knowing its something I am capable of however, I snack like no tomorrow and its easy to lose myself in the things to be done around the home; i watered my plants and did some laundry with my breaks other than snack.

Total dedicated time 13.2 hrs

Day Five;

Dedicated study time 3.5hrs

I am nearly finished Module Two, I can't officially say I am done until I complete the comprehension quiz, which is all I have left to do. I feel it's best to give myself a break, pick it back up tomorrow and study forehand. I had no intention of studying. upon arrival home I found myself sitting at my laptop with not much to do. why I naturally gravitated toward pulling open onenote and my course portal is beyond my understanding and it feels wrong to question. accounting is data entry in an intense form. I need to slow down when posting ledgers, and recording (accounting) journal entries. this session marks my catch-up and Ill continue being honest when my reluctance is forthright; there were many times I had to restart the practice worksheets. finishing them in complete, checking my work, and scrapping it all. my main issue wasn't entirely the division of assets, liabilities, and equity; it was sales revenue and service revenue being a credit account under equity, that was something I couldn't comprehend for a long minute. get this; revenue is not an asset. simple enough, but honestly I ran myself up the wall repeating phrases until they caught wind of some sort of meaning.

Total dedicated time 16.7 hrs

Day Six;

Dedicated study time 4.5hr

today I write from an extended break and as I promised, keeping it honest. currently, I am two hours into studying. I have completed the quiz to wrap up the recent module and after all three attempts, I got nine out of ten. I rapid fired the attempts out of frustration after my first attempt was five out of ten. I am frustrated with my understanding of the most recent module. everything I completed, everything I answered, was to the best of my comprehension of the teachings so far. it seems my understanding of the content is below average, and Im curious as to how I will approach this moving forward.... edit; ended the session pretty hopeful, troubleshooted the issues I had during the quiz earlier by backtracking my notes. sticky notes and rereading will have to be the start of patching those knowledge gaps. one day at a time.

Total dedicated time 21.2hrs

Part 1: Reflections on race as a social construct

1a. Last week I learned about what exactly is cross-cultural psychology because before this class I could only assume what cross-cultural psychology really entailed. I also learned the difference between cross-cultural and cultural psychology and the history of the two. I also learned about the impact of emotional resonance in the fight against dementia. Lastly, I learned about finding a new perspective to overcome conscious and subconscious bias that I may have about another group. From there the learning ended as it was just the foundation to what I’ll be learning in this class. My growth edge is that the new module built upon how different and minority groups are overlooked in psychology. Module two also built upon how we are impacted by things that happened within life as we learned to access our privilege.

1b. My emotional response after watching the ‘The Power of Illusion’ videos was personal hurt as my ancestry included a native American tribe. All I could think about is the stories my grandfather would tell me of white man forcing them from their land and killing those who fought back and then later selling it back to them for a ridiculous price with enforcement of rules like the grass must be mowed on a specific day each week. The rules were similar to rules of the HOA. I’m also in disbelief and disgust that black americans were studied and were concluded that we would go extinct based of of flawed reasearch. Also that fact that people with negative characteristics could be blamed upon having black american blood. My analysis is that those not of the black race tried to justofy their hate and dislike of black americans by attemptign to prove that they are an inferior race who were nothing but trouble.

1c. My score was 105 for the privilege survey. I thought the survey included a variety of different situations and thoughts that I am in on a daily basis. This is useful for my professional trajectory as it provides me with information on what I am up against while on the road to becoming a psychology professional. With this knowledge I can better prepare for the future that lies ahead.

Part 2: Learning about critical scholarship

2a. The purpose of research is to use the scientific method to determine whether a hypothetical or theoretical idea has truth to it. It also has the purpose of laying groundwork for future research by creating a foundation on which future research and ideas can build upon. It can also be used gather more information on why certain things happen.

2b. My previous Research Methods classes did not address activist methodologies meaning we didn’t think about the problems faced by the participants. We didn’t include community input when conducting certain studies especially when the research studies in large part were determining and learning about a group of participants from a specific community in certain situations. I think this was left out because the class was primarily to teach us, as undergrads, how to create a research study. The aim of the class may have been to give us the basic blueprint on the start to finish of conducting research. Another reason could have been the lack of time to teach activist methodologies. For example, I remember us touching briefly on biases within research within my undergraduate Research Methods class and thankfully this was further expanded upon in the optional advanced Research Methods class.

2c. In the article written by Cole (2009), she discusses the need within research to understand and take into consideration that people are a part of multiple social categories. She notes that minority groups have been overlooked and/or excluded leading to those that are part of the larger category as a representative of the group as a whole. She then goes on to mention that there is a need to determine the role of inequality as research has the power to illuminate the experiences of disadvantaged members within groups (Cole, 2009). Lastly, she encourages research to determine the similarities and differences between those in groups that differ in social categories. This has impacted my understanding of research in general as this article makes it known that research studies are based upon a majority group and lack implications that could be used to help those who are members of multiple categories. In regard to participation in constructing research, I aim to allow for reviewing what groups are represented within the research. I would also consider the role of inequality as there is culturally deep roots that has shaped the participants in the study. Reading this article ignited a desire to create and conduct research with the questions presented in the article in mind. Focusing on creating a study that can be used to predict and explain behavior of overlooked group and also to find the similarities within groups to determine what can be generalized to the population.

References

Cole, E. R. (2009). Intersectionality and research in psychology. American Psychologist, 64(3), 170–180. doi: 10.1037/a0014564

Thursday 17th December

On Thursday we were put into groups, and had a group feedback session with our tutor to see how we were doing and determine what work we still have yet to do. It was a way of us gaining feedback from a variety of people, and seeing how we can improve what we are doing.

I was pleased with the feedback that I got, reassuring me that I am working in the correct way and the quantity of work I am producing is good. I was advised that I need to work on my sketching technique, which I think will develop on its own with practice. What I now need to do for the ‘ways of seeing’ brief, is to...

Select my favourite outcome design, and begin to draw it in 3D as well as doing some models to see how it would work as a physical outcome. By doing some modelling it will now also help me to visualise the outcome, and therefore will help me draw it. 

I could also do with doing a bit more experimentation in regards to textures and physical ways of developing my work, rather than just sketching. 

I have only touched upon ideas such as optical illusions, so I now need to go back and produce some optical illusions of my own - looking into youtube videos on how I can draw these myself.

Continue to look back in my sketchbook and work that I have done - this is something that everyone has been advised to do. It is important that we are continually reflecting on the work that we have been doing, and looking at it for inspiration.

I also gained good feedback for my ‘isms’ work, where I was encouraged to continue on the path I was heading. To develop in this brief I need to...

Think about textures - including them in the actual text and as part of the background

Think about where the type will be placed on my A2 poster

Think about the background of my A2 poster