Life Span and Development
Life Span Development and Personality
Natalie Zimmer
PSY/300
August 11, 2013
Life Span Development and Personality
An individual’s personality is formed by the age of five (Kowalski & Westen, 2011). Many factors impact the life span development and personality of an individual. Elvis Presley is a music legend and famous for his distinct look, sound, and character. Elvis and his career is a product of his heredity and environment; his psychological development, nature versus nurture, and his openness and extroversion clearly explain his life span development.
Psychological Development
Heredity and environment play a tremendous role in shaping an individual’s personality starting from infancy into adulthood. ” Thus, the question is not which is more important, nature or nurture, or even how much each contributes, but rather how nature and nurture contribute interactively to development” (Kowalski & Westen, 2011, p. 479). Characteristics that heredity affects in the emotional psychological development are; shyness, extroversion, emotionality, neuroticism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and alcoholism. Elvis Presley possesses a few of these characteristics. As a child Elvis was a shy boy and often felt the rejection from peers, agents, and people in the industry. Heredity and environment both influences development. Freud believes that personality develops during childhood.
Nature versus Nurture
The psychological emotional development of Elvis includes shyness, extroversion, and anxiety. The influences of heredity and enviroment play an important role in Elvis Presley’s life. Many struggles came to Elvis and his family. Elvis mother was originally pregnant with twins but Elvis’s brother was born a still born and has little to do with the emotional development of Elvis. Elvis was a newborn so this death did not have an impact of him. With his family constantly struggling they often had to move during Elvis’s childhood (Rosenberg, 2013). The lack of
Natalie Zimmer
PSY/300
August 11, 2013
Life Span Development and Personality
An individual’s personality is formed by the age of five (Kowalski & Westen, 2011). Many factors impact the life span development and personality of an individual. Elvis Presley is a music legend and famous for his distinct look, sound, and character. Elvis and his career is a product of his heredity and environment; his psychological development, nature versus nurture, and his openness and extroversion clearly explain his life span development.
Psychological Development
Heredity and environment play a tremendous role in shaping an individual’s personality starting from infancy into adulthood. ” Thus, the question is not which is more important, nature or nurture, or even how much each contributes, but rather how nature and nurture contribute interactively to development” (Kowalski & Westen, 2011, p. 479). Characteristics that heredity affects in the emotional psychological development are; shyness, extroversion, emotionality, neuroticism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and alcoholism. Elvis Presley possesses a few of these characteristics. As a child Elvis was a shy boy and often felt the rejection from peers, agents, and people in the industry. Heredity and environment both influences development. Freud believes that personality develops during childhood.
Nature versus Nurture
The psychological emotional development of Elvis includes shyness, extroversion, and anxiety. The influences of heredity and enviroment play an important role in Elvis Presley’s life. Many struggles came to Elvis and his family. Elvis mother was originally pregnant with twins but Elvis’s brother was born a still born and has little to do with the emotional development of Elvis. Elvis was a newborn so this death did not have an impact of him. With his family constantly struggling they often had to move during Elvis’s childhood (Rosenberg, 2013). The lack of