Lifespan Personality Development Paper

We as human beings are all influenced by one thing or another in our lifetime. It’s not necessarily always a bad thing, but when does it become serious enough to cause an epidemic to our society? One such instance is through music, songs, videos, and lyrics, specifically related to the song, “I Love the Way You lie”, by Eminem Ft. Rihanna. This song has become number one on almost all pop charts and has become popularly honored by people of our society, myself included. At first what seemed like a powerful song about tough love, was soon discovered as a parent’s worst nightmare. As I’m replaying the song over and over again trying to decide my opinion on the overall message, I’m

The word personality is known as quite a diverse concept and can be described differently in accordance to different people, it comes from the word persona which is a Latin term and is referred to as a mask which actors use when performing. Based on this it could be concluded that characteristics which are visible along with external characteristics (the aspects of us in which can be seen by others) is what personality refers to, (Schultz and Scultz, 2004). Another definition of personality by a different psychologist is “The dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviours in various situations.” (Rychman, 1999: 5). There are many areas of personality

The majority of lifespan development theories analyze growth and development from two major possibilities, that is, development as a continuous process and development as a discontinuous process (Berk, 2007). Continuous development is defined as the process where an individual builds on the same skills exhibiting at an early age while the discontinuous development is the process that allows individuals to exhibit new and different ways of understanding and responding to different situations and occurrences (Berk, 2007; Koren, 2011). The lifespan development theories that explain growth and development as a process of stages follow a discontinuous development perspective (Berk, 2007).

From ages 6-11 you are considered early middle childhood. Around these ages you start changing your physical development by growing about 2 to 3 inches in height and 5 pounds in weight each year. A female body will mature quicker than the male body. Girls are slightly lighter and shorter than boys at ages 6-8, and then at age 9 it gets reversed. Around the middle childhood age the lower portion of the body is growing fastest, children appear to look long-legged. Girls end up having slightly more body fat and boys have more muscle. Between ages 6-8 the child should be able to do independent things like dress themselves, and tie their shoes. Children also start to develop more independence from their parents. It becomes important for a child

In the first year, they were taught to identify and analyze various forms of oppression in relation to the ways rap music portrayed the themes of racial identity, gender roles, ageism, stereotypes and youth problem behaviors. During the second year, they were taught collaboratively gender and violence and the effects of Rap Music Exposure on Political Opinions and Criminal Justice in which they wrote two empirical papers. It brought to my mind that they kinds of music that one listens to does influence his/her behavior or their way of being. By this, social media play a heavy role in the development of a child to the extent that they take whatever shown on television or through music videos as the ideal of life and that they should imitate similar behavior(s). For example, in Bandura’s study, the Bobo doll; the child developed aggressive behavior when he/she saw physical aggressive behavior towards the Bobo doll. In other words, adolescent(s) develop behavior(s) portrayed by social media to the extent that they imitate and believe that since others are engaging in similar behavior, thus, what they’re doing is the correct way of being. Putting that aside, Jager also explained heavily on the Wolverine

Grown-up deliberation is frequently more complicated and adaptive that youthful concept. Unlike adolescents, adult understand the contradictions inherent in thinking. They see both the possibilities and the problems in every course of action in deciding whether to start a new business, back a political candidate, move to a new place, or change jobs. Full-grown adults are more knowledgeable that youngsters or adolescents at creating logical resolutions and at correlating reason and generalization to actions, feelings, common concerns, and special affiliations. As they appreciate these relationships, their thought becomes more global, more concerned with broad moral and practical issues. The achievement of these new kinds of thinking reflects a stage of cognitive development that goes beyond Piaget’s formal operational period. In this stage, people’s thinking becomes dialectical, which means they understand that knowledge is relative, not absolute such that what is seen as wise today may have been thought foolish in times past. They see life’s contradictions as an inevitable part of reality, and they tend to weigh different solutions to problems rather than just accepting the first one that spring to mind.

“Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.” (Henry, 2007). In this paper we will discuss at length about her personality, her heredity vs. her environment, and how they have played a crucial role in Oprah Winfrey’s life and psychological development.

