For this Blog I would like to explain how my independent study applies to the previous concept of the already complex.
Again the already complex is something I would like to identify as a personality disorder. The a.c. is mainly media driven.
For my personality research. I ran interview on series of people to analyze their personality. I kept them involved as though they where helping me while actually just using them as subjects. I asked question like their: name, age, life influences, stance on the term "the unexamined life isn't worth living"(Socrates). Then I asked them to solve a 3 question quiz that I had made up. The answers made no difference in the results. How they handled the test did. Before this that really helped do some solving was me asking them to describe themselves to me in 30 seconds.
My results surprised even me. My participants ranged between 18 and 23 in the regular groups. 19 total participants took place. 9 of them men 6 of them women (with 4 extra outliers ages: 14 M , 16 M, 25 F and 30 F). Everyone I picked I made sure was part of a larger similar group so I could observe more of the same people at one time. The life influence ranged from people like Lil Wayne to Tim Tebo. Nobody prominent for making a discover or being a leader of larger movements. The term "the unexamined life isn't worth living" was fun to listen to responses to. My 14 year old participant was just to puzzled to understand. Which is reasonable that is a lot for him to process at such a young age. Among the men 3 of them stated they just didn't know;before they asked for other opinions. 2 men attempted to give educated responses but found themselves talking in circle. Among the women all of them had some type of response but did not confirm they're decisions without their friends assistance.My thirty year old outlier took the is question and ran. She than began to question me back with very intelligent conversation which was amazing considering the analysis I had made upon her prior to speaking to her. The 30 second explanation was crucial to every person. It was their what made them or broke them. The women where more modest but still wanted to let it be known how they are real to themselves and independent in their lives. The men were men. They took credit for everything they have. From their personality to money. But this brings us to the puzzle. The puzzle was a series of mind bending questions I had made up. They are made to be finished not answered correctly and to analyze how one contains their poise through the test. It's a test of perseverance. The 14 year old and 30 year old finished.1 man and 1 woman from each regular group finished the test too. Everyone else disregarded it because. It was either impossible, the questions weren't real, or they just didn't want to do it anymore. This was very interesting because something that I held off on mentioning before was that every participant had the cliche cockiness that you find from the group leaders. My groups where people who seemed naturally absorbed in modern trends. That being said my participants felt very highly of themselves until this test. This wasn't to degrade them. This was to challenge their inner drive, ability to think outside their group box ( for themselves) and their ability to be leaders. THROUGH ALL OF THIS I gained a lot of knowledge of these people. I used every step to analyze their actions to their words. Basically I was weighing the validity that each character claimed to be. I also did this within the identities hat lie within their group.This showed me that most personalities actually lie within the groups. Their activity also showed samples of personality disorder symptoms that relate to my topic.
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Extremely interesting investigation! Great idea. The write-up would benefit from more revision to create a smoother, more readable flow (with fewer typos). I am also curious to hear more detailed, specific anecdotes about the people and their responses.
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