Feminism
Brandy McGhee
Reflection Journal #1 (Chapters 1 & 3)
Psychology 2302 – Hybrid
September 11, 2013
Last year around this time, my husband, son & I were asked to be a part of a destination wedding. My cousin Domonique sent us a beautiful note in the mail, and expressed how her day couldn’t be complete without us in their special day. We attended the engagement party and paid for our passport and tickets for the cruise due to depart in this September and were excited to go. Mid-August I receive a text message from my cousin saying I ruined her wedding day. My schema of her being a bridezilla popped in my head, however I immediately called her and asked what did she mean by this message? I do admit I was ready for her to be hostile, so I already approached the situation hostile myself, therefore encountering a self-fulfilling prophecy. She went on to explain that she was supposed to have four bridal showers and that her maid of honor did not do her duty to have the fourth shower. I asked why are you mad at me for what the maid of honor didn’t do? Her response was that, since I am an event planner, I should have known to step in and help.
Meanwhile, during the month of July, I found out that my father has cancer, we have a ridiculous rate increase that we need to decide to renew a lease by September 1, 2013, and I am busy teaching my toddler at home. I told her these events, her construal of me trying to ruin her day faded and she apologized, she didn’t know I was going through all of those thing, she thought I just didn’t care but it was a case of fundamental attribution error.
I thought this would be the end to the drama, however during her rant of being mad at me, she tagged me in a Facebook post. The social influence she received from the response of people was difficult as she was priming readers whom have not met me, and judged me based off her inaccurate statements. The individual differences between my cousin and I were zoomed in, as I usually see
Reflection Journal #1 (Chapters 1 & 3)
Psychology 2302 – Hybrid
September 11, 2013
Last year around this time, my husband, son & I were asked to be a part of a destination wedding. My cousin Domonique sent us a beautiful note in the mail, and expressed how her day couldn’t be complete without us in their special day. We attended the engagement party and paid for our passport and tickets for the cruise due to depart in this September and were excited to go. Mid-August I receive a text message from my cousin saying I ruined her wedding day. My schema of her being a bridezilla popped in my head, however I immediately called her and asked what did she mean by this message? I do admit I was ready for her to be hostile, so I already approached the situation hostile myself, therefore encountering a self-fulfilling prophecy. She went on to explain that she was supposed to have four bridal showers and that her maid of honor did not do her duty to have the fourth shower. I asked why are you mad at me for what the maid of honor didn’t do? Her response was that, since I am an event planner, I should have known to step in and help.
Meanwhile, during the month of July, I found out that my father has cancer, we have a ridiculous rate increase that we need to decide to renew a lease by September 1, 2013, and I am busy teaching my toddler at home. I told her these events, her construal of me trying to ruin her day faded and she apologized, she didn’t know I was going through all of those thing, she thought I just didn’t care but it was a case of fundamental attribution error.
I thought this would be the end to the drama, however during her rant of being mad at me, she tagged me in a Facebook post. The social influence she received from the response of people was difficult as she was priming readers whom have not met me, and judged me based off her inaccurate statements. The individual differences between my cousin and I were zoomed in, as I usually see