Observation :O

I'm taking this time to stop and actual observe my behavior when working in my group for our projects. Since I'm focusing on social psychology that means I have to focus on how people act within groups. To start I've noticed that when working on the year-long project of inventing a board game I lose interest. This is because I'm not invested in what I'm suppose to be doing. However, with this semester project I actually am quite interested in what my group has decided to do. I'm actively finding evidence and conducting research to further help our semester project develop into its final creation, but for the year project I don't seem to be able find the drive to want to do it.

Overall, my observation is that,depending on the situation at hand, it will effect how people react within groups. Take me for example. When I do something I don't like, I lose focus ,but when it's something I DO like and am interested in I will happily work for it.

Breakthrough \(^.^)/

Hello fellow readers! I was at dinner today when I was introduced to a former counselor of Fremd High School, Mr.Spenkler. My group's semester final project deals with incoming freshman being paired with upper classmen and when we consulted Mrs.Sheehan about this she mentioned meeting with a counselor to see if a similar system is already in placed. I took this as an opportunity to ask questions. The results were that Mr.Spenkler had told me that in Fremd High School has a system where it pairs up TRANSFER students with a buddy. He told me this was a way for them to get acclimated to a whole new area. Students in the more common junior highs were already connected to one another, therefore the high schools focused more on the kids who don't have this connection. He also talked about how logistically it would be difficult, however if we somehow included sophomores and juniors ,instead of limiting to just seniors, it is possible to accomplish this.

This post is long so I will continue the post on a separate one. That will include more of the concerns and problems of this.

Adios ^.^

Teamwork:3

Social psychology is how people act when they are in a situation with other people. Therefore teamwork is a great example to see how individuals work in groups. Currently I am at a debate tournament in Barrington with the rest of my team mates. As I look around I see members of the other schools' team around us. There are those who isolate themselves to work by themselves which shows that those individuals don't work we'll with others. Yet as I continue to look around I can see that the more social members are engaged in conversations concerning the debate round. The ones who speak loud and look unhappy are the ones who didn't do so well in the round while those who have smiles clearly are confident on their performance. As more members come back from their rounds team members come together and work side-by-side to strengthen cases. This shows how teamwork brings individuals together to work together for the common good of the team.