Last week, I posed a question for my MPPE1113 Cognitive Psychology class, asking them to do reflection based on the previous asynchronous activity. The question on the Padlet was:

After watching the videos, it is time to do a reflection. In what way do you think that the knowledge of cognitive psychology will benefit your “self” i.e. as a learner, a teacher, a parent, etc. Please share your thoughts.

In particular, I really enjoyed reading the reflection by one of my student, Tey Miao Hui:

Thank you Dr. for the videos sharing. I would like to share my thought  

Self: I can better understand about myself. We always talk to the inner self “Why am I being emotional after receiving the news of my friend’s wedding? Why am I no longer loving ice cream? Why am I being irritated when people asking for my help that I usually love to deal with?” In my perspective, people change from time to time and we have to better understand ourselves in every stage of our life so that we can easily accept everything that happens to our life rather than being negative and suffering in despair for a long time. With the knowledge of cognitive psychology, you will not be surprising when you give yourself a try on a new challenge or thing that you would not try previously because you know that it is just a transformation of our mind.