We have our peers be they work or school colleagues, we have characters from the media – comics, films, books, the music industry, sports… and all of these can become a big influence on us and the way we present ourselves. When we look elsewhere for role models we are spoiled for choice. If you or someone you know is in this situation then you need to make sure that those males are the correct ones. For example a child whose Father has died is going to be missing a big male role model in their life and as a result you can expect them to be particularly impressionable by other males. This is even more the case if you or they are somehow lacking in immediate role models. If you swear meanwhile they too will swear, you are their blue print for living.Īt the same time though they will find other role models elsewhere as they grow older, just as you probably have different role models today. That means that if you smoke, you can expect your child to take up smoking either now or later in life. This is why it’s so important in these roles to provide a good role model – as children will be imitating your behaviour. Of course the most obvious role models for any child are the parents, followed by other immediate family and teachers. It’s very important to get the right one then for yourself, and to provide one for your children. This is called ‘actualization’ by Goldstein.Īs such then, having the correct role model will ensure that we learn to be successful and adaptive in later life, and that we are happy when we are older having achieved that aim. In other words it’s striving for that same kind of success and achieving it that brings us happiness or otherwise when we’re older. At the same time in later life its thought that our happiness is very much based on our perception of how our life should or could be and the gap between that and how it is in reality. This is likely a survival function designed to help us to mimic the traits of those successful members of our society and thereby help us to be successful too. When we are growing up we look to our role models for inspiration and use this as a blueprint for how we should behave when we’re older. Role models are highly important for us psychologically, helping to guide us through life during our development, to make important decisions that affect the outcome of our lives, and to help us find happiness in later life.
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