Name: Justine T.

Reyes Course/Section: BS Psychology I-D Date :O9/23/15 Score __

INTEGRATIVE REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Dr. Felicidad T. Villavicencio - Professor 6

1. Identify the most meaningful topics/activities in General Psychology and describe

how these promoted you to think in new ways or how it "opened your eyes" to unfamiliar
aspects of yourself and the world around you.

For me the most meaningful topic is all about perception. Perception is the process
whereby the brain interprets the sensation it receives, giving them order and meaning.
I’m so really amazed when Doc Fely shown pictures in front of class that I can found on
my own a lot of hidden figures. This topic promoted me to think in new ways. It opened
my eyes to should not look only in one aspect or in one angle, be a Gestalt Approach
that look upon the wholeness.

I realized that the wholeness of everything is so important. Every human have a

different personality, feelings, mood etc. I have best friend right now she is so annoying
and when you’re together I’m sure that you’re easy to irritate with her maybe because of
her attitude I admit that I was always irritated with her before. But because I really
understood in General Psychology the concept of perception it opened my eyes to
unfamiliar aspects of myself and the world that surround me that should not look her
one aspect but as a friend and a future psychologist I’m looking now her wholeness. But
you know what? I understood her irritable attitude because I knew that she have a lot of
personal issue but she can’t tell to anyone even in their family sometimes she opened
up to me but it’s a little bit I understand maybe because her problem is personal. If we’re
always depend in one aspect of a human we never understood them. Find or see the
other side of someone to doesn’t not misinterpret of someone’s attitude.
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INTEGRATIVE REFLECTIVE ESSAY

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2. Discuss how your personal development has been influenced by self-inventories

done in General Psychology class. Evaluate your level of engagement in class.

In self inventories the result of my some learning activity is I’m a competitive and I
know it to myself because I was a competitive specially in class because I want to
maintain my grades but I think it’s impossible because I knew my past grade result in
the chapter tests and mi midterm test score is 46/50 well it’s not passed but I know that I
gave my best in every test done I was always reviewed before all the test and I’m not
lost my hope even many of my test result didn’t past. The result of my learning activity
no. 8 is I’m ampivert it means that I’m an introvert and extrovert, no wonder.

Before, I’m always memorizing even I can’t understand I’m dull-headed I always
forced my mind to memorized what I’m reading these style is start when I’m in high
school and it continues in these past months but I changed my style I realized that it’s
not an effective style in my study and it’s a big mistake. Now, when I’m studying I can
surely that I understood what I’m reading and I would not memorized it.
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INTEGRATIVE REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Dr. Felicidad T. Villavicencio - Professor 6

3. Examine and discuss how you have changed over the past months in terms of
managing yourself, handling situations involving other people, and how you relate to the
larger community.

I have a lot of changes in these past months I realized that college life have a big
different from high school. In high school it’s spoon feeding while in college I might be
learn how to stand with my own foot or how to be independent. In terms of managing
myself I’m focusing in managing my studies before I don’t care of my
assignment/activity/project until the deadline submitted are not near but now I always do
even the deadline are not near specially when I have leisure time I can do it because I
hate the most that I always rush in the deadline submitted. I always spend time in my
studying no matter how I am busy in the day. Sometimes when the topic discussed in
the class when I can’t understand on my own I find a way to understood because I don’t
want my prof or instructor leave the class that I can’t understand her/him topic all about.
Also I’m particular now in time.

In terms of handling situation I realized that I can handle it well than before. I have a
best friend her name is Dawna Borromeo even though she’s not telling to me that she
have a problem I knew it specially when I looked of her eyes that she have a lot of
problems or issues maybe because it’s personal that’s why she didn’t told me.
Sometimes I want to ask her about her problem but I knew that she only ignored me or
she changed the topic so I keep quite but I always make her happy I always with her
because I don’t want to feel her that she’s alone I want to feel her that someone is in
their side, someone that loves her and someone that she can’t leave her alone.
Sometimes I cannot understand her attitude because she so bipolar or moody maybe it
brings of her problems but as a best friend I gave my full patiently. I admit that
sometimes I’m annoyed with her but I didn’t give up to her that is best friend for. I gave
her advice and I always comforted her and gave positive outlook in life.

