We define identity as the collective aspect of a set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known. Our identity is formed by the people around us; mainly being our parents. We have no considerable identity that lasts with us our entire lives. Rather, our identity consists of an on-going process in which our behavior follows patterns based on the patterns we see in the people around us. From the moment our life begins it is shaped by our parents, even before birth they have given you your genetic material, which plays a big role in our appearance and how others will see us in the world.
From the very moment we are born we are identified by the name our parents have given us. Now many people think that your name does not make you who you are and has no part in your true identity It is true that your name will have no impact on the type of person you are or the quality of your life; but it is found that your name may influence decisions within your life, it is called implicit egoism. Nuttin, J, M (1985) found that people prefer the letters in their names to letters that are not in their names. The idea behind this tendency is that people generally like themselves and therefore like anything that is associated with the self.
Our names are very strongly associated with our selves; they represent who we are. Therefore, our positive self-views are transferred to positive evaluations of our name letters. This name letter effect was found in a lot of countries, with different cultures and different alphabets. However, if the idea is that a positive self-view leads to a preference for anything that is associated with the self, what would be the effect of negative self-views be? If positive self-views lead to a preference for self-associated stimuli, then only people who feel good about themselves should show this tendency.
The Essay on It Was Victor Frankls Moral Strength And View Of Life
It was Victor Frankl's Moral Strength and View of Life that Allowed him to Survive the Concentration Camp Today Viktor Frankls is a world-known psychologist, who founded his own school of psychotherapy, and also the author of twenty-five books. The most influential and distinguished book of Frankls is Man's Search for Meaning: Experiences in the Concentration Camp written in 1946. The writer ...
Smeets, Holland, and van Knippenberg (2006) investigated the role of (implicit) self-esteem on these name letter product preferences, and they found that only people high in implicit self-esteem showed a preference for self-associated objects. People low in implicit self-esteem even showed the opposite effect; they disliked the self-associated objects more. So in the end even though you are given your name at birth, you will be unconsciously influenced by it your entire life. Your name is also what people use to identify you; if you don’t have one it’s like you don’t exist.
If someone was to go undercover and change their identity; the first things they would change was their name and appearance, both of which is given to us from birth. Most commonly both of these things are not seen as true identity because we did not choose them, they were given to us; but nevertheless are both two aspects of our identity and how we are perceived by the outside world. The next way in which we are shaped by our parents is through religious beliefs. From a young age our parents will dictate the kind of religious beliefs we have.
We may see religion as a small facet of ones self, but in fact religion can greatly influence how an individual acts/speaks. Your religion will answer life’s big questions; give you rules about living your life (e. g. the 10 commandments in Catholicism) and possible holds the standard for your moral compass. If you belong to a catholic family, the first step will be baptism then communion and followed by confirmation. So you belong to the catholic family before the age of 10; where you are still to young to really make any decisions for yourself and know what those decisions mean.
The Term Paper on Parenting Styles 3
Child development has been a topic of interest of most developmental psychologists, especially in terms of the relationship between a parent and a child (Eisenberg et al. , 2009). There has been considerable effort in establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between a particular approach that a parent employs and the resulting behavior in a child. Unfortunately, the precise connection has been ...
Our whole identity is shaped by our parents until we are at the adolescent stage in our life. So now we are teenagers and fully able to make decisions about what we believe in. For example, I was raised in a semi catholic family; where my mum is a full catholic and my dad isn’t. As I was growing up we were taken to church every Sunday by my mum and said prayers before we went to bed. It wasn’t until I was older that I saw the church and their views in a different way to that of my mum and changed the way I saw them.
Now in this present day I still believe in god and in heaven completely, but no longer believe in the church system or the Vatican. So in believing what I want to, I no longer go to church with the exceptions of Christmas and Easter. Lastly a large part of a person’s disposition is formed by the parenting style that they were brought up with. According to Diana Baumrind, there are 4 parenting styles: permissive, authoritarian, authoritative and uninvolved. Permissive parents shower their children with affection and are very lenient.
Authoritarian parents are strict with their children and rarely show affection. Authoritative parents are somewhere in between. An uninvolved parenting style is characterized by few demands, low responsiveness and little communication. While these parents fulfill the child’s basic needs, they are generally detached from their child’s life. Researchers have conducted numerous other studies that have led to a number of conclusions about the impact of parenting styles on children. It has been showed that different parenting styles lead to different traits within their children.
Authoritarian parenting styles generally lead to children who are obedient and proficient, but they rank lower in happiness, social competence and self-esteem. Authoritive parenting styles tend to result in children who are happy, capable and successful. Permissive parenting often results in children who rank low in happiness and self-regulation. These children are more likely to experience problems with authority and tend to perform poorly in school. Uninvolved parenting styles rank lowest across all life domains. These children tend to lack self-control, have low self-esteem and are less competent than their peers.
The Term Paper on Cultural Differences in Parent-Child Communication
Today’s children face more diversity than their parents were when they were at the same age. The cultural differences in how the parents deal and communicate with their children around the world are a great challenge. Parent’s involvement in their children’s literacy and communication either in school, home or community will be effective through communication strategies and awareness about ...
In my family, there are two distinct parenting styles. My mum has an Authoritive style and my dad has a Authoritarian style; both of which has impacted me differently. To each parent it looks like I have a different personality because of how I tend to act around each one. With my mum I am opinionated, talkative and not afraid to push the boundaries. However with my dad I am compliant, submissive and well trained. When I am with both parents I am more likely to be obedient and carry out the nature similar to that of the one with my dad.
