My Life:
I was the first child in my family. My parents, Ed and Tammy Viviano, had been married a little over a year when I was brought into the world. I was born at Wilson Hospital in Binghamton, NY. When I was brought home from the hospital I was taken to the small town of Afton N.Y, which I have called home for the past 23 years. From the day I was born I was a part of different systems that already existed in the world.
Systems Theory: Systems theory is a way of assessing someone’s entire life by incorporating all of his or her interactions: “between individuals, groups, organizations, communities, larger social systems, and their environment” (Robbins, Chatterjee, and Canda, 2012, p. 25). The systems theory allows someone to observe …show more content…
Throughout my life I have remained an open system meaning that I am goal-oriented and have the ability to adapt to different life situations. I came into the world not being able to do anything on my own and as I aged I was able to adjust to many different situations, from small town life to living in a dorm hall. When I moved onto the Morrisville State campus it was the first time I was completely on my own. I had spent my entire life in the same small town with the same people. While at Morrisville, however I was able to adjust and even make new friends.
I was also born into a mesosystem, my immediate family. When I came into the world my family consisted only of my father Ed, my mother Tammy, and myself. Although our mesosystem grew one person larger on January 23rd, 1995 when my little brother Mark was born. This is one of the systems that were imposed on me from birth. They have helped me to remain in my own state of homeostasis. They have supported me and stood by me on every decision and choice I have made throughout my life. My life long best friend is also an example of a mesosystem. My best friend Dylan was born on September 21st, 1994, and from the day he was born the two of us were always together. Throughout our lives we have been feedback for one another and have both bettered each other’s …show more content…
2). People will react to different types of things based on their own experiences with them. It is completely objective depending on the person’s own personal feelings. The second idea is that the: “meanings of things are learned through a social process” (Blumer, 1969, p. 2). The way that humans are able to learn is through social interactions, and the entire development of interacting with different symbols is a learning process. We are not born knowing that green means go and red means stop, we have to learn it from somewhere. We can learn from watching how others interact with different symbols or it can be taught to them directly. And the third and final idea is: “these meanings are handled and modified through an interpretive process used by a person in dealing with the things they encounter” (Blumer, 1969, p. 2). The meanings of symbols can change throughout someone’s life. No one can exist in a non-changing state, everyone will experience something in his or her lifetime that will affect the way they feel about different
I was the first child in my family. My parents, Ed and Tammy Viviano, had been married a little over a year when I was brought into the world. I was born at Wilson Hospital in Binghamton, NY. When I was brought home from the hospital I was taken to the small town of Afton N.Y, which I have called home for the past 23 years. From the day I was born I was a part of different systems that already existed in the world.
Systems Theory: Systems theory is a way of assessing someone’s entire life by incorporating all of his or her interactions: “between individuals, groups, organizations, communities, larger social systems, and their environment” (Robbins, Chatterjee, and Canda, 2012, p. 25). The systems theory allows someone to observe …show more content…
Throughout my life I have remained an open system meaning that I am goal-oriented and have the ability to adapt to different life situations. I came into the world not being able to do anything on my own and as I aged I was able to adjust to many different situations, from small town life to living in a dorm hall. When I moved onto the Morrisville State campus it was the first time I was completely on my own. I had spent my entire life in the same small town with the same people. While at Morrisville, however I was able to adjust and even make new friends.
I was also born into a mesosystem, my immediate family. When I came into the world my family consisted only of my father Ed, my mother Tammy, and myself. Although our mesosystem grew one person larger on January 23rd, 1995 when my little brother Mark was born. This is one of the systems that were imposed on me from birth. They have helped me to remain in my own state of homeostasis. They have supported me and stood by me on every decision and choice I have made throughout my life. My life long best friend is also an example of a mesosystem. My best friend Dylan was born on September 21st, 1994, and from the day he was born the two of us were always together. Throughout our lives we have been feedback for one another and have both bettered each other’s …show more content…
2). People will react to different types of things based on their own experiences with them. It is completely objective depending on the person’s own personal feelings. The second idea is that the: “meanings of things are learned through a social process” (Blumer, 1969, p. 2). The way that humans are able to learn is through social interactions, and the entire development of interacting with different symbols is a learning process. We are not born knowing that green means go and red means stop, we have to learn it from somewhere. We can learn from watching how others interact with different symbols or it can be taught to them directly. And the third and final idea is: “these meanings are handled and modified through an interpretive process used by a person in dealing with the things they encounter” (Blumer, 1969, p. 2). The meanings of symbols can change throughout someone’s life. No one can exist in a non-changing state, everyone will experience something in his or her lifetime that will affect the way they feel about different