Final Reflective Paper
A Reflection of Krystal
Krystal Peck
PYS 202
Denise Antoon
August 6, 2012
I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement- My life may not be perfect but its mine and I choose to live it to the fullest. I have gone through many trials and tribulations and have learned many things from my experiences, most of all I have learned to just take it one day at a time. My past helps make my present possible so that I make the future happen. II. Body Paragraph #1- My childhood laid the groundwork for my journey into adolescence and adulthood. A. John Locke said “the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) on which the world writes; all ideas come from experience” (Witt & Mossler, 2010, section 2.1, para. 4). B. I truly believe that when we first come into the world that we are “blank slates” and we learn everything we know from our parents and the people who surround us on a daily basis. We generate our general knowledge from those closest to us, the people we depend on for our survival in the early years of life. My mother was and is my lifeline, she helped mold me into the person I am today. C. As a child, you learn just about everything from experience. For example, I learned to spell at the age of 2 because my mother not only spoke words to me, she spelled them out to me as well. I was able to spell and understand large words such as boa constrictor at the age of 4. Had I not experienced this, I doubt I would have been able to spell and read at such an early age. III. Body Paragraph #2- Learning from my experiences as a child motivated me to want to learn more causing a great curiosity that drove me to experiment more. A. As a child I was quite curious always looking for answers and my cognitive development was at its peak during this stage of my life. I had the need to know why and how things worked and would stop at nothing to gain these answers. Piaget’s theory states that each child goes through stages that increases the
Krystal Peck
PYS 202
Denise Antoon
August 6, 2012
I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement- My life may not be perfect but its mine and I choose to live it to the fullest. I have gone through many trials and tribulations and have learned many things from my experiences, most of all I have learned to just take it one day at a time. My past helps make my present possible so that I make the future happen. II. Body Paragraph #1- My childhood laid the groundwork for my journey into adolescence and adulthood. A. John Locke said “the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) on which the world writes; all ideas come from experience” (Witt & Mossler, 2010, section 2.1, para. 4). B. I truly believe that when we first come into the world that we are “blank slates” and we learn everything we know from our parents and the people who surround us on a daily basis. We generate our general knowledge from those closest to us, the people we depend on for our survival in the early years of life. My mother was and is my lifeline, she helped mold me into the person I am today. C. As a child, you learn just about everything from experience. For example, I learned to spell at the age of 2 because my mother not only spoke words to me, she spelled them out to me as well. I was able to spell and understand large words such as boa constrictor at the age of 4. Had I not experienced this, I doubt I would have been able to spell and read at such an early age. III. Body Paragraph #2- Learning from my experiences as a child motivated me to want to learn more causing a great curiosity that drove me to experiment more. A. As a child I was quite curious always looking for answers and my cognitive development was at its peak during this stage of my life. I had the need to know why and how things worked and would stop at nothing to gain these answers. Piaget’s theory states that each child goes through stages that increases the
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