Borderline Personality Development
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“Girl Interrupted” Dissected
Personality Development
Alicia Olszewski
For my movie review I watched Girl Interrupted filmed in 1999 and directed by James Mangold. This is a movie that tells a story about a woman’s stay in the 1960’s on a psychiatric floor in Claymore hospital, after being suspected of suicide. The main character is a 19 year old female named Susana Kaysen who ate an entire bottle of aspirin and then drank a bottle of vodka. The doctor believes that Susana is suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Susan quickly finds herself making friends with everyone on the floor. There are several characters with several different psychological diagnosis. Lisa is a sociopath who is very open …show more content…
This is just as true as biological factors; both biological and environmental factors in unison can have a very big impact on our cognitive processes. A person from a lower economic class that also comes from a long family history of abuse this can impact a person’s cognitive process of the way they problem solve, or the relationships they have. This is as true as a person of a higher economic class; taking Lisa for example she is all over the psychological map. Lisa more than likely grew up in a low economic class with a parent or parents who drank and fought and may have even abused drugs. Due to the assumed lack of attention and guidance, Lisa knows about rules but doesn’t care to follow because of the lack of …show more content…
Self-efficacy is belief in yourself and your abilities. Those who have a high self-efficacy love to take on new challenges and feel very confident in what tasks they accomplish. Those with low self-efficacy feel as if they cannot accomplish new challenges and believe that tasks are out of their league. This relates to personality because self-efficacy relates to emotions and mood which reflect in our personality. Susanna in the beginning of the movie had a low self-efficacy and by the end of the movie had a higher self-efficacy.
What “nature” and “nurture” factors contribute to one 's self-efficacy? Nature can be peers at school, media, and socialization, and nurture is based on parenting. Like mentioned, peers are a factor that can make a person question their self-efficacy. The parenting style and the environment that was provided can also influence self-efficacy. Susanna for example would have had a higher self-efficacy based on nurture. However, through peers and socialization or nature; Susanna’s self-efficacy lowered and affected her moods and emotions. This ultimately caused the suicide
“Girl Interrupted” Dissected
Personality Development
Alicia Olszewski
For my movie review I watched Girl Interrupted filmed in 1999 and directed by James Mangold. This is a movie that tells a story about a woman’s stay in the 1960’s on a psychiatric floor in Claymore hospital, after being suspected of suicide. The main character is a 19 year old female named Susana Kaysen who ate an entire bottle of aspirin and then drank a bottle of vodka. The doctor believes that Susana is suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Susan quickly finds herself making friends with everyone on the floor. There are several characters with several different psychological diagnosis. Lisa is a sociopath who is very open …show more content…
This is just as true as biological factors; both biological and environmental factors in unison can have a very big impact on our cognitive processes. A person from a lower economic class that also comes from a long family history of abuse this can impact a person’s cognitive process of the way they problem solve, or the relationships they have. This is as true as a person of a higher economic class; taking Lisa for example she is all over the psychological map. Lisa more than likely grew up in a low economic class with a parent or parents who drank and fought and may have even abused drugs. Due to the assumed lack of attention and guidance, Lisa knows about rules but doesn’t care to follow because of the lack of …show more content…
Self-efficacy is belief in yourself and your abilities. Those who have a high self-efficacy love to take on new challenges and feel very confident in what tasks they accomplish. Those with low self-efficacy feel as if they cannot accomplish new challenges and believe that tasks are out of their league. This relates to personality because self-efficacy relates to emotions and mood which reflect in our personality. Susanna in the beginning of the movie had a low self-efficacy and by the end of the movie had a higher self-efficacy.
What “nature” and “nurture” factors contribute to one 's self-efficacy? Nature can be peers at school, media, and socialization, and nurture is based on parenting. Like mentioned, peers are a factor that can make a person question their self-efficacy. The parenting style and the environment that was provided can also influence self-efficacy. Susanna for example would have had a higher self-efficacy based on nurture. However, through peers and socialization or nature; Susanna’s self-efficacy lowered and affected her moods and emotions. This ultimately caused the suicide