Human Behavior and the Environment
Human Behavior and the Environment
Perez Case Study
Jasmyne Sledge
HN144
May 22 2012
Maria Brown
Human Behavior and the Environment
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” (Emerson, 2012) This quote explains the life and hard times of Luis Perez and his family. Luis Perez emigrated from Argentina to the United States with his wife, eight children, and his parents to build a better life. They left behind most of their belongings and bought a piece of land to start a winery business. The family structure was a traditional style and the grandparents were resistant to the changes in language and culture in the U.S. Luis began his family with his high school sweetheart at the age of 20. Luis was considered to be in the early adulthood stage in his life. As he transitioned into middle adulthood, the move was one of his first life transitions. Luis lost his father Ramon and shortly after that his health took a turn for the worst. This changed the dynamic of his traditional family setting and affected each family member in a different way.
Luis has several influences in his life that determine his behaviors in life. Luis’s influences are in order from strongest to weakest: his parents, wife and kids, culture and tradition, career, religion, education, health, death, and financial burdens. Luis’s parents were very traditional and he was their youngest son. Therefore he was expected to keep the tradition alive and care for his parents in their late adulthood stages of life. Luis parents demonstrated an authoritative parenting style which may have led to his decision to begin a family so early in life. Adolescents are at a point in their development where they need to spend time with peers because this interaction provides important information about sexual relations, compassion, leadership, and conflict that may not be available within the family. (Ashford & LeCray,
Perez Case Study
Jasmyne Sledge
HN144
May 22 2012
Maria Brown
Human Behavior and the Environment
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” (Emerson, 2012) This quote explains the life and hard times of Luis Perez and his family. Luis Perez emigrated from Argentina to the United States with his wife, eight children, and his parents to build a better life. They left behind most of their belongings and bought a piece of land to start a winery business. The family structure was a traditional style and the grandparents were resistant to the changes in language and culture in the U.S. Luis began his family with his high school sweetheart at the age of 20. Luis was considered to be in the early adulthood stage in his life. As he transitioned into middle adulthood, the move was one of his first life transitions. Luis lost his father Ramon and shortly after that his health took a turn for the worst. This changed the dynamic of his traditional family setting and affected each family member in a different way.
Luis has several influences in his life that determine his behaviors in life. Luis’s influences are in order from strongest to weakest: his parents, wife and kids, culture and tradition, career, religion, education, health, death, and financial burdens. Luis’s parents were very traditional and he was their youngest son. Therefore he was expected to keep the tradition alive and care for his parents in their late adulthood stages of life. Luis parents demonstrated an authoritative parenting style which may have led to his decision to begin a family so early in life. Adolescents are at a point in their development where they need to spend time with peers because this interaction provides important information about sexual relations, compassion, leadership, and conflict that may not be available within the family. (Ashford & LeCray,
References: Ashford, J. B., & LeCray, C. W. (2009). Human Behavior and the Social Environment Fourth Edition. Cengage Learning. Emerson, R. W. (2012, May 20). thinkexist.com. Retrieved from http://thinkexist.com/quotation/nothing_is_secure_but_life-transition-the/326431.html Ethical standards for human services professionals. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=90