“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”(Stone). Our environment affects us all in many different ways, just because we are all human and have different ways of adapting to specific situations, our reactions can be based upon how we were raised we have seen throughout our lives. But it is not arguable that we as intellectual beings adapt, but the next question is where does the border lie between adaptation and submission. There are one million and one ways to raise a child, teach them right from wrong, and expect them to “behave”. But sometimes there are something’s that as a parent you can attempt to control but you just can’t. For example, as a parent you can also try to mitigate the environment to which your family and you are exposed to but once you have seen something it cannot be unseen. Another example is that you can not control the perspective your child has on the world, you can guide him in one direction and one day he or she may and will decide to pave his or her own path from their perspective. “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative”(H.G Wells). This quote simply means that we as humans must find a way to adapt to a situation or we are assured to fail. In the novel Native Son by Richard Wright the main character of the book shows how a person who has been negatively influenced by the environment can react to certain situations. In one scene in the novel we see Bigger helping his employer’s daughter Mary get into bed after her being completely intoxicated. But things take a complet... ... middle of paper ... ...e is not being heard it is because you are not being loud enough. Works Cited H.G. Well In Time. Dir. Andrew Niccol. By Andrew Niccol. Perf. Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. 20 Century Fox. Film. KUO, FRANCES E., and WILLIAM C. Sullivan. "AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE IN THE INNER CITY Effects of Environment via Mental Fatigue." Willsull.net. Sage, 04 Nov. 2001. Web. Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, and Trevor Le Gassick. Midaq Alley. New York: Anchor, 1992. Print. Poe, Edgar A. "The Man of the Crowd." The Man of the Crowd. 1840. Web. 05 May 2014. Savali, Kirsten W. "Sagging Pants: Prison Uniform Represents Wreckage of Black Communities?" Alternet. 17 July 2012. Web. 05 May 2014. Stone. W. Clement Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Routledge, 2006. Print. Wright, Richard. Native Son. New York,: HarperPerennial, 1940. Print.
As a child, the environment you were born into is the only one you ever
For instance you find that when a child is prohibited from touching a certain object they hesitate when trying to touch to see whether there is any one observing them. Therefore, in such cases there is no need of teaching them because it is instinctive. Thus the child is able to make decision even later in life using his knowledge to do what is right or wrong. You find that the choices they make from child hood to adult hood are usually between acceptable and forbidden generous or selfish, and kind or
When Ezra was eight years old, he had a psychologist report done that asked a set of questions not only to him but also to myself about my parenting style. I scored high in the top 15 percentiles in not only warmth and affection but also discipline and control. Being high in all four aspects of parenting styles puts me into the authoritative style (Bee & Boyd, 2012). In The Developing Child, the authors describe the parents with this parenting style as those that are “setting clear limits, expecting and reinforcing socially mature behavior, and at the same time responding to the child’s individual needs (Bee & Boyd, 2012, p. 326).” As I reflect on certain situations, I can tell that this style guided my parenting. For example, when Ezra was 6 he frequently cheated at games if he knew he could get away with it. My response, with accordance to my authoritative parenting style, was to beginning teaching him right and wrong, not getting upset, but to bring up the cheating and tell him to play by the rules despite him not having a “strong sense of mortality (Manis, 2008).” I decided to use that option because I wanted Ezra to learn from the experience but continue to play the game and have
This means, the environment that he or she was brought upon is the leading influence on his or her behavioral pattern. For example, if one was brought up in a strict household he or she will likely have a shy and reclusive personality. Another result of an individual being raised in a totalitarian like home is him or her not being able to function properly as an adult. For instance, Jerry Thomas grew up in a very strict household. All decisions about his life were made by his parents. When Thomas went to college he was not able to make a decision based on his personal desire. Moving out of that totalitarian like environment caused him to rely on the decisions of others rather than doing what is in his best interest. Clearly, this shows nurture has an impact on the way one
Leaders know that once a child is born and raised, they will have learned ways to act and react to different situations. Parents teach their children right from wrong and set an example for them. Once a child becomes a teenager and adult, they normally take after their parents influence. This can sometimes be a negative thing if the parents separated, fought constantly, or were addicts. If a person is raised in that environment, th...
