Same Kind Of Different As Me Analysis
Running head: SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME: DENVER 1
Same kind of different as me: Denver
The assigned book Same Kind of Different as Me by authors Ron Hall and Denver Moore was a delightfully captivating and inspiring book. It will bring the most hardened individual to tears. The purpose of this assignment was to apply a theory that explains the behavior and impact that diversity had on the major character. This will be achieved by analyzing the chosen character within the person-in-environment/ecological framework. According to Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory, there are eight psychological stages of human development. “They are patterned sequences of stages encompassing appropriate physical, emotional, and cognitive tasks that …show more content…
That ain’t no bad life if your labor is for your own land. But it wadn’t. And I don’t guess that kinda life would be bad if it was somebody else’s land, and you was getting paid. But it wadn’t. Most folks these days don’t know what it’s like to be that poor. Me and the other folks on the plantation was down so low we didn’t own nothin ‘cept the tin can that hung on britches so we could get us a drink. (Hall & Moore, 2006, …show more content…
Much like Erikson’s theory, Kohlberg’s theory involves stages. This theory is based on constructive developmental stages; each stage and level is more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than the last. The six stages are broken into three levels: pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional. Kohlberg’s theory involves “Heinz” who is depicted to have a wife that is terminally ill. This theory was devised by asking college aged students whether or not they would break into a drug store to steal the medicine to save his wife and why or why not (Wark & Krebs, 1996). While moral decisions shape our existence, I chose Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory because it encompasses the physical, emotional, and cognitive development of the
Same kind of different as me: Denver
The assigned book Same Kind of Different as Me by authors Ron Hall and Denver Moore was a delightfully captivating and inspiring book. It will bring the most hardened individual to tears. The purpose of this assignment was to apply a theory that explains the behavior and impact that diversity had on the major character. This will be achieved by analyzing the chosen character within the person-in-environment/ecological framework. According to Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory, there are eight psychological stages of human development. “They are patterned sequences of stages encompassing appropriate physical, emotional, and cognitive tasks that …show more content…
That ain’t no bad life if your labor is for your own land. But it wadn’t. And I don’t guess that kinda life would be bad if it was somebody else’s land, and you was getting paid. But it wadn’t. Most folks these days don’t know what it’s like to be that poor. Me and the other folks on the plantation was down so low we didn’t own nothin ‘cept the tin can that hung on britches so we could get us a drink. (Hall & Moore, 2006, …show more content…
Much like Erikson’s theory, Kohlberg’s theory involves stages. This theory is based on constructive developmental stages; each stage and level is more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than the last. The six stages are broken into three levels: pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional. Kohlberg’s theory involves “Heinz” who is depicted to have a wife that is terminally ill. This theory was devised by asking college aged students whether or not they would break into a drug store to steal the medicine to save his wife and why or why not (Wark & Krebs, 1996). While moral decisions shape our existence, I chose Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory because it encompasses the physical, emotional, and cognitive development of the