Personal Narrative: Single Parent Home

I grew up in a single parent home in Gallatin Tennessee I was raised by my mother with my two brothers and sister. We grew up poor and in an area that had gangs and violence. As a child I was close to my mother we did not always agree on things but we got along well. My mother works two jobs most of my childhood to take care of me and my siblings. Because of that she was not around a lot so we taught ourselves how to do many of the things that we needed for school and how to cook. I also had to help take care of my two younger brothers while she was at work. My family was very faith based family we went to church on Sundays and bible study on Wednesdays I sang in the choir at church and participated in many of the events that happened in the

Others may describe me as a quiet person who can get along with anyone. I have always tried to be someone who has an open mind and heart to people and truly listen to what they have to say. To me a woman is someone who respects herself and body has confidence to be her and takes care of her family no matter what. My dating experience has been something that over the years I have been able to become better at when I was younger I looked for someone who had the celebrity body and was popular with people now I try to date people that I can have good conversation with and is stable financially and mentally. I would like to get my master degree in counseling and one day open my own practice to help military members and their families with PTSD and other issue that they may be

The first concept would be Categorization- people put themselves in certain categories that are make sense to the environment such as African American, White, middle class, student, and family. Identification-people are individuals who identify with social groups. People identify themselves as I and me and the in-group that they would like to associate with and the out-group that they feel is different than them. Social comparison- is the cognitive process of noticing and realizing that differences and similarities exist between oneself and other people. Our social identity theory is something that is shaped by ones family, relatives, friends, and community. People are always searching for other who are similar to them and share the same values and belief. Social learning theory is something that made sense to me as well the theory maintains that learning occurs through a reinforcement paradigm that all students learn through modeling behaviors of other that are in one’s family, friends, and community. The theory helps one to understand how a person learns and how what they have learned can influence behaviors and development and interactions with