This course has discussed how people look at life events differently. Many factors influence
how people as individuals may view a situation. Just as people can make snap judgments
about a person, they can also make those same judgments about situations. For example, a
man was riding on a train and observed a woman in the seat across the aisle from him with
two children. The children were being loud and fighting. When one of the children knocked
over the man’s coffee, he became aggravated and asked the woman, who sat there starring
out the window, if she could control her children. The woman turned to the man half coherent
and apologized explaining that she and her children were coming from the hospital where
their father, her husband, had just passed away. Immediately, this changed how the man
viewed the situation.
· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
· Describe a situation that might be viewed differently by two people. This event can be as
small as an encounter on the street or as major as the birth of a child.
· Summarize how it could be viewed differently. How might religious, cultural, or personal
beliefs influence how this event is interpreted? How might a person’s mood, personality,
or situation influence how he or she interprets this event?
· Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper following APA guidelines.