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8.1- rite of passage
The rite of passage I can think of is baptism, I suppose. Regardless of not being religious like before, being baptized as a baby is to mark the significant moment for the family to celebrate me. The text's information is relevant to my experience, "Maddie Miller, 13, sharing a prayer with her father, studied for a year to prepare for her bat mitzvah" (pg. 409). She marked the significant moment in her life by preparing for a bat mitzvah since she's reaching 13 years old. -
4.2- Non-gender typed behavior
When I was younger, I took a liking to car toys and my parents kept trying to shift me to barbies. Whenever I have a playdate, my friend would bring barbies. It was stereotyped for boys to tend to like playing rough with their toys. I would like to pretend my car crash or explode, with imaginations. -
2.1 Early Maturer
"An increasing number of researchers have found that early maturation increases girls’ vulnerability to a number of problems" (p. 57) It definitely relates to my psychological development, as I had earlier sexual and dating experiences compared to my other peers. Also one of the problems I had was craving independence from my parents. If I developed at different time, like around the same time as my peers- I would probably be less frustrated and have people who can empathize. -
3.1- Personal Fable
I definitely did personal fable rather than imaginary audience. At 13 years old, I would often feel like it's only my feelings in the world that are unique. You know how 13 years old can be sometimes, very stubborn and resilient. I recalled that I got in small drama with my group of friends, I arrived home upset and my mom tried to comfort me. But I insisted that she wouldn't understand, because she isn't teen (little did I know she was teen once). -
1.1 Entering Adolescence
I would consider 13 years old as adolescent since I start puberty at that age. Also many adolescents tend to develop independence around that age based on my observations. Including myself, I began becoming rebel at 13 years old. Not just that, get better understanding of what responsibility is. Aristotle also agrees independence is huge part of adolescene (p. 3) -
3.3- Social Comparison
At approximately age 13, I started to become insecure since I decided to compare myself to others. "they think that acknowledging their social comparison motives will endanger their popularity" (p. 130) that can be applied to me. I felt that if I compare myself to others, that'll influence my popularity. Am I good looking? Am I smart? Am I patient? So many things. Its hard for many adolescents at this age to admit many do social comparison. -
7.1- Transition to Middle School
When I entered middle school, I experienced a tog-dog phenomenon. That kind of thing has a repetitive cycle, once I become 8th grader in middle school-- I will be the oldest, biggest, and most powerful student again (pg. 340). Then I enter high school, I become the youngest one again. That transition mentioned someone liked last year of elementary school better than the first year of middle school. That is something I can relate to. -
6.1- parent adolescent conflict
The adolescent changes I have encountered that caused conflict with my parents is schooling and dating. I felt that the egocentrism and generation gap really impacted that. For egocentrism, I was hard-head and wouldn't listen. As for the generation gap, I decided on going to college at 16 years old which my parents disagreed with. Not just that, dating at 13 years old. Few previous generations believed in waiting little bits. In the text, it is mentioned generation gap may be inaccurate though. -
3.2- Abstraction
At age 15, I can say that I definitely experienced abstraction thinking. I described myself very blandly, yet still considered abstract manner. To describe myself, I'd say that I'm quiet. As for idealism, however, I can elaborate and say that I tend to be quiet since I am more of listener than talker. -
6.3- ego support
I had a friend that gave me her unconditional support and love, that I grew confident. Also, she fits that category because she made sure to give me feedback. That helped me grow as a decent human-being. For example, I lost a match during Academic Bowl and she reassured me that I am still great- just that I had strength in my own way while the good team had theirs too. -
2.2 Niche-picking
To start with passive genotype-environment correlations, my dad was an artist and writer. When I grew up, he impacted me with poems and arts a lot. Now I'm working on anthology and love writing so much. That somewhat had an influence on my active genotype-enviroment correlation (niche-picking), I would be drawn to befriending people who like writing too. -
6.2- companionship
During adolescence, I remembered when I was afraid to join the soccer team because I wouldn't know anyone. My friend stepped up and was willing to join my soccer team. That definitely showed companionship. Not just that, few years later- I joined softball team and she joined along too. Soccer and softball could be considered as collaborative activities. We were both afraid of loneliness and decided to keep each other company. -
1.2 Emerging Adulthood
I believe that I emerge to adulthood at 18 years old, one of the major reasons is definitely instability (p. 17) Another thing is identity. People may develop their identities earlier, but at 18 years old we understand our identities well. -
7.2- Transition to College
I vividly remembered it was a stressful transition. Like I mentioned for 7.1, it'd repeat the top-dog phenomenon. The independence was exciting but overwhelming. As well as the diversity itself, I went to diverse high school. However, the number was so large in college and it was my first time meeting several students from Norway. -
4.1- Gender-typed Behavior
The example I can think of is often girls have meetings to talk things out if something happened. As for boys, they are usually very direct or let it carry on. The traits associated with females were labeled expressive: "Women included characteristics such as being warm and sensitive" (p. 170). I recalled my sorority had a situation and we talked things out when I've heard another fraternity didn't end up on good terms. -
7.3- Intrinsic Motivation
Intrinsic Motivation occurred when I set goals for myself. I had self-determination to complete the course works since I want to graduate and not fail. That was my opportunity to make choices for my future. Of course, motivation did not come from nowhere. That is why my experience fits the text because it mentioned that we get motivation from our parents or teacher. I got mine from parents, they taught me how rewarding the results will be if I motivate myself to accomplish something.