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The importance of personal reflection
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An individual’s possible self is a significant aspect of their life to understand what their future may or may not hold. An individual’s possible self also presents a conceptual connection linking cognition and motivation (Markus & Nurius, 1986). “Projecting one’s self into the future involves creating possible selves that represent what they could become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming” (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2007). The stages of Reflective Judgment have distinguished itself by its ability to illustrate the development of reasoning from adolescence to adulthood. The stages of reflective judgment illustrate the beliefs of knowledge and how it influences the development of decisive or reflective thinking skills. Jane is a senior in High School who has her life perfectly planned out. Or does she?
Jane is a 17-year-old senior in high school who is only there because her parents insist she must complete her high school education. Jane always did well in school until she was 12 years old. Jane became very defiant about school because she was having trouble with her classes and felt like no one would help her to understand her schoolwork. Therefore, she decided she was not interested in school and if not for her parents, she would have dropped out right then and there. Jane has been dating Mike who is now a sophomore in college. Jane and Mike have been dating since she was 15 years old and she loves him with all her heart. Jane’s idea of any future education is unimportant. Jane has a perfect scenario planned for her future with Mike. She plans to graduate highs school by the skin of her teeth. After graduation, she is going to marry mike and later have children. Jane’s plan is to have two boys and t...
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Individuals’ life and personal experiences play an important role in one’s development. As a matter of fact, the path from infancy to adulthood can be shaped by many factors that happen during the individual’s life. According to Drewery and Claiborne (2010), human development is an area of study that seeks to analyse and understand how ongoing changes affect people’s life and their development. There are many theories around human development, yet all of them share the notion that there are several universal stages that take place in every individual’s development: childhood, adolescence and adulthood (Drewery & Claiborne, 2010). This current essay aims to explore and analyse one of the three life stages that characterised human development:
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