In terms of how I relate the larger community I’m more become friendly and
sociable. In the State University I proven that it’s have a lot of different people that you
must to adopt or to relate a larger community. I learned to go out from my comfort zone.
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INTEGRATIVE REFLECTIVE ESSAY

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4. Discuss how General Psychology contributed most to your efforts to become a more
aware, involved and effective person.

General Psychology opened my mind to become more aware, involved and effective
person. I’m become more aware of myself especially I knew deeply my strength and my
weaknesses. My strength is I’m hard working, sincere and self motivating person. I
eager to learn new things I don’t scared from my failures I always try to learn from them
and of course my family and our mighty God who always give me strength. My
weakness are I feel uncomfortable and uneasy when the work is incomplete and
sometimes I will waste my time by thinking is there other way to do this work and never
say no when anyone asks help. I never feel comfortable until my work completed. Also
my weaknesses are stage fright although I was a part of Ministry of Lector/Commentator
in our parish for almost two years I’m always still feel nervous and afraid when in front of
many people. I will believe anyone blindly as well if anyone criticized me I will get angry
instantly. Last I’m not easily adoptable of any situation, I’m not adoptable at all but I will
working for all of my weaknesses to overcome all of this.

That’s why I’m become more aware of myself I knew to what extent I’m competence
if that is my only competence I can’t forced myself to do one thing that I know that I
don’t have the ability to do that but if I have the ability to do I can do that with all my
heart specially when someone asks for my help. In every individual you must need to
know better yourself to become more effective person.
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CONCEPTS AND THEORIES LEARNED IN GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Dr. Felicidad T. Villavicencio - Professor 6

Theory or concept State the theory Identify the importance,

proponent benefits and limitations

The important is the more

positively we perceive
situations and
circumstances the more
It is the ability to understand or efficiently we are able to
Perception become aware of something through avert crisis. The benefit is
the senses. our imaginary concept
become widely and
enhance. It’s limited by the
capacity of sense organs.
To be confused is actually a
much better starting point
because at least from their
one can activate the
It is the state of being conscious or intention to bring true
Consciousness aware of one’s surrounding. clarity. Our knowledge
become expand. The
limitation is if you’re
conscious even if it’s
harmful, you will find a way
to know something.
The important is we can
observe the changes of
Behavioral Is a learning according to the behavior. We can know the
Learning Theory behaviorist theory is an observable reason of behavior why it’s
changes in behavior. changed. The limitation is
don’t be overacting of what
you can see.
The important is we learned
from our experiences. The
benefit is when we
Constructivist It’s how people learn, and to the encounter something new,
Learning Theory nature of knowledge. maybe it changing what we
believe or it will reflecting
on those experiences.The
limitation is don’t take it
always negative of what
 we’re experienced because
all of that are God’s plan.
The important is even
though you forgot someone
it’s still in your heart that
you can’t forget. If you’re
Forgetting Be unable to recall. forget of something maybe
because it trace decay or in
interference. Don’t be
forcing yourself to forget
someone it’s the most
painful process of
forgetting.
If you learn base on your
own experiences you will
apply it to your life. The
Is often defined as a relatively lasting benefit is not only for our
Learning change in behavior that is the result self if you have a widely
of experiences. knowledge you have the
ability to give advice or you
must share your thoughts to
anyone that needed.
The important is
The theory expands on traditional emphasizing the effects of
behavioral theories, in which though. This theory help us
behavior is governed solely by to recognize the effects of
Social Learning reinforcements, by placing emphasis cues on behavior and on
Theory on the important roles at various internal mental process.
internal process in the learning
individual.

The important is you have

the capability to construct
reality. The benefit is you
Social Cognitive It is the view that people learn by have to adopt what the
Theory watching others. consequence of your
behavior. The limitation is
don’t be overacting of your
behavior.
The important is our
Memory A particular act of recall or memory continues stable.
recollection. It’s our storehouse. The
limitation is don’t over used
it.