Essay about Personality Development

Psychological Essay: Personality Development

Select one of the following prompts and write your essay on the foolscap provided.

1. How do the challenges that we face, and the experiences that we go through, help to shape the person that we become?
2. As much as we might like to believe otherwise, the world is not a perfect place. What forms of prejudice can you identify in your own life, and the world around you? Where has it appeared in the different pieces that we have studied this semester? Can literature accurately portray what happens in the real world?
3. Many people struggle with finding a purpose in life. Discuss why we grow up with conflicting obligations and responsibilities, and why some people pursue what makes them happy, while others get caught in jobs or careers that they can barely stand?
4. What is the importance of our childhood on our development as adults?

Keep in mind that you will be graded on your ability to properly structure your essay, as well as your ability to include meaningful content, and to do so with minimal grammatical and mechanical errors. Please be sure to refer to at least two pieces that we have studied over the course of the semester. This can include short stories, essays, memoirs, movies, clips, lyrics, poems, etc.