Plasticity
is defined as the quality of being easily shaped or molded. I found the first sentence
in the textbook to be interesting: Human traits can be molded, yet people
maintain a certain durability of identity. It’s interesting to think about the environment
around us to mold some of our thoughts and opinions. I really liked how the
textbook defined plasticity and used the example of David. The author used a
prime example of an everyday situation, and how to make it prominent to our
lives today. Even though David struggled with his sight, he learned how to
adapt and live as normally as he could. There is a boy who played baseball in
our community a year above my brother. This boy last spring, was not only in
Majors playing community ball as a pitcher, first baseman and batted 2nd
normally in the lineup, as well as playing on the 12-U travel team as a pitcher
and first baseman as well. The thing with Gabe is, he was born without the
lower half of one of his arms. He still pitched and batted like a normal kid,
and one wouldn’t know it unless you studied him playing. He was so cool to
watch as he would transfer his glove off his hand to throw a ball. He wanted to
learn how to play baseball and not let his disability take advantage of him.
Now Gabe’s condition is nothing like David’s but it still shows how strong our
bodies are to adapt to the situations around us.
Hello Carlee, I really loved how you explained this topic. I was also thinking about the same thing as I was reading the text. I also like how the author uses the concept of Plasticity. "The concept of plasticity in development provides both hope and realism." He puts his own definition into it and how he described it in a psychological way for us to understand it better. In our own daily lives we do live by hope and realism because it allows us to plan for real life situations.
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