Resilience Definition

Abstract The importance of cultivating “grit" and "resilience" qualities in students especially underperforming ones has been subject of many studies. Some studies have revealed that these qualities can be acquired during childhood and also during adulthood. This paper will explore the theories behind the concept of resilience and grit, its involvement in the human psychosocial development and how it transpires in adult social life today. Moreover, we will also explore its relation to academic evaluation and the underlying racial and cultural biases in the school system. In addition, we are also going to look at the three types of personality where we are going discuss the resilience, over reactive and under reactive. As the last part of our research, we shall also discuss the Ericdkson's stages of adulthood where are going to majorly focus on the stage 7, Generativity vs Stagnation which requires a lot of care as a virtue since the individuals at this stage are in their 40-65 years of age.

Keywords: resilience, grit, social development Resilience & Grit: Qualities for Success The ability to recover from difficulties is said to be fundamental in the

Resourcefulness plays a major part in our understanding of the correlation between social interactions and resilience. Similarly, success requires being resourceful and also counting on a reliable support system in order to bounce back from adversity. However, sometimes resources are particularly unavailable to minority students and low income individuals. In contrast, critics point out that schools that implement the concept of grit skill sets on their students often suggest such activities only to children of color. This perception is based on the concept of eugenics; a concept that explains a racial distinction between groups that shows more desirable skill or traits than