A520.1.2.RB - Self-Awareness Reyes, Cassandra

1. What do you notice in your results?

I feel as though my results were pretty consistent with my thoughts and personal feelings towards the questions as I felt I answered them as honestly as I could. My emotional control and diagnosis seemed to relate to my responses the way that I though it would as I tenfd to be an emotional person both personally and toward other individuals.

The Defining Issues test through me for a bit of a loop as I noticed I didn't really agree with the options that were listed in the answer key. I had a totally different opinion and outlook on what I considered of great importance and what I considered irrelevant information to the story at hand.


2. How much of this rang true for you?

I believe the self asssessment test was very straight foward in proving the person I am today. I think if an inividual was basing my personality off of this test, they would get a very good feel as to who I am, how I treat people, how I may feel toward people and my level of emotional intelligence and control. However, I feel as though, if an individual was basing the Defining Issues Test on my personality, I do not believe they would come out of it with a great understanding of how my thought process worked. I believe that the Defining Issues test doesnt allow for the individuals thought process to shine through and can therefore have conflicting results as to what the individual may actually feel and why.


 3. What did you see that you were expecting in the results?

I expected to see similiar repsonses or higher points for the self awareness assessment as I felt confident in the answers I was providing, as the questions related to emotional stability, control and diagnosis. I already had an idea of what my responses would be like considering I am naturally an emotional person and considered myself to be pretty stable and straight forward in this area.

The Defining Issues results test showed a high level of intolerance which I was unsure was looked upon in a negative aspect. Was high intolerance considered to be positive or negative? Did it depend upon the situation or story at hand and what the dilemma was, or was it just basing it upon an overall view of what I considered to be socially acceptable?


4. What were the surprises?

I didn't think I would be so far off in what was considered relevant information and irrelevant information in the Defining issues portion of the assessment. I think this is because I went more with emotion about the question rather than actual logic. I noticed I tend to do this as I am an emotional person.

If the story made me feel angry or mad, I may have had a different opinion on how I would react or what I would deem relevant or irrelevant. If I could relate to the story it may also sway my decisions. Therefore, I felt as though the test may not have been the greatest assessment of who I was or what my thought processes would be. I believe I would have to throught out almost all emotion behind the stories, so I could make decisions that were based upon straight logic instead of emotion.

5. How will you make use of this information?

I believe that these assessments have just made me more open minded, just like the other two courses in this program has. I feel as though the more excercises I do, the more open minded I become to so many various situations and examples both personally and professionally. The one thing I enjoy about this program the most is that pretty much everything is open for discussion and interpretation. I love reading on my classmates interpretations and learning new views, skills and lessons from them all. I think these assignments, my professors and my classmates, offer up such an open welcoming enviroment for allowing me to express my own thoughts, but challenge me to see things in a new light, instead of in such a static way. I will continue to use this information, as well as everything else I have learned to think and look outside of the box, and look for alternatives in the ways I view things or address them.