Analysis Of My Development From Childhood To Adulthood
My Development from Childhood to Adulthood
Julie A. Clough
PSY 202
James Woodward
April 9, 2012
Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory proposes that human development is best explained in terms of interaction between individuals and the environments in which they live or have lived (Witt and Mossler, 2010,Adult Development and Life Assessment, Section 2.9, para 1 ). Bronfenbrenner's theory consists of microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem. The Ecological Theory has been criticized for not recognizing biology enough. I have to agree with the criticism. I feel that genetics has a lot to do with the way a person develops into adulthood. If I had to choose two (2) of the "systems" …show more content…
I barely spent anytime with my father or his family during my developmental years but still displayed many of their characteristics. My father’s family was made up of a large number of people who liked to frequent bars, fight, smoke and pretty much just live on the wild side. Although I had spent barely any time with his family as a child I showed many of these same character traits during my developmental years.
As I grew older I started to get into a lot of trouble and my mother just could handle me on her own anymore and I was then sent to live with my father. I felt like I was supposed to be part of his family, he had remarried and had three small children, but he was virtually a stranger to me. I started a new school and made new friend and these new friends were the wild kids just as my friends in my previous environment had been.
Nothing much changed and I continued my ways. At the age of 15 I met an older boy and left home at the age of 16. I lived as a grown up during this time. Cooking meals, working, attending school, cleaning, etc. I had all the responsibilities of a normal adult yet I was still just a teenager. When this relationship ended I was so used to being on my own I remained independent until I was 25 or 26 years …show more content…
I was working and partying. A week to week job and no real plans for my future. Everything changed when I got a phone call from my mother one day and she told me my grandparents had been diagnosed with lung cancer and needed to be cared for in their home. I had to then make the decision to either give up my party ways and go to them and take care of them in their own home or continue my party ways and have my family cared for in a facility I knew they would hate. I made the only decision I felt I could make and decided to change everything I was doing and care for my grandparents. I gave up my apartment and my party days and took care of my family. I feel that it took a very painful situation for me to realize what kind of person I really was and what was important. I started everything at an early age and I grew up completely at a very early age. While the rest of my friends continued to party as young adults I chose to care for my family and give it all up. I realized what was important and what type of morals and values I wanted to have as a
Julie A. Clough
PSY 202
James Woodward
April 9, 2012
Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory proposes that human development is best explained in terms of interaction between individuals and the environments in which they live or have lived (Witt and Mossler, 2010,Adult Development and Life Assessment, Section 2.9, para 1 ). Bronfenbrenner's theory consists of microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem. The Ecological Theory has been criticized for not recognizing biology enough. I have to agree with the criticism. I feel that genetics has a lot to do with the way a person develops into adulthood. If I had to choose two (2) of the "systems" …show more content…
I barely spent anytime with my father or his family during my developmental years but still displayed many of their characteristics. My father’s family was made up of a large number of people who liked to frequent bars, fight, smoke and pretty much just live on the wild side. Although I had spent barely any time with his family as a child I showed many of these same character traits during my developmental years.
As I grew older I started to get into a lot of trouble and my mother just could handle me on her own anymore and I was then sent to live with my father. I felt like I was supposed to be part of his family, he had remarried and had three small children, but he was virtually a stranger to me. I started a new school and made new friend and these new friends were the wild kids just as my friends in my previous environment had been.
Nothing much changed and I continued my ways. At the age of 15 I met an older boy and left home at the age of 16. I lived as a grown up during this time. Cooking meals, working, attending school, cleaning, etc. I had all the responsibilities of a normal adult yet I was still just a teenager. When this relationship ended I was so used to being on my own I remained independent until I was 25 or 26 years …show more content…
I was working and partying. A week to week job and no real plans for my future. Everything changed when I got a phone call from my mother one day and she told me my grandparents had been diagnosed with lung cancer and needed to be cared for in their home. I had to then make the decision to either give up my party ways and go to them and take care of them in their own home or continue my party ways and have my family cared for in a facility I knew they would hate. I made the only decision I felt I could make and decided to change everything I was doing and care for my grandparents. I gave up my apartment and my party days and took care of my family. I feel that it took a very painful situation for me to realize what kind of person I really was and what was important. I started everything at an early age and I grew up completely at a very early age. While the rest of my friends continued to party as young adults I chose to care for my family and give it all up. I realized what was important and what type of morals and values I wanted to have as a