Grammatical person

We live in a world, full of people who believe they are shrinks; however, these shrinks are different then the helpful kind, these are people who push their thoughts into our heads. We listen to people, people who try to corrupt our minds and force their beliefs into our heads. In life we have all dealt with people, people we may consider to be “buttheads.” When I say “butthead” I am referring to the “Butthead Theory.” This is a popular folk phycology theory; which means that people we do not…

Checklists are a useful tool when it comes to assessing personality. A checklist can be something as simple as consistently using the same steps when conducting a test for personality. Another checklist, such as the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL- 90- R) is a beneficial way to evaluate objectively via a symptom assessment, which has 90 items and can be completed in 12-15 minutes (Pearson Clinical, 2017). The SCL- 90- R measures 9 primary symptom dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive,…

“You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with” (Jim Rhon). The five people a person typically spends time with are normally somewhat like them. If not, then they most likely do not enjoy their presence. Some people chose to have a larger group of friends but end up being around the ones most similar to themselves. Some people may think Jim Rhon is wrong because they think opposites attract. This may be true for extroverts but not all. Personally, I am an extrovert, but I do…

Many people become a part of an accident that isn’t caused by something they can control. Thus, they shouldn’t be held responsible for what happened. I understand that these people didn’t put themselves in the situation, for they shouldn’t have to pay for something they didn’t cause. Things such as fires and earthquakes can sometimes be unavoidable and cause a lot of damage, “Yes, accidents do happen. There are medical emergencies and acts of nature for which no one can plan.”(Survival Is Your…

Heros are not always depicted as huge and muscular like the ones featured in fairytales, but that does not mean that they are any less of a hero because a hero is someone who is able to learn from themselves and others to make a situation better. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, an Indigenous teen named Junior is able to become a hero while he faces many conflicts in his life using his heroic traits. Through Junior’s courage, he is willing to make unusual…

approach. The second approach to alienation is acceptance, but P not desiring to be different. P then uses one of four possible strategies to cope with this, the first being that this is a “special case” and that if it were not for this specific person, then he or she would be a heterosexual (Cass, 1979). The second strategy is that P identifies as ambisexual, in which they are both homosexual and heterosexual. This is the easiest method for someone to choose when feeling alienated because they…

I am the type of person who just wants to sit down with maybe one or two people, maybe eat something, listen to music, or just talk. I have never wanted to go to parties, drink, smoke, or anything like that, despite most of my friends doing so. I have never had the urge…

still, stared at them with disdain” (Rosney 47). The star Sarah had to wear made others view her differently and Sarah had to overcome the fact that this star would change her life. She later realizes that these social injustices do not define the person that she is. She is still human and is worthy of being respected. Just because she is Jewish does not mean she is less than other people. Sarah becomes frustrated with the social injustices that she is facing and begins to resent her heritage.…

An article called They made you perfect: A test of the social reach model of perfectionism was released in Sep-Oct 2015 located on page 421-431, volume 41 of Aggressive Behavior. Claire Wilson, Simon C. Hunter, Susan Rasmussen, and Allison McGowen conducted this study to explore the association between different types of perfectionism and different types of recalled peer victimization. This study will use a non-clinical sample of women and men which will further examine whether reflecting and…

What is it that makes every person differ from one another? Is it their upbringing and experiences or is the person they are going to become predetermined? To me the words belief, certainty, knowledge, and doubt are the four essential intertwining categories in everyone’s life that differ enough to make each individual different from one another. These categories are all important by themselves but it is the connection between each of them that is so incredibly important. As I explored through…