Life Stages

People always say how they are different from another generation. My generation and my parents aren’t the same, of course. I find it immensely fascinating that a group of people born within the same twenty year frame could all be so similar in how they were raised, thus leading to how they act becoming similar. After reading about Generation Y and Generation Z, two generations that somewhat overlap, I would consider myself to have a closer connection with Generation Z, but have noticed many people I know would fit more closely with Generation Y.

Stages Richard Wright's Native Son provides us with an exemplary example of the way the black race was conditioned in the 1930's. He does this by telling us about an adult black male named Bigger Thomas. Wright titles each book in the novel the way he does to give insight into the various actions and feelings of Bigger. Book one is entitled Fear. It provides us with an explanation of why Bigger is afraid to do many things that he has a chance to do.

Life Stages According to Erikson’s Psychosocial Development As an infant (0-18 mo) I cannot remember much what happen; only what I was told once I became older. My mother was an active alcoholic at that time and was rarely around to comfort me. My saving grace was my grandmother who I spent a lot of time with and was always there to comfort me when I felt distressed. Relating Erikson at this stage I gained the virtue: hope; knowing that if I had a problem people would be there to help me.

For my self-assessment, I chose to discuss the Middle Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood life stages. The theories of human behavior that will be discussed are Erikson’s Psychosocial theory, Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning, and Albert Bandura’s social learning theory. I chose these life stages because they are the stages where I have experienced many events that have shaped me into the person I am today. There are a number of factors that have played a role in my development over a period of time and I will discuss them throughout my paper.

During my transition from childhood to adulthood, I have learned and accomplish many things within my education, community, and family. My transition from childhood to adulthood education made me come into reality that everything can’t be done for you and that you have to stay more focused and organized if you want to be somewhere five to ten years from now. My growth in the things that I do in my community such as church and basketball summer leagues made me realize that it is all right to participate and help out for the positive things in my community. In my family, my transition from childhood to adulthood help me to become a more mature and knowledgeable person.

Going back to college after you have been out of school for quite a few years, had three children, been married, and divorced is a lot harder than I ever imagined. It takes hard work, dedication, and missing out on the little things previously taken for granted. I miss taking naps the most. I believe if you can tough it out through the worst days, you can finish school and provide a better life for your children and yourself. You need a lot of willpower and a large sense of humor.

According to the Hindu religion the first stage of life is called Student. This stage begins when the child is between the ages of eight and twelve. In this stage the child or “student” is dependent on the teacher. The teacher is the person who the student lives with, usually not his or her parents. While the student is living with the teacher or master, he exchanges services for lessons. The service the student gives to the teacher is by doing anything that would please the teacher or that would make him comfortable. The type of things that would please the teacher would be, living as he was taught, telling others about the “religion”, participating in everyday ritual, etc. To make the teacher comfortable the student may get the teacher a blanket, something to eat or drink, or a chair to sit on. The teacher in return gives the student lessons. These lessons help build the students values and character. The teacher may give the student common knowledge as well.

Lifespan development is essential, as it is the changes that happen to us throughout a person’s lifespan. Our development occurs at ages stages where we develop from infancy till death. This essay will contain my life story to display the domains in 5 age stages in my lifespan development. The domains I will be exploring is in this essay is physical, emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and moral domain. The influence of biological and environmental play a significant role in my development. Development is influenced by nature or nurture and its affect will occur throughout lifespan. The changes that occur during development have stage. Each theorists has stages of development where they display the changes. This essay will explore my development that will support theorist such as Erikson, Vygotsky, Berk, Piaget and other theorist. The age stages of prenatal will display physical and emotional domain, Infancy (0-2) will portray social and emotional domain, young children (2-6) will show cognitive and social domain, middle childhood (6-12) will display socio-cultural and moral domain and adolescence will portray nature vs. nurture and cultural domain. Development is crucial for a healthy wellbeing. As a physiotherapist it is significant to understand development in age stages, as it will aid knowing how young children will react compared to an adolescence who is more development mentally, emotionally, physically, socially and culturally.

One significant experience that has significantly impacted my decision to apply for college is my older brother dropping out of high school. This has impacted as he did not choose to continue school due to personal reasons and does not have any plans to do so. He washes cars for a living and I do not want to be in a position where I am cannot change careers due to not specializing in anything. None of my family members including extended family have gone to college and a majority are displeased with their occupation. I want to enter college as I believe I will have opportunities that most don't.

I found the standard categorization methods section very intriguing while reading chapter 4. I did not know about the different categories ranging from A to E. I found this to be a good way to differentiate different social classes, but I feel as if you are stereotyping people. Some people who may be rich may be more frugal with their money and spend their money on cheaper goods, rather then more expensive items. This may lead advertisers into the wrong direction when deciding their target markets. The life stages categorization method also was a tricky one to analyze. It may overall be helpful because people in different life stages may be heading towards the same direction but in the end run, not everyone is. It can be hard to tell how people