Deciphering which theory of personality best describes Princess Diana was difficult. Her life seemed to be just beginning after marrying Prince Charles and becoming a mother. However, I did choose Erickson’s theory simply because his method extends throughout the life-span and is divided into different stages. The quantity of conflict within each stage determines the extremity. With each stage marked by inconsistencies, a successful resolution will result in a positive end result. The fifth stage of Erickson’s theory is Adolescence; 12-18 years of age. The conflict is identity versus confusion, and this was rather difficult for Diana; she experienced long periods of loneliness and depression. Everything changed for her during this period of

5. What message is this ZLS sending to young people who look up to him? What does his behaviour teach young people who have great aspirations for the music industry! In this day of STIs and diseases, he still chooses to live recklessly. Not once has this guy spoken of safe sex or the importance of education or even the value of being an upstanding citizen. All he seems to do is spew vitriol every time he opens his talentless mouth. Why won’t his drones of fans see through him! All I see are people fighting on social about whether what he is doing is illegal or immoral. I say we should stop splitting hairs and do something about this menace to society and our

The major principles of a lifespan development theory are: Freuds' psychoanalytic theory, Erikson's psychosocial theory, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, and Vygotsky's socialcultural theory. Each theory in particular showcases different aspects of a persons' experience while growing up in life from a young age to adulthood. Freuds' theory believes that unconsciousness is what determines someone’s personality and behavior. This is just one example, as each given theory deals with something of different. If we take the psychoscial theory and put it beside the psychoanalytic theory: The difference is easy to spot. Eriksons' theory deals more with others where as Freuds' deals with ourself. With Piaget's theory, it is more drawn to the

I decided to do my topic on "dating and finding a partner", my interview was more concentrated on social and personality development in early adulthood and towards the end of the interview, to middle adulthood. The person I interviewed was a 64 year old women, who’s only married one guy her whole entire life. There were so many different types of views, theories and/ or concepts within this interview that relates to our text, "Discovering the Lifespan". Some of the stuff that was in this book applied to her, such as the theories of Erik Erikson, Bernard Murstein, and etc.

The nature-nurture debate has been around for decades. It is one of the oldest and most popular topics in the history of psychology asking what makes people who they become and how they behave and develop the way they do. What makes the debate more interesting is that now scientists are asking if personality traits and even sexual orientation can be determined by what is in already there from conception. Bodies are built up of chromosomes which contain genetic information. Many of these are inherited from parents and relatives. The nature side of the debate states the way people are is predominantly from inherited genetics and other biological factors not so much the environmental factors. The genes humans have in their bodies play a huge role to many aspects of who they are and who they become. For example, hair colour, eye colour and height are all predetermined by genes. Unchangeable. This is natures way. The argument stands to decide whether most attributes do stem from nature, genes, or if they can be affected by the environment and the way people are nurtured as they have grown. The nurture side of the argument believes although humans do have the genes and traits with which they are born, most personality traits are being made up of environmental factors. For example, being loved and cared for as children, if parents or carers were positive role models and if those people were taught in ways which provided them with discipline and respect for others. Where nature

Justin Bieber! That’s a name that everybody has heard of unless they live in mars. Justin Bieber is a twenty-one year old Canadian pop-star. He rose to fame when he caught the eye of an American superstar named Usher. People admired Justin’s magnificent talent at such a young age, which allowed him to achieve massive success. He eventually became the biggest living pop star to date. But with every blessing there must be obstacles. Bieber, despite having a gigantic fan base, was loathed by many at a point in his career. He went through an unpleasant phase in his life where he rebelled and caused trouble. Bieber eventually overcame his past mistakes and reflected through them

Say you’re the teacher of a fourth grade elementary class. The class consists of about forty kids, each with different personalities and characteristics that make them extremely unique. Throughout the school year you learn more about each kid. How they do in social situations? Who is the hard worker, or leader? Through observation you identify the more optimistic students compared to the pessimistic ones. Or introverted compared to extroverted. These are all different dispositional traits that you have noticed through the students in your class. Now, what if I were to tell you that these dispositional traits could play a huge role on your student’s longevity? This is a question that psychologists

In January of 2013, Bieber was caught smoking marijuana in Newport Beach, CA. Not only was this illegal, but his fans reacted in such a deranged way of protest. They started a trend called “cut4bieber” on the social media site, Twitter. The young people were responding to Bieber smoking marijuana by cutting their wrists and taking pictures of their self mutilation to send to him. They were hoping this would get his attention to stop his illegal activities. It is so dark and scary how far his fans will go for him. Another incident happened in January of 2014 where he was arrested and charged for driving under the influence, drag racing, and resisting arrest without violence. After his arrest, his fans were fully supporting and standing by Bieber. They were creating a riot on the internet saying they wanted him freed from jail. The young fans kept making excuses for Bieber saying he’s only 19 years old and how he’s allowed to make mistakes because he’s young. Forgiving drunk and reckless driving instantly just because of someone’s social status is unacceptable. If another person drove drunk and put people in potential danger would these kids still start a trend on twitter to free them from jail? Probably not. They would be talking up a storm about how bad of a crime drunk driving is. Allowing Justin Bieber to get away with a potentially dangerous crime is seriously wrong. This shows