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Why is 12 year old Alice putting less effort in to math? Math is a challenging subject for many, and can take much hard work. However, the lack of effort she is giving her math homework, could be related to her become an adolescent and the onset of puberty and with that challenges that face all adolescents and their families. Does this mean all adolescents will inevitable fail math? No, Alice’s difficulties with math are founded in another area or areas. The six major perspective of lifespan development; Psychodynamic Perspective, Behavioral Perspective, Cognitive Perspective, Humanistic Perspective, Contextual Perspective, and lastly Evolutionary Perspective all give insight into what might be behind the troubles in math with young Miss Alice. Erikson’s ideas regarding adolescents and the challenges Alice is facing come from the adolescent asking themselves “Who am I, and what is my place in society?” By asking these questions a set of values and future goals start to take form. Alice may not see math as an important role in her future plans. Perhaps she wants to be an …show more content…

The conversations Alice has been having with her mom about math have shaped her thinking about math, and there for her interest in doing well, or not well as the case may be. Activities with experts in math and the conversations Alice might have with those knowledgeable folks could also help to shape her thinking with regards to the importance of math. The evolutionary perspective that Charles Darwin and Konrad Lorenz helped to develop would suggest that Alice’s difficulty with math might be a trait inherited from her mother. This trait that makes Alice’s mom have trouble in math may make her successful in another area, which is desirable and therefore is trait was passed down to Alice – making her struggle in math, but successful in another

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