“You can’t do anything right” “retard…” Admittedly‚ this is a strange introduction when discussing about possible-selves; seeing that these quotes are highly derogatory. However‚ there is a method to my madness. That is to say‚ in view of the theory about possible selves‚ it brings up the question: if a child could overcome the trauma they endured and achieve success? Concerning my possible self‚ the years of abuse resulted in a foundation that has helped me mature into the young woman I am now;
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Possible Selves Possible selves refer to the selves taht you might become. "Possible selves are highly personalized‚ vivid‚ futuristic images of the self that feflect hopes‚ fears‚ and fantasies" (Hockenbury and Hockenbury‚ 2003). Some examples of positive hoped for possible selves might be the successful self‚ the creative self‚ the rich self‚ the thing self‚ or the loved and admired self. Some examples of the negative dreaded possible selves might be the alone self‚ the depressed self‚ the
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an individual goes about answering ill-structured problems. Patricia King and Karen Kitchener have both offered that their Reflective Judgement Model best defines what happens with an individual as they development arguments to answer ill-structured problems. Their model can be tied to Marcia’s Ego Identity Statuses theory in their similarity. In the end‚ the Reflective Judgment Model should be used to better understand and support colleges students in the journey to become competent adults in their
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Social judgment theory holds that when a message is heard the receiver of the message immediately forms an opinion on the matter. The individual then categorized the opinion into one of three divisions known as attitude zones. From this point on‚ every new message about the same topic is compared with ones present point of view on the subject. Social judgment theory was introduced by psychologist Muzafer Sherif (Griffin‚ 2006‚ p. 207). As a part of his theory‚ Sherif‚ has three classifications for
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simple process‚ YOU just used the social judgment theory! The beginnings of social judgment theory can be traced to early experiments on attitude and persuasion in social psychology‚ but it was first given its foundations with the work of Muzafer Sherif and Carl Hovland in 1961. Sherif and Hovland explored social judgment theory further in their 1961 book‚ Social judgment: Assimilation and contrast effects in communication and attitude. Social judgment theory claims that there are
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Are there multiple selves or‚ just one essential self? Walking around with a crowd inside our brief case might seem a bit radical when we fundamentally have one heart‚ one mind‚ one body. But in reality we entwine that self we have contained‚ into a myriad of selves flourishing our personality to a question-less clique. Essentially we are many in one‚ just like earth: having one earth with many selves in it: one galaxy with many planets and so on and so forth. The way things are perceive are inherently
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STAGE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT 1Although all psychologists agree that people change over time‚ they disagree considerably over how to conceptualize those changes. One group sees us as changing gradually with age; the other school of thought sees people as going through a series of abrupt changes form one stage to the next. Those who see gradual changes generally lean more toward a “molding” view by which they interpret behavior as gradually changing‚ mostly due to increasing experience. Those
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Stephany A Professor Gomez English 1A 04 March 2014 Conscious Selves USC Trojans fans‚ Christians‚ and Republicans or pageant moms all have one thing in common‚ according to an article written by Walker Percy called “Short Quiz.” Percy writes that there are different subcategories of consciousness of self that play a role in how people act and live. The cosmological self‚ the Christian self‚ and the diverted self are one of the many subcategories Percy goes on to explain in his article‚ and
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language acquisition; social‚ personality‚ and emotional development; and self-concept and identity formation. Developmental psychology includes issues such as the extent to which development occurs through the gradual accumulation of knowledge versus stage-like development‚ or the extent to which children are born with innate mental structures‚ versus learning through experience. Many researchers are interested in the interaction between personal characteristics‚ the individual’s behavior‚ and environmental
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erikson’s psychosocial theory - summary diagram Here’s a broad introduction to the main features of Erikson’s model. Various people have produced different interpretations like this grid below. Erikson produced a few charts of his own too‚ from different perspectives‚ but he seems never to have produced a fully definitive matrix. To aid explanation and use of his theory he produced several perspectives in grid format‚ some of which he advocated be used as worksheets. He viewed his concept as an
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