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7.1 Transitions to Middle School
Top-dog phenomenon is shown when i was entering middle school, we were all young compared to 7th and 8th graders, I remember sticking around with my friends and being like very nervous around those who were older than me. I also joined clubs such as Beta Club, Y-Club, 4-H club and that made me be more socializable and improve my self-esteem. -
2.1 Typical Maturer
I started going through puberty at the age of 13, pretty much on time. I was never involved with alchohol or other drugs, never smoked, and made good grades in school, played sports. If i was an early maturer, i do wonder if i would be smoking, or go through depression at a young age, or have a earting disorder. I grew up resisiting peer pressure, everyone eventually left me alone. If i gave in, maybe it would be different? I look back and think about how my puberty age might make an impact. -
1.1 Entering Adolescence
I was just starting my teen years at middle school where everyone started to form cliques. I was not a part of a group because i was deaf. From there, i experienced stress, emotional times and hormonal changes. I started not playing out much anymore, started focusing on my phone and being worried about what my peers thought of me at school. -
6.1- parent adolescence conflict
When i turned 13, i was more of a deep thinker, i thought about why this was happening and what caused it and i was asking why to almost everything. My mother and I had struggles because of my changing self, i had bad tantrums everytime my mom made me do something, i would ask with why should i do this and what for? As it said in the text, adolsences typically thrive for independence and their parents typically has rules and that causes conflicts. That was me. The text matches my changes. -
6.3 Physical Support
My friend Ashley, at a public school, were my friend who was willing to help me understand others (hearing people) when i had struggles commuincating. She knew sign language and she told me what was going on arond, the rumors or the news. She also was a person who took me to palces and made me feel involved. -
3.1 Personal Fable
I remember in middle school, i was going through a rough emotional time and i felt like my mother did not understand me at all. So i retreated to my own world and shut everyone out for a while. It's a good example of Personal fable because i felt like noone undestood me and i was the only one going through that. Formal Operational thought applied because i started to see things abstractly, i was thinking about what if i did this, will it cause this to happen or that to happen. I was overthinking -
2.2 Niche-picking
I grew up in a public school as the deaf girl so until i moved to GSD, Georgia School for the Deaf in 2009, my parents graduated from there as athletes. So I joined cheerleading, soccer, basketball, and volleyball. I hung around with athletes, went to practice everyday and weekends, i would be gone to games. Gene-environment correlations could be the reason why i played sports and chose that. I went through niche-picking in high school. -
3.2 Differentation
I was a freshman, and i started noticing my roles in specific things. Such as my role as a sports captiain, my role as a student, my role as a girlfriend and my role in my family. I would describe myself as an ambitious person, curious and ready to face any challenge, but along the way, i was overwhelmed with the drama of others. -
4.1 Gender Typed Behavior
Girls are supposed to be prosocial while guys are not. That is true, i remember in high school, girls were socializing and friendly with everyone but they weren't nice. The guys were always nice and supporting of other girls. Some girls were just so rejecting of others, not too accepting -
8.1 Rite of Passage
This is when i turned sixteen, i started doing things independently and getting involved with organizations and becoming members of them. This is when i finally got my drivers' license and went to YLC, Youth Leadership Camp, then experienced many changes through my maturity, i knew how to handle things better. -
3.3 Self Protection
I learned the need to protect myself from others because i felt like if i showed my weaker side, i would be judged or taken advantage of. So i kepy myself protected and showed others that im happy most of the time. I never described myself as pretty, attracive or etc. -
4.2 Non gender typed behavior
One guy in high school, his girlfriend who he loved for a long time cheated on him, he did not even show any emotion for a long time but became angry instead. When i finally confronted him, he bawled but then asked to not to say a word about him crying. He was emotional while his ex-girlfriend was not. -
6.2 intimacy/affection
My best friend and I in high school were so close, we were emotionally close. We knew how to make each other better when we were down, by encouraging and affection and playing sports or go out eat to forget the issues. -
7.3 Intrinsic Motivation
I remembered growing up in public school not being able to do what i wanted to do because of communication issues but when i transferred to the deaf school, my intrinsic motivation was on fire. I was involved with student council, JrNad Club and applied to YLC and joined four sports. I challenged myself and pursured my goals by satisfying my curiosity towards new things. My self-determination of being a great sucessful student kept me motivated. -
7.2 Transitions to College
As i entered my freshman year, i knew many friends from YLC (Youth Leadership Camp) and through sports against other deaf schools so i made cllose friends easily and was involved with things and made friends easily. One thing that was constantly worrying me was the money to pay for college. That was always stressing me out. -
1.2 Emerging Adulthood
This time period, i was in my sophomore year of college. I started exploring myself, learning more about myself and realizing what i really wanted. I started doing things for me and learning what i'm supposed to do and my purpose. I declared my major and joined cheerleading. I started being independent and taking responsibility. My change does fit in what the book describes.