These two chapters highlighted the benefits of conscientious and of being cautious in social situations.\u00a0 The third chapter spoke on how the participants in the study who were less social had the tendency to live longer and that this was likely due to the pressure and unhealthy habits that can arise from certain social situations.\u00a0 Beyond the biological tendencies that the chapters mentioned, the take away from the two is to avoid excess stress and excess risk.\u00a0 The traits associated with\u00a0conscientious people (such as detail-oriented, well organized, and persistent) are good skills for managing everyday life and avoiding excess stress.\u00a0 On the social side, the chapter didn’t mean to say that social interactions are necessarily bad, but that they have a risk factor associated with them dependent on the quality of the relationships.\u00a0 Social high schoolers are more likely to be involved in situations involving drugs and alcohol compared to less social peers who might live longer as a result.<\/p>\n
This makes me think that there is more value in personal time and taking a break from social events than I previously thought.\u00a0 Along those lines I’m more encouraged to continue making lists in an attempt to manage my time and obligations to work towards being more\u00a0conscientious, as well as trying to be more aware of everything going on around me.\u00a0 It makes me wonder, as my generation gets older, how should we be raising children with chapter 3 in mind?\u00a0 I don’t think discouraging social interactions is at all the answer, but should teachers and parents be pushing shy children so hard to be outgoing if the study found that shy children usually still grow into successful, happy, and somewhat social adults?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These two chapters highlighted the benefits of conscientious and of being cautious in social situations.\u00a0 The third chapter spoke on how the participants in the study who were less social had the tendency to live longer and that this was … Continue reading