Throughout my time studying the course Personal and Social Development, I have been presented with many questions, theories, and stories of others experiences to look deeper into myself to realize how I define myself. I truly believe we attract all the experiences in life that we need to learn our unique lessons in life. This course has come into my life at a time that I have been forced to rebuild my since of self and circle of friends. In the beginning of the year I went through many changes. I moved to Fullerton from Long Beach, and got a new job. Early in the year I was involved in a car accident that totaled my car and left my life shaken and unorganized. Even so, I believed everything happens for a reason, and that even the worst events …show more content…
I do believe that we define our own life and our own meaning. I truly believe that our main goal in life is to generate enough experiences to find out who we are as individuals in the collective. Once we understand ourselves as individuals we understand how our incivility and how it supports the collective conscious. Unfortunately, being an individual is probably one of the hardest thing to do in the world, do to the disdain those who stray away from the norm receive. We spend the first apart of our lives trying to fit in and learn from our community and order to come to full maturation. Then the next part of life is spent shedding the ideas that do not connect to you and what you represent as a person. I think the best contribution a person makes to this world is finding themselves and understanding their own personal goals and values. By being your authentic-self, you can attract the people that are good for you, and repel those who are not. It is important to remember that our authentic self are not the roles in life we hold, but the roles and ideas that make us who we are. To display my authentic self and belief, I could not stray away from expressing the fact that I am a believer in the law of attraction as well as many aspects of astrology. Although I may seem weird to others and many me presume that I have no capabilities of critical thinking to believe in such nonsense. Even so, I know these things came into my life during a time where I had little direction or meaning in my life. This pseudoscience displayed to me that the depression and loneliness I was feeling at the time served a purpose of personal development. The Laws of the universe, more specifically the law of attraction’s concept that like attract like has taught me to be more conscious of what thought I chose to entertain and to examine the qualities of my thoughts when my life feels like it is going down a negative path. Whether these
After taking this class, it would be impossible to see things, specially people or myself, the same way. Whether or not the intention of the class is to provide self-improvement information, it would be impossible for the student to ignore the issues, disorders, etc., identified throughout this fast-paced plethora of information. Of course what the student decides to retains is obviously subjective; which lead us to the application of the stress and health profiles. After the completion of the scales provided, and the grading associated, it would be hard not to realize how we can better our lives, if we make minor adjustments in our way of life. I for one, personalized a large part of this information, something I probably would not have been able to do, at least at the same level, back when I was a young adult.
Miller, P. J. & Mangelsdorf, S. C. (2005). Developing selves are meaning-making selves: Recouping the social in self-development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 109, 51-59.
To define one's purpose is at the very least human nature and at the very most the meaning of life. Humans seek the significance of existence and try to define it in many ways. There are thousands of religions and countless seminars to help people discover the point of human existence. The idea that we may all be irrelevant in the grand scheme of life or to the universe is not a popular position. In his short story "The Open Boat" Stephen Crane shows a universe that is unconcerned with the struggles of four men within a small boat lost at sea. Through the characters' experiences Crane shows the human struggle to survive as viewed in a naturalistic perspective as opposed to other prevalent 19th Century concepts.
Also, there are several things I have learned about myself during this course. Most I already knew about myself just did not know that there was specified names for my attributes. I have also learned how I can deal with my unique attributes to help me personally and professionally. A person is made up of many attributes, and no two people have exactly the same combinations of attributes. One of mine is always extending help to others even if it conflicts with my schedule.
