A person’s identity, as Schwartz, Zamboanga, & Weisskirch (2008) noted is a “critical aspect of psychosocial functioning” as it “encompasses the ways in which people view themselves, and it predicts a number of important psychosocial and relational outcomes.” The seminal work of Erikson (1950) put in context on how people view individual-focused personal identities. Personal identity for Erikson represents an individual’s set of goals, values, and beliefs. These goals, values, and beliefs when taken together form a coherent sense of self (Van Hoof & Raaijmakers, 2002). Several studies noted that the “development of a coherent sense of personal identity has been found to predict many positive outcomes in adulthood” (Schwartz, Zamboanga, & Weisskirch, …show more content…
From my parents’ example, I have learned how put importance on working hard. This core value helped me developed resilience, perseverance, persistence, and determination in everything I do. Working hard has helped me keep moving forward at difficult times and by doing so, I have reaped the rewards. In addition to working hard, responsibility is another important value that my parents demonstrated and I picked up. Being responsible as shown to us means that one must be aware and conscious of the decisions he or she makes while thinking of the greater good as one’s actions may impact others. Responsibility also means being dependable. I very much remember when we were young, there were times that my father would miss some of our school activities because he needs to ensure that things are properly done at his work place as he was given the responsibility. With responsibility comes accountability. My parents exhibited that responsibility must be complemented by accountability. This means that in addition to being reliable, one must also exercise due diligence in honoring commitments. Being accountable also implies that one must take ownership of his or her
responsibility rather, was to financially support the family, while being an exemplary father to his children. The mother on the other hand, was solely responsible for being a typical housewife, while not neglecting the rearing of her children. The children did not have any real responsibility, but they respected their parents and attempted to stay out of trouble. Television shows for the most part in this early era of programming followed among these guidelines.
Finally, I believe a character must be responsible. Responsibility comes with experience, and is something a person has, or they do not have. I am responsible by maintaining a grade point average greater than three point eight five while participating actively in numerous extra curricular activities and working more than a twenty-five hour workweek. With great power, comes responsibility in which I will always have.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “responsibility is a duty or task that you are required or expected to do.” When I observed the definition of responsibility, my parents came to mind. However, parents are not the only people who have responsibilities, but they tend to be the first thing most people think about when referring to responsibilities. Everyone has certain responsibilities they must take care of, but today the concept of one’s own responsibilities is foreign. Almost everyone feels that certain responsibilities do not apply to them, even though, they were involved. In my case, my parents failed to follow through with their responsibilities when involving their own child. When I was a little girl, not able to help myself, I broke my collarbone and my parents did not help me right away. Based on the situation involving my parents and I, I believe parents of a dependent not capable of independence are responsible to provide help when needed.
Identity is important because it defines who we are as a person and it reflects on our values, culture, belief, and self-image. In addition, it is something that each person differs from one another. Each person has a different experience and mindset of what is considered to be their role in society or as an individual. According to Richard Rodriguez, the writer of the autobiography essay “Aria,” for a
Coming from a working class family, I understand the value of hard work and how important it is. My family and I moved to the United States in 2006 and ever since then my parents have taught me the value of hard work in achieving success. In all that I pursue, they taught me that working hard is the only way to be successful. Therefore, I have applied these principles they taught me in my education. As a senior, I have the most challenging
From the age of 5 to 11 I was raised by my grandparents. They were a couple who worked hard through Depression Era and maintained that mentality throughout their lives. They were loving, yet hard in the manner that they raised me. In this way they taught me respect, moral ethics, the value of hard work and achievement, the value of education, and ritual and tradition. (TCOXXX)
What allows a human being to constantly face-up to the responsibilities of life? What makes a mother or father continue to clothe, feed, and pick up their child from school? What makes a person wake up every morning to go to a job he or she hates, come home, and begin the whole process the following morning? Is it "responsibility" that makes a person do what they have to do, or rather is it fearing the consequence? Truthfully, this would depend on the situation. Parents would most likely fulfill their responsibility towards their child or children because of love; but a person who hates his or her job probably continues to do it fearing the consequence of unemployment. In the end, one realizes that despite all the responsibilities a person has, the choice to execute it is ultimately left to the individual.
Young children are taught valuable lessons, morals and ethics by their parents or elders. Parents take it as their responsibility to make their children better people. But “what about children’s responsibilities towards parents?” a question that I ask myself all the time. Moving to the U.S. and helping my parents adjust to the varied environment and lifestyle answered this question. I realized every child has a responsibility to support and assist their parents when their parents need support. It kept my family bound together when I realized my responsibility towards my
When talking with my mother concerning the topic of what is expected of my father, I found a long list that has been instilled in me from a very young age. The list of the responsibilities included: paying the bills, driving the car everywhere we went, providing the money for mom to purchase food, providing for our lifestyle, keeping the yard mowed, keeping the house warm or cold, etcetera. Each of these responsibilities taught me how to be a contributing part not only of my family, but of my society.
In this paper I will be focusing on Erikson’s Theory mainly about identity versus role confusion. Finding one’s identity is not always an easy task. Everyone at some point in his or her life has had, as Erikson puts it, an identity crisis. Everyone experiences different struggles that can have either a positive or negative impact on their identity. On my path to identity, I have reached identity achievement, which means I have explored and made commitments. I will also be focusing on two articles highlighting a fifth possible outcome regarding identity and looking at identity statuses as developmental trajectories.
In conclusion, the formation of one’s identity has many components. Beginning at the onset of adolescence and continuing to expand, grow and form and reform as we live through the struggles or success of life. Many theorists have endeavored to clarify the development of identity formation. However, Erik Erickson offered one significant theory involving the formation of one’s identity. Expounding on Erickson theory, Marcia developed his Identity Status Model according to the existence or absence of crisis and commitments. These four statuses, diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and achievement can combine in various ways to produce a self. One’s sense of identity is determined largely by the choices and commitments made, therefore, having a well-developed sense of self can provide an individual with insight to their strengths, weaknesses, and individual uniqueness. An individual that finds themselves
Authors have diverse views of the term identity, but often these converge to include a focus on cultural back ground through group opinions or self-view. Michener and Myers (2004) defined self-concept as the organized system of thoughts or cognitions that individuals possess. It constitutes the view of personal qualities and social identities, together with generalizations concerning the self in regards to experience. The self is spontaneous, which means an individual can see himself as both the acting individual and the object of the action. With identity,...
I have asked my grandparent: “why are you take care of me for my parents”? My grandma answers me: “it is my responsibility”. During my childhood, I had been living with my grandparent, and I was really happy. However, the most important thing I learn from my grandparents, which is responsibility. The concept of responsibility is more than just being accountable for your mistakes; it involves being accountable for your actions, both to yourself and to others. When people are not willing take responsibility for person actions, the road to successful will becomes
In Erikson’s Identity vs. Role Confusion stage, I thought, “Who am I?” countless times like many other adolescents. I occupied much of my time trying to construct a firm identity of myself, which I now realized did more harm than good. Letting myself explore different interests would have helped me find my identity than me trying to fake some firm identity.
“Hard work is the key to success,” is something I heard from my dad almost every day during my child hood. Growing up with a single dad was really the first introduction I had to how important it is to be hard working. During the day he worked. After he got home he cleaned the house, helped with homework, made dinner, and somehow managed to never miss any of our extracurricular activities. Once he put everyone to bed he started on his school work. He would attend late night classes, and sometimes stay up past three just to finish his homework. He did this for seven years to earn his associate’s and bachelor’s degree. I was constantly reminded by him of the importance of hard work, but I never truly understood the meaning of what it is to be hard working