Life has always been a mystery to me. Every single thing that a person does can impact their life, no matter how small or insignificant the matter may be. It’s funny to think that maybe I wouldn’t be the person I am today if I did something as simple as go to a different school. Or maybe I would’ve been more of a trouble child if my parents had treated me poorly. Everything that happens in our lives contributes to our personality and our actions. Psychology is all about how people work and why they do certain things. My entire life I have been trying to figure out where I am going and why I did some of things in my past. I’m also trying to learn how to make myself better everyday in order to have a brighter future. In order to do that I need
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Adolescents are influenced by their peers. We tend to seek the approval of our peers, and feel better about ourselves once we have their approval. We tend to go with what our peers say to do just because they tend to have the same feelings as us, and can provide support in times of trouble or difficulty. We are more likely to follow our friends in terms of dress, hairstyles, speech patterns, and taste in music. Friendship is one of the most important part of adolescence. My friends have helped me make the person I am today. They have influenced me in many ways, and have showed me that doing the right thing is way better than doing the wrong thing. It can be fun to do the wrong thing, but what matters is how that decision is going to help you out in the future. Along the way you find out who your real friends are, and the friends I had in middle school I don’t even talk to today. Not that they weren’t real friends, but because we grew apart, and found our true matches of friends. Some of those friends weren’t interested in the same things as I was, and I learned I didn’t have to do other things just because every other person is doing it. If your friends were to party, and told you it was the cool thing to do, you’re more than likely to follow in their foot steps doing the same thing because it’s “cool.” If you tend to hang out with people that get good grades, they’re more than likely to motivate you and have the impact …show more content…
We all have biological, and psychological needs. A biological needs is like oxygen, and food. A psychological needs are learned, which are shaped by culture. Achievement, and self-esteem are good examples of a psychological need. We all feel good when we accomplish something, and like I said, our choices make us who we are today. We all must eat to survive, and drink water, which is a biological need. Self-actualization is the need to become what we believe our self to be, which is capable of doing something. Maslow believed that striving to become something or to do something is an essential to ones life. A positve attitude can get you a long ways. Although I have my negative thoughts I do believe without those thoughts I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I could get knocked down a lot by other people with them telling me I’m stupid or something, but in the back of my mind I always reassured myself that what I’m doing now will make sense one day whether people think so or not. My mind is what gets me though everyday. I can speak my mind, in my head obviously, and not get judged. My mind is practically my own best friend you could say. When I was younger, I was bullied due to my weight. With my mindset, I motivated myself to work out more, and eat better. I accomplished that. You can never do something unless you put your mind to it. (Rathus, 2010, p.
Adolescents are influenced by their peers. We tend to seek the approval of our peers, and feel better about ourselves once we have their approval. We tend to go with what our peers say to do just because they tend to have the same feelings as us, and can provide support in times of trouble or difficulty. We are more likely to follow our friends in terms of dress, hairstyles, speech patterns, and taste in music. Friendship is one of the most important part of adolescence. My friends have helped me make the person I am today. They have influenced me in many ways, and have showed me that doing the right thing is way better than doing the wrong thing. It can be fun to do the wrong thing, but what matters is how that decision is going to help you out in the future. Along the way you find out who your real friends are, and the friends I had in middle school I don’t even talk to today. Not that they weren’t real friends, but because we grew apart, and found our true matches of friends. Some of those friends weren’t interested in the same things as I was, and I learned I didn’t have to do other things just because every other person is doing it. If your friends were to party, and told you it was the cool thing to do, you’re more than likely to follow in their foot steps doing the same thing because it’s “cool.” If you tend to hang out with people that get good grades, they’re more than likely to motivate you and have the impact …show more content…
We all have biological, and psychological needs. A biological needs is like oxygen, and food. A psychological needs are learned, which are shaped by culture. Achievement, and self-esteem are good examples of a psychological need. We all feel good when we accomplish something, and like I said, our choices make us who we are today. We all must eat to survive, and drink water, which is a biological need. Self-actualization is the need to become what we believe our self to be, which is capable of doing something. Maslow believed that striving to become something or to do something is an essential to ones life. A positve attitude can get you a long ways. Although I have my negative thoughts I do believe without those thoughts I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I could get knocked down a lot by other people with them telling me I’m stupid or something, but in the back of my mind I always reassured myself that what I’m doing now will make sense one day whether people think so or not. My mind is what gets me though everyday. I can speak my mind, in my head obviously, and not get judged. My mind is practically my own best friend you could say. When I was younger, I was bullied due to my weight. With my mindset, I motivated myself to work out more, and eat better. I accomplished that. You can never do something unless you put your mind to it. (Rathus, 2010, p.