Prompt: Imagine you are at SUA, and you’re invited to give a lecture to all the students and faculty. What would you talk about, and why?
Every day the way that people think and act are constantly being challenged and transformed. In some cases this occurs when individuals begin to question the way that they think and act and the reasons why. If I were to give a lecture, the topic would be on this. It would be based upon the ways that psychology can alter itself; the ways that it changes people 's thoughts and actions. In life, there are so few times where people stop and think about the way they live. However, when one does so, it can not only take them by surprise but also change their perceptions of both themselves and the world. This kind of self-reflection is necessary to improve the life condition of not only the individual but those around them as well. If one goes through life blind to their own nature, they’ll never get to open their eyes to the possibilities within themselves and the world. In my lecture I would start off by acknowledging some notable concepts of psychology. For one, there’s the ever popular debate of nature versus nurture and the role they play in making a person who they are. It’s the question of: how much of one’s personality and actions are based in their DNA and how much are a result of their experiences in life. When one starts asking themselves this question, it opens up new ways to consider the world and even
In the short story “The Glass Roses” by Alden Nowlan. Nowlan portrays the idea that adversity is part of our lives, and this adversity shapes us as individuals. But in the face of adversity an individual must either strive to fulfill their individual self-interests and ideas or abandon them to conform to authority. Nowlan suggests this idea through the character, Stephen and his struggle to conform to authority or pursue his ideas which suggests that humans often bring about changes to themselves in order to adapt to the environment they live in.
This says to me that in order for a person to change they have to first become aware of themselves and how they perceive and understand themselves in relation to the world.
Nature or Nurture. Nature may be all of the genes and hereditary factors with which influence them to become who they are such as physical appearances and personality characteristics. Nurturing impacts people’s lives as well as how they are raised and all the environmental factors. In combination, these qualities can be the true identity of oneself. Many people may argue that nurture appears to a play huge factor in the two, but others may think otherwise. Not having both as a characteristic can have a negative effect on a person physically and mentally. The debate of nature versus nurture appears to be the oldest argument known to man, and it still remains to be unanswered. In the old-age argument nature versus nurture, nature may play a huge role in determining a person’s true identity.
The nature vs nurture issue has been a controversial argument among psychologist for decades. This argument exposes two different views. One of them emphasizes that our personality depends solely on genetics (nature). On the other hand, the second view suggests that humans “develop through experience” (Myers 2013, SG 6) (nurture).
something, or doing something because of an experience that happened to you. There are 3 main
Sometimes there are experiences that can completely change a person. A person comes in one way and comes out completely different, usually in their head. This happens a lot, even way back to the early 1600’s in the tragedy-based play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, where Macbeth develops and changes as a character over the course of the play in terms of his mentality. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is motivated by the witches predictions, can not control his thoughts, and lets his emotions get in the way of what he wants. Towards the end of the play, Macbeth is motivated by his need to survive, can control his thoughts better and limits the effect emotions have on him. These are three key components that change
Throughout my live, my behavior towards change has evolved into a more mature acceptance of the inevitable. As an adolescent, I failed to contemplate the reasoning behind changes that occurred within my life. I
tells me how I breath, eat, use my brain, etc. The decisions I make all reflect around
One may say transformation is inescapable, that everyone is bound to change. Change will happen when one is exposed to a different environments and after a series of events. Jews in the Holocaust were prime examples of change occurring. They were put through harsh environments and received beatings daily forcing them to change and adapt to their new environment. Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, was a Jew taken from his home and thrown into a concentration camp never to see his own mother or sisters again. Change has left Eliezer distant from his childhood-self. Eliezer has become distant from God, cold-hearted, and fearful from his optimistic and reassuring childhood.
Nature versus nurture, those three words could start a debate in most classes that would last years. As for me personally I have always believed that there has been a combination of sorts between the two that influences how a person thrives in society. With the discovery of epigenetics
The nature vs nurture debate is one of the most enduring in the field of psychology.How far are human behaviors, ideas, and feelings, INNATE and how far are they all LEARNED?These issues are at the
Explain the concept of nature versus nurture, using yourself as a case study to illustrate the theory.
It is the trial examination of how and why individuals make through the range of their life his field breaks down change over a vast extent of subjects including motor aptitudes, scholarly headway, official limits, moral perception, social change, personality, eager change, and self-thought and character plan.
It has been noted that neither nature nor nurture can on their own provide complete explanation. All characteristics are product of nature and nurture.
Consequently, each person at some point in life asks some question about life. Some ask if they actually want to live the kind of life they are experiencing, while some will ask other questions like “who am I” or “The importance of their