Person of color

This experience allowed me to recognize that my race and faith were both going to act as a significant role in my college experience both positively and negatively. Throughout my time at Belmont University, I have endured much adversity as a woman of color, in spite of it all, I found peace and comfort in my fortunate and unfortunate circumstances. The Realization of Being Black on Campus…

Assessing a situation based on the physical space is something all humans will always do. One does it to preemptively protect against any dangers instead of being blindsided and caught off guard. This sense can be tied back to the instinctual fight or flight response in order to save one's own life. However, often does this play through into everyday life causing individuals to interact solely on physical space. Physical space affects the way individuals interact with each other based of…

prove to that person that they are right or wrong about the person they met. It is impossible to know who a person is just on meeting them the first time so most likely the original expectations are incorrect. People will surprise you with who they are so we should focus more on getting to know what’s on the inside rather than what is presented on the surface. Zora Neale Hurtson dealt a lot with incorrect expectations based on what she was perceived to be all because of the color of her skin.…

or in a courtroom, or probably at tea with the queen. She was a chameleon. It struck Lacy that she didn't really know what color a chameleon was before it started changing”(37 Picoult) Lacy states that Alex can fit in anywhere and adapt to the people around even if it was the queen. Lacy also says that she did not really know the color of a chameleon before it changed color, so at this point Lacy and the reader both do not truly know what Alex is like. This helps show the reader the contrast…

familiar with our behavior will be more relaxed, showing that that is a comfortable environment for us. The actions of someone in a stressful situation are more forced, and usually, result in the person looking like they don't know how to act. Though people have different layers of personality, their true colors will find a way to shine through the cracks in the mask they try to put on. We may try our hardest to conceal how we feel about the world around us, attempting to stay neutral, in an…

keep living his daily life as a traveling salesman, however his family can't seem to see past Gregor’s hideous appearance, and tries to get rid of him various times throughout the story. Similar to the way Gregor is misjudged by his family, people of color and immigrants…

themselves as a success. The achievements that matter combine to form a success that has meaning and substance for the individual. Attainments also provide evidence that peers use to judge a person as more or less successful. My greatest accomplishments are directly related to my greatest challenges. As a member of a color guard team, I encounter more accomplishments than challenges. One of the most favorable accomplishments that made me feel confident was winning a bronze medal at Carolina…

Self-perception is the idea that you have about the kind of person you are and what others think of themselves. Edward Weathers Hill conducted a study on person perception, “For the purposes of this study, the construct was defined as the ability of an individual to make inferences or draw conclusions about the beliefs, desires, intentions, emotional experiences, cognitions, and/or personality characteristics of other individuals”. (Hill) In today’s time and the time of Frankenstein, people…

and have an opinion. When people meet each other or learn that someone exists for the first time they form an opinion about them based on their looks, hobbies or their social group. They can later adjust that opinion the more they learn about the person and their personality. The majority of people’s initial opinion of someone is based off of their appearance. I have been judged by my appearance many times and so has everyone at some point. When I was on crutches I had to wear sweatpants most…

the fusiform face area. The fusiform face area is the ability for an individual’s brain to be able to help recognize different faces (Biotti & Cook, 2016). One thing that is interesting about this topic is, a person with DP is not able to recognize faces but they can recognize the color a person has on and facial emotions. For example, a video from YouTube, was shown to the class based on a woman named Terry, who has prosopagnosia. Terry was presented four pictures of different people and the…