A topic that stuck out to me during this week was the idea of having a sense of self verses intelligence. Sense of self is defined as the way a person thinks about and views his or her traits, beliefs, and purpose within the world. Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. I believe these are two concepts could go hand and hand with each other.

When we were younger, we did not have as much knowledge as we do today. As we grow older, we are constantly influenced by the changing opinions of people all around us. By being influenced, it morphs our values and beliefs every single day. This easily changes of sense of self because we are acquiring brand new information that affects us in different ways.  So looking at these two concepts, they seem to go hand and hand because  our sense of self may be changing due to new information being acquired everyday.