Perfectionism

Throughout this period of art production, techniques improved, materials of the ancient world were explored, and artists perfected their craft. The art of ancient Greece is superior to the art of all other periods because of the attention to detail, perfectionism in architecture, and the ability to fully accomplish realistic representations of ideal human proportions while also adapting old techniques and defining the path of artistic periods to follow. When observing painted vessels from the…

Javaris Stantley Dr. Mehta PSYC 3470 09 Nov. 2014 Paper 4: Perfectionism Article Summary I. Introduction Throughout my academic career, I have always wanted to know the causes and effects of perfectionism associated with my ethnic group. Therefore, I decided to read the article titled, “Perfectionism in African American Students: Relationship to Racial Identity, GPA, Self-esteem, and Depression,” written by Professor Audrey Elion and her fellow colleagues. Overall, the article provided some…

Perfectionism: Unattainably Stressful Perfectionism is in everything I do. Everything always must be a certain way and I must always perform to my unrealistically high standards. Ever since I was a child, I was told that failing was not an option and that giving up was not even a feasible suggestion. I have been working my entire life to not give up and to keep doing my best. Unfortunately, perfection is not attainable and it has been something I have struggled with my entire life in my classes…

with a tiny red birthmark on her left cheek, and grows obsessed with the idea of removing it. His persistence results in the Georgiana’s death. The story expresses the power of Nature versus the limits of science, and hence, the consequences of perfectionism. This is portrayed through the utilization of contrast,…

his hatred towards Georgiana’s birthmark. Aylmer caused Georgiana to hate herself because of the birthmark. At the end, Aylmer disgust towards the birthmark and drive to remove it cause his wife to die. Aylmer hatred towards the birthmark shows perfectionism, Georgiana love for Aylmer shows love is inevitable, and Aylmer trying to change nature. Aylmer shows his way of being a perfectionist by saying “No, dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly of perfect from the hand of Nature,…

I am a perfectionist. Always have been, and I always will be. I color inside the lines. I do my homework. I go work at my job. I go to be early. I am a very by the book person. Everything must be a certain way, otherwise I begin to get anxious. This has always been a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because I get things done, and I do what is right. It is a curios because if something is not done exactly how I would do I, I feel like it is don't wrong. I always want to know what is going…

In the back of my mind, I am dismayed about falling into the Paralysis of Perfectionism. Which is basically becoming too focus on doing the mythical "flawless website" to the point you're hesitant to make errors, over checking line by line, nitpicking published pages and wasting time looking for the "golden grail photo" for your pages. " A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new" ~Albert Einstein To put it short, I chose a niche which as I go deeper and complete a page. I…

Being perseverant for me, it means being present and having participation on any event or social gathering. If that fails or I get rejected then trying again and again until that goal is fulfill or replaced by other goal. Having a decent amount of perfectionism drives me even closer to achieving my goals. Why? Being a perfectionist means that you are always trying to exceed the limits of what you are asked to do. In order to succeed you have to be great, but in order to leave a mark on this…

anxiety and higher perfectionism would lead to greater bulimic behaviors. The main themes are: • Social anxiety and eating disorders. • There is very little known information about the mechanisms underlying the co-occurrence between social anxiety and bulimic behaviors. • Perfectionism- “individuals with elevated social anxiety are thought to set perfectionistic goals in social situations...” (Silgado, Timpano, Buckner, & Schmidt, 2009). In the study “The Role of Perfectionism in Bulimia” the…

wrong to think that without perfectionism we cannot avoid the repugnant conclusion. My first step in defending this thesis will be to review Parfit’s argument on the repugnant conclusion and the way perfectionism helps us avoid it. I will then try to undermine his view by showing it supports implausible claims. For example, the premise of Parfit’s argument is that perfectionism does provide a full means of avoiding the repugnant conclusion. However, what perfectionism values is the total sum of…