WILL SMITH

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Growing Up Will Smith was born Willard Carroll

Smith, Jr in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Will Smiths parents were Caroline Bright, a school board employee, and Willard Carroll Smith, Sr., who owned a refrigeration company. He grew up in a middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Though it may be middle class it still was and is a rough neighborhood to grow up in. Will Smith attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apparently he got the nickname "Prince" because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble.

Music At an early age Will smith was

pursuing music it is said that one day when Will was doing is thing (Rapping) he met Jeffrey A. Townes and as we know him as D.J. Jazzy Jeff and they soon began performing together as "D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince". Now like all young celebrities who get a little bit of money, they went on a spending streak. So when the duo took off in popularity

The Fresh Prince Smith made and spent a lot of

money on a house, cars and jewelry, leading to his near-bankruptcy in his early twenties. Luckily, in 1989, he met Benny Medina, who had an idea for a sitcom based on his life in Beverly Hills. Smith loved the idea as did NBC which put on the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990. The plot was simple - Will basically played himself; a street-smart West Philly kid transplanted to Beverly Hills. The series lasted six years.

Movie Career He attempted to start doing movies

where the critics took note of him in Six Degrees of Separation 1993. With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys in 1995, Will's movie career was set. He had a huge Blockbuster hit with Independence Day in 1996, where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller. Will smith has made many more movies since and has even produced and directed some as well.

Awards. Mr. Smith has won

numerous awards, from the Grammy’s which he has won many, to Teen choice and BET awards. Notably he was nominated for a Oscar for his performance in Ali.

Nature VS. Nurture The first thing I’m going to talk about is Nature vs. Nature which is the

question of is your behavior more influenced by genetics or environmental influences? Is your personality the result of traits you inherited or has it been shaped by your life experiences? The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in psychology. The debate centers on the relative contributions of genetic inheritance and environmental factors to human development. To keep that simple for you basically where you born smart or did you get smart. I bring this up in Will’s case because yes he was a very smart kid, but was he born smart or did he achieve this smartness from reading and paying attention in school. On this subject I believe that we are born (Nature) with a certain mental capacity and it is up to us and our parents (Nurture) to help fill and reach its capacity. Now there are some people who we call as a society prodigy’s that are just born with the mental capacity already filled, but they are few in numbers.

Erikson’s Eight Stages Of Psychosocial Development

Stage 1-4 ? The first stage through the four stages I really can’t write

about due to the fact that I don’t have enough information to comment on them.

Stage 5 Identity vs Role Confusion is when a adolescents

develop a coherent and stable self-definition (identity) by exploring many roles and deciding who or what they want to be in terms of career attitudes, and so on. It is also said that if there is a Failure to resolve this identity crisis it may lead to laziness, withdrawal, and/or role confusion

Stage 5 vs Will Smith In this case we know that Mr. Smith

found his identity which was music, he lived and breathed music it was definitely is life form. According to bio.com he even turned down a chance to go to MIT, which is the top technical College in the country definitely but maybe even in the world to. But many people don’t find that identity till they are in there 20’s and I wouldn’t say it’s too late but it do believe finding an identity that late has to have some effect on you. Getting back to Mr. Smith, he is the perfect example of proving people can have more than one identity. According to bio.com Will started rapping at age ten, they say he was in love with the music scene, so right there I would say that wills identity was music

Stage 6Intimacy Vs. Isolation . Stage six is Intimacy

versus isolation, meaning if you really don’t find someone to have that intimate moment early in your adulthood it could lead you to be psychologically isolated.

Stage 6 Vs Will Smith In Mr. Smith’s case he’s been married

twice the first marriage was to Sheree Zimpino for three years, they had one son together who’ s name is Willard Smith the third but the world knows him as Trey. I really couldn’t find out why the marriage didn’t work but from a military person point of view I can guess why. I know military and Hollywood is two totally different things but we have one thing in common we are always away from our family. This is from my point of view but when people are always away from there significant other, they slowly lose that bond that they had. If that bond wasn’t that strong then it will break soon then later.

Stage 7 Generativity Vs. Middle Adulthood The Challenge for middle-

aged adults is to be nurturant of the younger generation. Failing to meet this challenge leads to self-indulgence and a sense of stagnation.

Stage 7 Vs. Will Smith

When it comes to Will Smith kids, I think he’s doing a great job in raising them, just from watching the news and reading so articles, it looks like he raised as he was raised. I know from research that he flew from china to Los Angeles to watch his son play football every weekend.

Conclusion In conclusion I think were born with most things and society

determines the rest. As for Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development it really explains why some people are the way they are, and I believe it goes perfect with nature for nurture. I say this because with nurture or without nurture though these processes’ can really determine a person’s future. So I guess when we see a disturbed person we can now know that during one of stages something happened that altered their development. As for the person I chose, I chose him because he has always been a role model for me. He is a brilliant man, who came not necessarily from nothing but from an area were drugs and gangs were the life. He chose to overcome that and follow his dreams, and look at where he is today.