1. I chose to wear Stevenson apparel today, (gold rush, yellow tee with white underneath, dark blue jeans, and short chestnut Uggs, with a scarf that I bought last winter), but it relates in no way to what I would want my future profession to be. My clothing was chosen based on the Stevenson motto "got spirit". Some plans I have for myself as a profession in the future is a major in such subject such as psychology, or teaching. And for sports and activitets I participate in...I participate in intramurals but no competitive sports team, and I have extracurriculars such as working at a resturaunt and hanging out with friends. All of these aspect of my life relate to nature and nuture. What I chose to wear today is nurture, I chose to wear what I did today, according to the weather and what I felt like wearing, having nothing to do with my genes. What I want to be when I grow up is a mix of both nature and nurture. I was brought up in family which consisted of many teachers and psychologists, and social workers, so for me I grew up knowing all this and it always somewhat intersted me, but in a way it could be nurture, maybe I was born with the genes of wanting to interact with others, vs being a business professional. And finally sports are mostly nature, I wasn't exactly born with "athletic" genes.
2. Adolescence and social power are so important and life consuming to adolescence and teenagers because it is how we are classified in our society. No matter who you are you also strive to be the best person you can be, and at many times, it also depends on what others think of you whether its your friends and peers or your family at home. Everyday to strive to climb higher and higher on the status ladder. It's important and consuming because it is how we are classfied as humans, and in groups of peers everyday.
3. Today socialization in different because than in previous generations because we have grown up with a bit of a different culture. We were raised in an era with much more technology and advertisements all around us. In the other generations the world was growing much differently and things we have today either weren't created at the time back in the day, or wasn't as popular and widely used. So for children growing up and being socialized now we have faced troubles such as being less sociable due to computer and technology, when back in the day that was not even an issue and most household didn't own a t.v. or computer or other advanced forms of technology. In addition children raised in the past were told to be adults at a much younger age and had more responsibilities where as now, we are supported by our parents for a much longer period of time, and stripped of many responsibilites at young ages, like driving, drinking, and being on our own.
4. Many gender differences that we think of in our culture today are made up stereotypes. Ideas that women are weak and men are strong, women are emotional, an men are tough. Maybe many of us see this sometimes, but there are so many exceptions there's no way you can classify traits to each gender. In movies males are at most time the tough guys and the heros, and the women are the ones always looking for love, and "having fun". Men can be emotional, and women can be powerful. These stereotypes impact our culture with the wrong general idea of both men and women. They've affected everyones lives, because everyone has believed it at one point or another. But for the real differences in gender, you can see that more men (even with the rise in women power today) are given the higher ranked and paid jobs. If a man and a woman were competing for a position as CEO and had both the exact same qualifications, it is likely that the man would get he job over the woman.
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