Reasonable person

The relationship between personality and health spans multiple levels, and different models have addressed different aspects of this relationship. So far, most of the models available provide useful information to understand the effects of personality and stress on health. Below, I will discuss the models from personality psychology that could be used to integrate the effects of personality and stress on health outcomes. The transactional stress moderation model (TSMM) states that personality…

self-purpose perceptions, manipulative perceptions, societal perceptions, and intelligence perceptions, no matter the background one may come from. In modern times, the way people portray themselves on social media often differs from their true character in person, illustrating how outward perception of others and oneself can lead to a desire for popularity or superiority. “Good Country People” proves relevant to one's understanding of how people can manipulate others. Today, scam artists serve…

Blame is to place responsibility or fault on another person. People resort to blame as a defence mechanism, because it can be easier to blame someone than take responsibility for their own actions. We also use blame to attack or to intentionally hurt one another. Blame is a large part of the play Romeo and Juliet, because no person wants to take responsibility for their actions of being a factor in Romeo and Juliet’s death so they start blaming other people out of their guilt. Blame gets…

Everybody has their own way of escaping reality. Different people will turn to different sports, instruments, or other hobbies to in a sense get away from the world and isolate themselves. This often happens when someone is put in a difficult situation or they need to make a tough decision. In Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, characterization and symbols are used to show how each individual escapes. Amanda, played by Katharine Hepburn, uses her past to escape, constantly telling…

In a person is an individualist, he or she will put their needs over the groups. Individualists tend to distance themselves from other people and usually keeps their emotions to themselves. On the other hand, collectivists put the groups problems over their personal problems. The collectivists must sacrifice their rights for the groups greater good. Animal Farm is a story by George Orwell that symbolizes the Soviet Union in the 1900s. Two of the major events that occur in the story are the fall…

Fear is a basic human instinct. Fear is supposed to keep a person alive, to keep a person from dan-gerous situations that could injure him or her. However, there are times when fear is holding a per-son back, and that could be when a person lets his fear control his decisions, which could lead to missing out on wonderful opportunities. There are times when a person must face their fears, in or-der to experience something wonderful, or exhilarating. The short story “The Swimmer” written by S.J.…

revenge means to avenge oneself or another by retaliating in kind or degree. Many people seek revenge for a variety of different reasons. Some forms of vengeance are warranted, while others are unnecessary or go too far. Every person is not the same, so it varies from person to person what initiates the want for revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the protagonist, Montresor, is wronged by his friend Fortunato. Although what Fortunato did is unknown, Montresor seeks extreme…

“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.” -Stephen R. Covey.(“StevenR.CoveyQuotes”) If people thought about the consequences of their actions before they did them and didn’t always live in the moment there would be less pain caused by the people around us. In The Odyssey, Odysseus went to Troy to go to war, but on the way back to Ithaca he encounters many challenges along the way. In the movie Troy, Pairs is the prince of Troy and…

Malcolm X’s significance have continued till today. He might have not been able to fully address his final ideology to his admirers and to the world, but he have been able to show the real meaning of being a human. People liked him regardless of his mistakes when he figures them out. Malcolm set a very good example of the human mind and soul development throughout the course of his life. He was also able to convince people with his beliefs regardless of their accuracy with his great charisma,…

People start their live everyday by meeting someone different and new; from these interactions they judge each other. However, the most important message behind these judgements is whether or not they accept each other as another human being. Through her quote “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves”, Barbara Jordan introduces a way to see beyond these judgements. Jordan is conveying that these judgements should be taken as something positive, and…