The quote above by Charles Darwin refers to the theory of evolution, in which he deduced that creatures evolve through the process of natural selection; those that are most adaptable to the changing environment will survive and morph to better fit their new surroundings. The theory of evolution contributed to the ongoing process and study of human development. The study of human development is unique in a sense that it draws life and social science research methods and theories to explain how one’s psychological, cognitive and social-emotional development are influenced by biological, psychological and environmental factors (p.#). Many believe that one’s being is a product of “nature versus nurture”. However, research and studies show that human development involves both “nature and nurture” in each stage of life. The study of human development covers a lifespan, from conception until death. One may live a lifespan which he/she goes through the eleven life stages of psychosocial development. A positive resolution of psychosocial crisis in each life stage leads to successful adaptation for optimal development (p.9). In this paper, I will delve into my own biopsychosocial development which made me the person I am today.
There is no hesitation when it comes to whether humans impact the global environment. However, it is questioned in whether human’s ecological footprint is either negatively or positively impacting. In clear perspective, humans share from both sides and their ecological footprint is noted towards whether it will benefit or harm the environment around them. Topics such as overpopulation, pollution, biomagnification, and deforestation are all human impacted and can harm the environment, but some include benefits into helping the world around us with solutions to their problems.
In childhood, it’s evident from the start that the parents are the ones who hold the power. As the child grows and develops, the parents show him that they are in control by correcting the things he does wrong and by making it clear that they know more than he does about life. Until the child is old enough to create his own ideals of what is right and what is wrong, the parents shape his ideals for him. As the child grows older, however, the parents relinquish this hold on him and allow him to form his own ideals of the world around him. But as he ventures out in the world, is he actually forming his own ideals, or is he still being shaped by an even larger, more powerful source?
...lopment is contextual and can change by big or small impacts just like people can be changed by good or bad influences. As humans we constantly change due to our changing environment. Because of these changes three major factors can have an impact on us: normative age-graded and normative history-graded influences and non-normative life events. These three factors can either have a biological or environmental influences on an individual’s development. A normative age-graded and normative history-graded influence that has occurred in my life was getting my driver’s license at the age of sixteen and experiencing the legalization of same-sex marriage. A non-normative life event that I experienced was getting adopted from Russia at the age of eight. All these influences have impacted my development and my character one way or another and have made me the person I am today
Children are influenced by their parents’ action. If the parents are not teaching his or her child what is right from wrong, then it may leave the child to experiment for themselves, like becoming involved in bad activity. If a child commits a delinquent act his or her parent should be held accountable.
According to the internet human behavior has a very big affect on the environment. Environmental settings such as air pollution, oceans, energy, or noise are all sources that can negatively impact the environmental quality and conditions. Our daily routines have a huge impact on the environment and we do not realize it. New laws that are passing and educating people will help a lot. People are being educated on how to use less water, use our cars less, how to use less energy, and even taking reusable bags when going grocery shopping because plastic bags are very bad for the environment. There are simple solutions that can help in getting started with these efforts. Every little step and effort we make in our daily routines count.
In many homes parents establish moral assumptions, mandates, priorities. They teach children what to believe in, what not to believe in. They teach children what is permissible or not permissible—and why. They may summon up the Bible, the flag, history, novels, aphorisms, philosophical or political sayings, personal memories— all in an effort to teach children how to behave, what and whom to respect and for which reasons.
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I always believed that you could see the effects of bad parenting, by studying the youth of today opposed to the youth of sixty years ago. The effects of bad parenting can be measured in many different ways. One of the things that we all forget about is “lead by example”. What we as adults, teach our children, is what our future generations will be as people.
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