Essay On Ideal Self

Debated since historic times, does nature or nurture rule us? Have we inherited our parents’ personality or does the environment we grew up in change it with time? Our likes and dislikes, are they passed down through genetics or developed through experiences? Children inherit their eyes, mouth, nose from their parents, however, many researchers show that children tend to have similarities with their parents’ behaviors and personalities; The idiom ‘Like father, like son’ which means that the child is extremely similar to their parent, and even follow in their footsteps of profession and somehow, in terms of personality. This essay discusses factors, such as religious environment, social environment and political environment, and the extent

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, these are all the common networking sites millions of youths visit on a daily basis. So how does it play a role in shaping us? As research suggests, our "real self" is what we are – our personal attributes, and our own unique personality. The "ideal self" is what we feel we should be; much of it due to societal influences. So how exactly does it shape us? We all want to belong, to identify ourselves with a group, and be part of something; we want to be accepted. Thus a ‘fake’ personality of ours is born. For example, a shy individual can force himself to be more outgoing, sociable and courageous, just to start the process of making new friends. Repeating this process multiple times through the different platforms and with peers around them will eventually change one. We eventually believe the personality we have created for ourselves and it starts becoming almost natural.
When our parents warn us about avoiding people with poor character, they fear that their child would also ‘contract’ those traits. Rudeness, unkemptness and bad habits are some examples. In the adolescent age, teenagers are quite easily influenced by their surroundings and their friends, as in the point stated above, youngsters want to be socially accepted, thus by believing that ‘following the crowd’ will get them to that stage of being received and having