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One of the most uncertain things that all humans face is their real identity. This difficulty has caused a lot of confusion about who we really are and how we become our own person. There are many different theories to how people can identify themselves, but Social Identity Theory is the most viable and reasonable. This theory claims that people become who they are based on experiences and life lessons due to their surroundings. They believe that one’s own experiences will cause them to shape…

known for their entire life or it could also be a person that someone has encountered only one time in their entire lives. Regardless of the amount of time, each person affects those that they meet in different ways. Those that one meets throughout life can usually be categorized into one of two groups: primary and secondary. Each category has its own benefits and can influence a person in completely different ways. One group that nearly every person on the planet has the opportunity to…

to acknowledge everyone who walks by them. If a person were to need help in public, the crowd would be rude and become the bystander affect instead of helping a fellow…

So many people are wrapped up in their own lives that they can’t see past the next day to know what they are doing with their lives or what they are going to do. So how is anyone supposed to be connected to another person? It would be easy to find this connection by looking through your everyday life and routine, it’s guaranteed you will find, no matter what you are not alone. You will see how your family will affect you and what they bring to each day. You will see how your friends affect your…

Everyone has been isolated at some point in their lives. Whether we physically isolate ourselves or psychologically isolate ourselves, we all need to experience it. According to Mark Conliffe in his essay “On Isolation,” he states that we look for isolation for different reasons, to think, heal, rest, recover, consider actions, and prepare for the future (116). In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer retells the events of a man named Chris McCandless. Chris had a very promising life ahead of him…

Countless numbers of twins are known for their parallel mannerisms, such as being able to know one’s “thoughts and emotion” and communication with others, that they display to the public due to the relationship they share which sets them distinctly apart from the rest of society. Chris Fraley and Caroline Tancredy write that “although non-twins siblings experience differences with respect to particular activities and interests, their long history of shared experience promotes similarities in…

are no physical signs showing that are causing your blindness, but you definitely cannot see. This is what conversion disorder can be like. Conversion disorder is a somatoform disorder – a condition where a person experiences physical symptoms due to psychological causes – that causes a person to experience physical symptoms after extremely stressful events. Individuals that experience this disorder have no anatomical evidence that can say what is causing their symptoms. This does not mean…

person's status or overall wealth. Character is the way we define who a person is, and how much value we can place upon their lives. Work builds an immense amount of character from independence, to accountability. There are few opportunities in life where a person can build true permanent character, work is a prime example of one of the few…

in order to be true to the natural person I am. Over time, my happiness, and self confidence had increased. Life began to have a deeper meaning to it, because I saw things my way, and did not conform to the way society usually thinks. This is significant because if I were to conform, I would no longer be a unique individual. I do not want to be similar to everybody else, because it takes away from standing out to the universe. Humans were created as one person, because they were meant to be the…

Expectations. It spans from the first impression and someone creates who they think you are in their mind. After that, it’s up to you to 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.…