The most prominent components of learning theories versus the components of evolutionary theories can be used in contrast for many personal experiences. Through B.F Skinner and John Watson’s work, learning theories have developed to form complete concepts on how individuals behave and grow over time. While the evolutionary/biological theories of David Buss and Hans Eysenck’s attempts to understand behavioral tendencies and the function of behaviour in enhancing survival and reproduction. The importance of comparing these two theses is fundamentally due to the fact that they are different in most ways, so they will be able to help shape the evaluation of my personal experience. I have chosen these two particular perspectives because I believe
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From the time I was 12 years old until I aged out on my 19th birthday, I was in 810 Grant McConachie Air Cadet Squadron. The Cadet Program is a youth volunteer and training program built on the ideas of drill, dress, and deportment. The Air Cadet League of Canada describes the program as “Being attuned to societal changes, it strives diligently to be a totally dedicated, proactive and innovative partner to encourage and enhance the development of well adjusted, civic minded youth to undertake leadership roles in a great Canada and a better world” (Air Cadet League). When a person finishes the qualifications for the year, they receive a higher rank, until such time that you need to earn the highest of ranks by being excellent in all aspects of the program. By the time I became too old and had to leave the program, I had received the rank of Warrant Officer Second Class, the second highest rank a cadet can receive. My twin sister had achieved the highest rank of Warrant Officer First Class, or Chief for short. There can only be two Second Class Warrant …show more content…
It was adapt or die, in a sense. I was to either to change my behaviours so that I could be a better, more confident instructor, or I was not going to get far in the ranks. Written in Evolutionary Personality Psychology, “[e]volutionary psychology also offers a novel solution to two problems that have long plagued the field—how to conceptualize ‘situations’ and how to conceptualize person–situation interactions” (Buss, 2009a). I believe that this method of psychological thinking works well with my situation, and as said in the quotation, the “person-situation interactions” of the environment I was in. The biological perspective of Hans Eysenck on my personal experience is that the personality dimensions are accounted for by heredity. Seeing that both my biological parents are advance in managerial positions at their workplaces, it is in my biological chemistry to succeed in a high position of
From the time I was 12 years old until I aged out on my 19th birthday, I was in 810 Grant McConachie Air Cadet Squadron. The Cadet Program is a youth volunteer and training program built on the ideas of drill, dress, and deportment. The Air Cadet League of Canada describes the program as “Being attuned to societal changes, it strives diligently to be a totally dedicated, proactive and innovative partner to encourage and enhance the development of well adjusted, civic minded youth to undertake leadership roles in a great Canada and a better world” (Air Cadet League). When a person finishes the qualifications for the year, they receive a higher rank, until such time that you need to earn the highest of ranks by being excellent in all aspects of the program. By the time I became too old and had to leave the program, I had received the rank of Warrant Officer Second Class, the second highest rank a cadet can receive. My twin sister had achieved the highest rank of Warrant Officer First Class, or Chief for short. There can only be two Second Class Warrant …show more content…
It was adapt or die, in a sense. I was to either to change my behaviours so that I could be a better, more confident instructor, or I was not going to get far in the ranks. Written in Evolutionary Personality Psychology, “[e]volutionary psychology also offers a novel solution to two problems that have long plagued the field—how to conceptualize ‘situations’ and how to conceptualize person–situation interactions” (Buss, 2009a). I believe that this method of psychological thinking works well with my situation, and as said in the quotation, the “person-situation interactions” of the environment I was in. The biological perspective of Hans Eysenck on my personal experience is that the personality dimensions are accounted for by heredity. Seeing that both my biological parents are advance in managerial positions at their workplaces, it is in my biological chemistry to succeed in a high position of