Psychological Introduction

Hello, my name is Lacy Johnson; I am a 17 year-old senior at Greenwood High School.

When I think about things I look at them from a logical point of view and I take other people’s perspectives into view also and analyze what their perspectives are.  Then I look at my perspective and see how they are similar or different to others.  My thoughts tend to be in a wide range at first but then narrow down to what the topic is after I go through my thoughts and analyze others. 

I process information best by relating it to things that I already know on the subject.  I learn best when I hear the information or by doing hands on activities on the information.  I don’t learn the greatest from reading text books, the information just flies by me.  That is why I learn better from hands on activities or by hearing a lecture.  I am very creative when it comes to certain projects and I always try to be creative with all of my assignments.   I struggle a bit with writing research papers, but I can do power points in no time.

I am a very extrovert or gregarious person, I love being around people.  I do not have that much trouble speaking in front of people, unless I have just met the person.  When I am around my class or anyone in my school or community it is easy for me to talk in front of anyone because I have known them for most of my life and being on the Miss Greenwood Court, 2^nd attendant, I talk to most of the community and talk in front of large crowds without being nervous.   I am a pretty loud, talkative, and outgoing person all of the time, I love meeting new people from around the state and country.  I go on various F.F.A. trips and conventions to learn more about myself and to make myself a better leader, and to meet new people.  I am happiest when I am around my friends doing anything from going through parades to playing basketball.   I really don’t have a temper, unless a person does something that is offending people that are around me. 

I have lived in a small community all of my life.  People around me have impacted my life by teaching me about various things, such as farming and working on trucks.  Being in a small community all my life has taught me that everyone knows everyone, and your next door neighbor is like your extended family because of how close everyone is in a small community.

I take after my father, as I am told.  When I was 3 my father died, so I didn’t know him that well.  Ever since the past couple of years, my aunts, uncles, grandparents, everyone who knew my father and knows me say that I am an exact replica of my father in my personality and the way I think, talk, and do things.  Even though I am much like my mother, we agree on some things, and like the same things.  But I can tell I am just like my father by the way people describe him, I am outgoing, I love being around people, I am very talkative and I just like to have a good time, just like my father.

This is a psychological description of me because it discusses my behavior, and gives reasons for it, and discusses how I think about my process information, and my personality.