Final Project: Interview Profile
Final Project: Interview Profile
Psychologists have been studying human behavior for many years and they have come up with lots of theories as to why some behave one way and others another. One theory is that a person’s environment defines who they are; another theory is that a person can inherit certain traits, either way in the end all of the different theories contribute to who we are. There are different ways to which we can learn behaviors, like operant conditioning and classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is when a person has an experience that may have had an effect on them and they are reminded of that experience anytime that they are around something similar, this creates a behavior. Then there is classical conditioning which is a behavior that is installed in a person maybe from their childhood, like for instance a parent installing success, this is also a learned behavior.
I will be interviewing a lady named Elizabeth who is close to my age, she is of the same gender, race, and comes from a similar background as me. I will interview her so that I can compare and contrast both of our answers, to see if we have the same similarities or if we are very different. I am a Caucasian, 28 year old female and she is a Caucasian, 25 year old female. I chose Elizabeth because she grew up somewhat like me, except she had a Father I did not. Elizabeth’s Mother left the home when she was 12 years old and she began to rebel quite a bit. My Mother was not there for me, so when I was a teenager I also rebelled. So we went through a lot of the same situations. When I got older I got married and had a family of my own and she still is single with no children, still partying and rebelling; that is the difference between us. Elizabeth sometimes puts her everyday tasks aside to party and I would never do that because I have responsibilities. Elizabeth has many goals for herself she hopes to accomplish these goals, but she loves to mingle and have fun in between
Psychologists have been studying human behavior for many years and they have come up with lots of theories as to why some behave one way and others another. One theory is that a person’s environment defines who they are; another theory is that a person can inherit certain traits, either way in the end all of the different theories contribute to who we are. There are different ways to which we can learn behaviors, like operant conditioning and classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is when a person has an experience that may have had an effect on them and they are reminded of that experience anytime that they are around something similar, this creates a behavior. Then there is classical conditioning which is a behavior that is installed in a person maybe from their childhood, like for instance a parent installing success, this is also a learned behavior.
I will be interviewing a lady named Elizabeth who is close to my age, she is of the same gender, race, and comes from a similar background as me. I will interview her so that I can compare and contrast both of our answers, to see if we have the same similarities or if we are very different. I am a Caucasian, 28 year old female and she is a Caucasian, 25 year old female. I chose Elizabeth because she grew up somewhat like me, except she had a Father I did not. Elizabeth’s Mother left the home when she was 12 years old and she began to rebel quite a bit. My Mother was not there for me, so when I was a teenager I also rebelled. So we went through a lot of the same situations. When I got older I got married and had a family of my own and she still is single with no children, still partying and rebelling; that is the difference between us. Elizabeth sometimes puts her everyday tasks aside to party and I would never do that because I have responsibilities. Elizabeth has many goals for herself she hopes to accomplish these goals, but she loves to mingle and have fun in between