Reflectiv Wring on a Personality Development Theory

A reflective essay on self, personal indistinguishability, nature, and factors influencing identity establish on James Marcias theory on personality posement. raft come in contrasting shapes and sizes. Some ar big while others are small, some are fat and some are slim, some are short while some are tall. People have many similarities. Unless natural with a physical defect we all have maven head, two eyes, two ears, bingle nose, one mouth, two arms with five fingers separately, and two legs with five toes each. So basically we are all physically alike.What raises us each uniquely unlike is our personality inside of us. A personality can be described as a persons own distinctive character or the qualities that makes psyche interesting or popular. Growing up I would wonder how ones personality could be theorized. My quest was soon over as I learnt of the James Marcias theory on personality development. Based on Erik Eriksons groundbreaking work on identity and psychosocial development in the 1960s, Canadian developmental psychologist James Marcia refined and extended Eriksons model, primarily focusing on teen development.Addressing Eriksons notion of identity crisis, Marcia po razzed that the adolescent st period consists neither of identity resolution nor identity confusion, exactly sort of the item to which one has explored and committed to an identity in a variety of life domains from vocation, religion, relational choices, sex pieces, and so on. Marcias theory of identity achievement argues that two distinct parts form an adolescents identity crisis (i. e. a time when ones value and choices are being reevaluated) and commitment. He defined a crisis as a time of upheaval where old values or choices are being reexamined.The end outcome of a crisis leads to a commitment made to a certain role or value. These are not stages, but rather processes that adolescents go through. All adolescents will occupy one or more of these states, at least tempo rarily. save, because these are not stages, people do not fare from one step to the next in a fixed sequence, nor must everyone go through each and every state. Each state is intract adequate to(p) by two factors * Is the adolescent committed to an identity, and * Is the individual curious for their true identity?These states include identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity Moratorium and identity achievement. I went to one of the crush high nurture in the country. I did well in all subjects I did. I theme I had it all. Paid attention to no one somewhat me, I just ignored it all. People would say someday I would fall but who would have thought they would someday be right. But who would have thought I would have ended up like this. Working on the streets with nowhere to go, nothing to eat, nothing to wear, no money, no one to turn to in my distress.What can I do? Where can I go? Im lost in this world like a diffused particle basking in the air. Identity diffusion th is is the state of having no clear idea of ones identity and making no attempt to set out that identity. These adolescents may have struggled to find their identity, but they never adjudicate it, and they seem to have stopped trying. There is no commitment and no clear-cut. Growing up I was always considered by other to be a very brilliant child and I in conclusion developed the feeling that I was.My parents enrolled me in the finest inform they could afford. In the sixth grade I did the grievance Six effect Test (GSAT) and attained a pass to attend one of the noblest institutions in the country. I had always had the dream of becoming a teacher but my parents and others thought differently. eitherone in my family were either nurses or doctors hence I felt like I had to follow in their pathway. In my family one would so to primary school then off to high school. During my first three (3) years of high school I was forced to focus on the sciences.Then during the final two yea rs one would have to sit all three (3) sciences in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate along with seven other subjects. I thought that if I didnt do well I would disappoint my parents and other family members, hence I just went along fulfilling what I thought was my obligation. Identity Foreclosure this means that the adolescent blindly accepts the identity and values that were given in childhood by families and significant others. The adolescents identity is foreclosed until they determine for themselves their true identity.The adolescent in this state is committed to an identity but not as a result of their own searching or crisis. I have had many friends growing up. I have had many role models. I have tried doing many sports. Only to find who I am. Where I belong in this ice-cold world? In school I tried acquiring many skills I did many subjects and gained them all. During my years at college I did many cuts changing my major over three (3) times only to find who I really was and what I really wanted to become. I eventually graduated with a degree in medicine.But I still havent found what I was looking for. I am still searching for my purpose in this society. I am still searching for who I really am. Identity Moratorium this is the status in which the adolescent is currently in a crisis, exploring various commitments and is ready to make choices, but has not made a commitment to these choices yet. On the cool winter morning of January 21, 1995 an apotheosis sent from God was born Alexcia Anglin. At age two I started school, at an early age teachers soon realized I were a brilliant child.I started Chetwood Memorial Primary school there I developed a passion for teaching. In the sixth grade I meet the one who turn out to be my role model Mr. G. Atkinson. Seeing his passion for teaching I then develop a greater passion for teaching and I wanted to emulate him. I then go on the Mt. Alvernia High School where I met many other teachers who aided in my development and modify my desire to become a teacher. Church was also an integral part of my life.Going to pathfinders rescript on Sunday mornings and associating myself with children regularly I soon realized I loved being around younger children and it was during that point of my life I told myself I wanted to become a primary school teacher. During my high school years I tried my ever best to do well in all the subjects I knew I would need to attain in order to become a teacher. I thought I had everything under control and I thought I was on top but for a while things went sour. I swayed a bit and it seemed as though my dream of becoming a teacher was crushed.My grades were not at its best but a deep voice inside me unploughed pushing me and told me to keep holding all, life will get better soon. Soon it was time to accept for college and I sent out my application to the Sam Sharpe instructors college. That was not the end I had to sit eight CSEC subjects. Waiting for my results and a letter of acceptance from the college I was a bit nervous. Every thing eventually worked out I attain all ones and twos in my subjects and I got accepted to the college. hither I am today embracing my dream of becoming a primary school teacher.Identity Achievement this is the state of having developed well-defined personal values and self-concepts. Their identities may be expanded and further defined in adulthood, but the basics are there. They are committed to an ideology and have a substantial sense of ego identity. The core idea of this theory is that ones sense of identity is determined largely by the choices and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits. A well-developed identity gives on a sense of ones strengths, weaknesses, and individual uniqueness.A person with a less well-developed identity is not able to define his or her personal strengths and weaknesses, and does not have a well articulated sense of self. As teachers we need to be able to cope with the different personalities present in the classroom environment. Students come from different families, different communities and thus have different personalities and are taught different values. The onus is therefore on us as teachers to guide our students into developing socio acceptable values.Before we can do so, we must first love who we are, know what our values are and our personality. I am Alexcia Anglin a first year student of the Sam Sharpe Teachers College and as a result of the knowledge I gained in the Emerging Professional course on James Marcias theory on personality development, I have discovered my identity status, which is IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT , as I am fulfilling my dreams of becoming a teacher. References * http//www. learning-theories. com/identity-status-theory-marcia. html * http//socialscientist. us/nphs/psychIB/psychpdfs/Marcia. pdf