Chater 6 Response

Schema is defined as the basic building blocks of knowledge to be the symbols or categories that are stored in long-term memory. People are affected by their environment around them and how they interact with people. Also how the person’s experiences are in effect for how their leadership will be interpreted. If they are in an unfamiliar place they might be shy and not be able to show their leadership skills well enough.
I also agree when the book says, “leadership is not simply the result of possessing knowledge; instead situations must be perceived, and these situational perceptions must be related to knowledge structures.” I have been through a lot of situations during college where I can examine myself and see how my leadership skills have developed. I have grown over the years from different people in my life by observing them and developing my own leadership skills and morals. My friends and parents have helped me put this all together and make me an all around person with going to a liberal arts college.
I have done many assessments during my college career to show what characteristics of leadership I have and use them in different situations. During different activities in college, such as my fraternity, living with others, and working on campus, I can use these different skills in different situations in life and for my future. My schema has been shaped since freshman year, where I have changed my morals of accepting everyone in every situation I encounter, which I learned from friends and family. My friends taught me to accept everyone for who they were and not be so judgmental, which I was during high school and my earlier years before college. This might make me naïve because I cannot trust everyone I meet. I have also learned how to put these skills into different situations in school.