Prompted Post #4: Observing Community

      The campus organization that I got involved with was the Michigan State Psychology Club. The community is a bunch of students who are interested in and love learning about the various fields of psychology. Most of them happen to be psychology majors, but there were a good amount of students who weren't. It doesn't matter who you are or what you study; the club is open to anybody! There are general members who attend, as well as executive board members who plan out the meetings, lead them, and arrange for guest speakers to come. The sponsor or the head of this club is one of the psychology departments advisers at MSU. 

         From attending one of the meetings this year I can tell that the community is a bunch of passionate students who want to learn about psychology. They all are so intrigued by the subject that they are willing to meet and learn more separate from their classes. They are all interested in how people interact, and want to learn about the possible fields so they can either choose one for their own career path, or just to be informed.

    The beliefs of the group is to learn about people for the good of people. They want to know how the world works a lot with the people in it. They believe in excelling as students, getting a head from the rest of their class, learning, and forming connections with psychologists and professors. They also believe in doing good for others. The group does some volunteering and fundraisers to benefit the community.

    The group values psychology along with the theories and topics within it. They value learning as well as their interest in psychology. They value the opportunities they have here at MSU as well as discussing interesting topics.

   The methods of communication with in this group consisted if a leader conducting the meeting. Then, for most meetings, a guest speaker comes up and discusses their area or field of psychology. They discuss what they do and the certain things that go on, as well as information about that field. Then they start a discussion with all the members about certain topics and theories in psychology, and the members are able to ask questions and discuss their point of view on things. The meeting was a good combination of listening and learning from one speaker, to then discussing and debating as an entire group.

 It was a really good experience to participate and sit in at on of these Psychology Club meeting. I was very interested the entire time and I will definitely come back and attend several more meetings for my remaining years of college.