In every aspect of life lies a different type of personality. Everyone has their own laugh, their own tears, their own body shape, and their own opinions. I have always been the quiet individual in the back of the room. The shy girl that has never raised her voice loud enough. That’s okay though. I’ve learned to use it as a learning opportunity. Learning about people. Being the reticent person that I am, I’ve learned that I love listening and watching people to understand their personality. There are often times where I find myself staring at someone and not even knowing it. I love the idea of psychology and sociology. In my school, we have always taken personality tests. In those tests I find that I always show counseling as my first option. I would have that job any day! Certain experiences I have gone through help me to understand others. Are people introverts or extroverts? Or are they just a little bit of both. I like to know how people act when they are alone and how they act in public. One of my favorite tests ever done was a 36 question experiment to see if people can fall in love with just a few answers from each other. It’s unique to me that two individuals can come together over a short amount of time and feel so attached to one another. They even say you can fall in love with someone in just 4 minutes. 

During the late 1960’s another experiment was conducted on children with a treat in the middle of the room. Most of the time the treat was a cookie or a marshmallow. They told the kids that if the treat was still on the table after 15 minutes, they would be rewarded a second treat. The children that waited 15 minutes typically had higher SAT scores and achieved more than the ones that couldn’t wait. Psychologists came to the conclusion that successful behavior is something that can start from an early age. It is an exceptional idea to think that our minds think differently than those around us. Imagine walking down the streets of New York City. Everyone around you has a different point A to point B. Most people there have walked the same path every day and don’t even have to think about it. Others are visitors that are in awe of skyscrapers and people around them struggling to keep their eyes on the map clenched in their hands. Everyone’s concept of astonishment is so different than people around them. 

What is your worst fear? Is it clowns or snakes? Or could it even be water or a certain shape. Everyone’s mind is so drawn apart from others that no one has the exact same likes or dislikes. There is another experiment I’ve heard about that I will never forget. It’s the Brown Eyes Blue Eyes experiment. A class of third graders on the first day of the experiment was divided between eye color. Those with blue eyes were superior to those with brown eyes. The teacher explained to the students that it was National Brotherhood week and asked them what that meant. They said everyone should be equal even if they have a different skin color. The teacher explained “blue eyed kids get 5 extra minutes of recess and get to go back for seconds at lunch.” The children with brown eyes were really upset and their mood changed quickly. On the playground, the kids were getting into fights and calling each other names and when the teacher asked why, they simply replied “because they have brown eyes.” The next day she flipped the experiment to where the brown eyed kids were superior to blue eyes. The same thing happened and the teacher explained that she had watched her innocent 3rd graders become nasty vicious people. The experiment was made because of racism. The children in the experiment couldn’t understand why they were so different from each other just because of their eye color. People all around the world struggle with racism, religions, and even gender differences. If we are all the same within our hearts why is it that we treat each other so differently? This issue is something that psychologists around the world still question today and are trying to solve even though your mom says, “you can’t make everyone happy”. 

Could you possibly change the world with a mindset? Well lucky for you, psychologists believe you can achieve anything with determination. I believe that psychology can be a way to achieve world peace. If we could all understand each other and love one another, problems in the world could be solved. What could be the one thing you achieve to help others? Could it be a compliment or paying for someone else to eat out? Or what could be one thing you do to help yourself? Could it be repeating a compliment to yourself daily or studying for an exam? Everyone in the world is different but I believe that we can all achieve the same mindset.