Make a list of your own personality traits and then address the following questions: How much, if at all, has your personality changed from the time you were in elementary school? What specific people and/or events most shaped your personality over the last fifteen years of your life? In terms of personality, which parent are you most like—your mother or your father—and in what ways? After you consider these questions, discuss how, if at all, your answers may help to shed light on the “nature” versus “nurture”  Please also respond to my classmate's responses for 3-4 sentences. Here are my classmate's responses: 1. Since my elementary school career, I have drastically changed as a result of being exposed to more anxiety-provoking tasks. My personality has thereby been affected in a number of ways due to the aforementioned prospect. I have since become more organized and artistic due to my increasing creativity--since I have efficacy in visual arts. I have also become more mature, since I am always paying attention to my surroundings and what other people are thinking of me. However many benefits have come around, there are as many negative factors that have affected my personality. As described above, I am always affected by my social anxiety as well as always wanting to be in isolation as a result.                     The people who have shaped my personality the most over the span of fifteen years are my parents. I have never acquainted myself with others during my schooling career, in which I would always join friend groups since I would be able to blend within the mix. My mother has allowed me to become more diligent over the span of a few years thereby allowing me to become more vulnerable as well as being independent. My mother also got me in the habit of practicing mindfulness and meditation--since she is a Zen psychologist. This in effect has also improved my mental health. As for my father, he would always follow up with my mother on such activities since he had also experienced loneliness in his working environment. While both myself and my father were going through such rigorous training, we were able to improve upon ourselves as well as monitoring each other during the process.                    While I have many similarities to that of my father, my personality type closely resembles that of my mother. This is so since we both have similar mindsets and ideologies, her art also closely resembles that of my own. All the more, she developed in a similar form and fashion to that of my upbringing in which she also had anxiety in abundance while eventually being able to overcome such factors--a process that I have endured myself.                     I believe that my anxiety is deeply rooted in the essence of who I am as a human being which has been given to me by both my mother and father. Both experienced separate levels of trepidation, one had social anxiety while the other was agoraphobic for a time. Another factor rela.

1. Make a list of your own personality traits and then address the
following questions:
How much, if at all, has your personality changed from the time
you were in elementary school?
What specific people and/or events most shaped your
personality over the last fifteen years of your life?
In terms of personality, which parent are you most like—your
mother or your father—and in what ways?
After you consider these questions, discuss how, if at all, your
answers may help to shed light on the “nature” versus “nurture”
Please also respond to my classmate's responses for 3-4
sentences. Here are my classmate's responses:
1. Since my elementary school career, I have drastically
changed as a result of being exposed to more anxiety-provoking
tasks. My personality has thereby been affected in a number of
ways due to the aforementioned prospect. I have since become
more organized and artistic due to my increasing creativity--
since I have efficacy in visual arts. I have also become more
mature, since I am always paying attention to my surroundings
and what other people are thinking of me. However many
benefits have come around, there are as many negative factors
that have affected my personality. As described above, I am
always affected by my social anxiety as well as always wanting
to be in isolation as a result.
The people who have shaped my personality the

2. most over the span of fifteen years are my parents. I have never
acquainted myself with others during my schooling career, in
which I would always join friend groups since I would be able
to blend within the mix. My mother has allowed me to become
more diligent over the span of a few years thereby allowing me
to become more vulnerable as well as being independent. My
mother also got me in the habit of practicing mindfulness and
meditation--since she is a Zen psychologist. This in effect has
also improved my mental health. As for my father, he would
always follow up with my mother on such activities since he
had also experienced loneliness in his working environment.
While both myself and my father were going through such
rigorous training, we were able to improve upon ourselves as
well as monitoring each other during the process.
While I have many similarities to that of my father,
my personality type closely resembles that of my mother. This
is so since we both have similar mindsets and ideologies, her art
also closely resembles that of my own. All the more, she
developed in a similar form and fashion to that of my
upbringing in which she also had anxiety in abundance while
eventually being able to overcome such factors--a process that I
have endured myself.
I believe that my anxiety is deeply rooted in the
essence of who I am as a human being which has been given to
me by both my mother and father. Both experienced separate
levels of trepidation, one had social anxiety while the other was
agoraphobic for a time. Another factor relates to my emotional
intelligence, which was inherently given to me by my mother.
Since she is an estimable psychologist in her field, she is able
to connect with individuals thereby aiding them in the process. I
am also able to do the same as I am capable of befriending
myself with others once I feel comfortable around them, thereby
helping them in the process. While such components are
intrinsic in nature, due to society I am susceptible to change--

3. categorized as extrinsic. As such, my anxiety has perpetuated
over the years since I have realized the standards of what it
means to be a student, an artist etc. Through the maturation
process, I have also realized that I have been affected by the
lack of communication with others; in which I am unable to
catch up with the times through the means of exposure which is
making me into a pariah of sorts.
2. My core personality traits are kindness, being an extrovert,
caring for others, and being relaxed. My personality has
changed completely from the time I was in elementary school.
When I was in elementary school, I was very shy and
introverted. I didn’t have many friends and I was not very
happy. My many life experiences have completely changed my
personality and my outlook on life. My personality has
undergone such drastic change that when I see people who I
haven’t seen in years, they hardly recognize me. As I got older,
I went through so many interesting experiences that created core
memories as well as life lessons. Every time I made a new
friend or went to a new place, my personality evolved. The
things that surrounded me as I grew up, such as my school, or
friends, or family, have had an extremely integral impact on
who I am as a person.
In the past fifteen years of my life, the most significant people
who have impacted my life are my friends and family. My dad
has greatly influenced my personality and my brothers
constantly provide input and an external perspective into my
life. I have had many different friends and friend groups over
the past fifteen years, and every individual has had a unique
impact on my personality. As I shifted between schools and
friends, I learned more and became more sociable as a result.
There are also many events that have impacted my personality
in extremely significant ways. When I was very young, my mom
died, and I am completely different because of it. I always took

4. after my dad more than my mom, but after my mom passed, I
spend a lot more time with my dad. I began to develop
personality traits that directly reflected those of my dad.
Another event that has had a massive impact on my personality
is my interest in fitness. For most of my childhood, I was
extremely overweight and unhealthy. Fitness has allowed me to
become a lot less self-conscious and has given me a constant
and consistent set of goals to achieve. Fitness is extremely
important to me because it has made me who I am today, and
has given me not only a healthier perspective on life, but a
higher quality of life overall.
I would say I am more like my dad because, as a result of being
around him so much, I have developed a personality very
similar to his. Because of him, I have developed a passion for
construction and manual labor, I am impatient at times, and I
work well in groups. My dad has taught me a majority of what I
know and I look up to him as an inspiration. One interesting
thing is that my dad and I don't share any of the same interests
outside of work. My dad has been one of, if not the, most
important figure in shaping my personality.
Nature and nurture both have massive impacts on personality.
Our environment forces us to adapt and learn to succeed, but we
are also born with specific traits and a sense of right and
wrong. My brothers and I are perfect examples of this. We all
grew up in the same home, and going to the same schools, yet
we are all completely different. My older brother is very anti-
social and introverted, he takes more after my mom, and he isn’t
business-oriented. I am the complete opposite, being an
extrovert, taking more after my dad, and always putting work as
a first priority.