Socialization is defined as the process by which an individual internalizes the norms, values and beliefs of their social world. The socialization process occurs throughout the life course of the individual and is influenced by agents of socialization, which include a variety of social institutions and daily social interactions. Some examples of such agents are peers,family, neighborhood,sports, schools, religion, the workplace, and especially the mass media. Socialization agents in your life shapes, develops, and help highlight who you are as a person. The agents of socialization that have molded and shaped my life through high school and college are family,school,neighborhood..These agents have have helped me become who I am today and has
Another successful choice I have made for myself during this stage of life is that I have set my goal for myself of what I need to accomplish which is getting my masters degree in science and becoming a Respiratory Therapist in order to do that I have started my schooling at Oakton Community College to earn my associate's degree. After that I will be transferring to DePaul University to pursue my master’s degree and end my college journey. In order to be successful in this stage and not in the role of confusion one needs to take all the steps that Erikson has developed for this stage of psychosocial development. Looking at the point of where I am in this stage as of now, this shows the positive identity and adolescents to start my
This course has contributed to developing my learning of what I bring to social work as
We define things by their boundaries, and those boundaries help us to find the broader meaning and purpose in those things. A hole is not a hole because of the air it contains, which, if you raise it out of the ground would be nothing. Rather, a hole is a hole because of the walls of dirt that define the hole. In the same way, we define ourselves and each other ...
The cycle of socialization is a process through which social identities are created, and in effect, each individual represents and is affected by their social identity. According to the cycle of socialization, the first stop in the socialization process is outside of one’s control—one is socialized even before they are born. Our social identities are predetermined, and we are born in a world with roles, rules, and assumptions already in place. Our family and role models teach these rules and roles to us, for they are the shapers of expectations, values, and norms. The first step in the cycle of socialization is directly related to mental models. In the beginning of the socialization process, we are taught certain rules and roles to follow. Ultimately, we are taught how to act by our families who raise us, which shapes our mental models. At a young age, my mom dressed me in dresses and put me in dance classes. My girl friends and I were all expected to take dance lessons and to enjoy playing house with each other. My dad taught my brothers when they were young to act tough and to play sports like football and hockey. During my childhood, I never questioned my parents. I enjoyed doing what “girls are supposed to do,” and I felt comfortable doing what all the other girls were doing in my school. I agree that parents are responsible for socializing their children and they have a huge influence on how we act our gender and our social roles. As a result, our mental models, which shape how we act, are created and enforced at a young age. Socialization is reinforced throughout our lifetime not only through our parents and teachers, but also through the messages from institutions and our culture.
The car accident will always be a major moment in my life because of what it showed me. That accident gave me visual proof that God has a plan for everyone and everything has a reason or hidden message. Just when I was coming to a point in my life where I was beginning to see where I fit in at school, it reminded me to cherish every moment has though it was my last, because I don’t know when it’ll be over.
I understand my styles and behaviors better now. Too bad I didn’t take this course earlier in life. Understanding myself will help me understand other people better I believe. That will be helpful concidering the profession I intend to have.
I took this class because it aligns with other studies I have done. I have completed life coaching certificates and other psychology and mental classes. My expectations for this class are to learn what it means to educate and be educated. In life and business, I can see where understanding individual and/or group motivations can help show the bigger picture and give ideas on how to proceed.
I have really enjoyed the class. I have learned about relationships and have been enlightened on not only how we share love, but as well how we express it. What has surprised me the most is the amount I have learned about myself. I have been able to see the different types of relationships that I have in my life and how they have both positively and negatively affected me. I look forward to learning more about relationships and how they relate to gender development and more importantly I hope to learn more about myself. I know that everything I am learning now, I’ll be able to apply to my future career of social
Furthermore, I have acquired a set of personal and professional gains as a result of completing the thesis that includes the development of a critical mindset, improvement of my writing and time management skills and enhancement of the level of my
Socialization is the process of passing down norms, customs, and ideologies that are important to the society by the previous generations to the younger generations. The school system is a social agency that was created to enhance the processes of socialization through education. The importance of school as an agent of socialization can be best explained by the amount of time students spend in school and in activities happen around school. The manifest functions of school are to educate students the social norms, and the knowledge and skills that help them become economically productive in order to benefit the society. But students not only learn from the academic curriculum but they also benefit from socialize with their teachers and peers.