Javien In The Formal Operational Stage Case Study

According to UNICEF, “what happens during the early years is of crucial importance for every child’s development.” At a young age children are impressible to many things. Many people and experiences have a huge impact on people’s lives. So, when parents demonstrate excellent behaviors such as great eating habits, proper exercise, and sleeping habits this encourages children to produce a healthy development. While working with Javien I did not notice anything unusual about this child’s height or weight. According to Disabled World, “a male child is supposed to weigh around eighty-eight pounds and is supposed to be fifty eight inches tall”. Javien weighs one hundred and twelve pounds and is sixty five inches tall. He is very tall for his age,

The formal operation stage starts at around eleven through adulthood. Our Educational Psychology book states that, “a person is able to reason better about concrete experiences and think in more abstract, idealistic, and logical ways.” Javien is the formal operation stage. I would classify Javien in the formal operational stage. I believe this because Javien has a touch of adolescent egocentrism. Our textbook Educational Psychology states that, “adolescent egocentrism is the heightened self-consciousness reflected in adolescents’ beliefs that others are as interested in them as they themselves are. It also includes a sense of personal uniqueness.” I say this because when talking to Javien about friends and if he cared about what people thought, he answered no. He stated that he like to hang out with everyone and wanted to be differ from his peers. Another reason why I believe he is in this stage is because I asked him questions about the number line and what infinity meant. Javien was able to tell me that infinity means that the number line went on forever. He also was able to tell me what absolute value meant and explain it to me. I presented him problems such as |10-8| and he was able to show me what to do next. This showed me that Javien understands how to solve mathematical

The stage Javien is supposed to be in is identity vs. role confusion. It occurs during the teenage years and it is when teenagers try to figure out who they are and what they are all about. I believe that Javien is in the identity versus identify confusion. One reason is because he wants to have different opinions from his parents. Another reason why I believe he is in this stage is because he wants to be his own person and not what his peers want him to be. My last reason is because Javien told me that his parents do not see from his point of view. So, this is showing me that Javien is building his own character and the person he wants to be is not who everyone wants him to be. Javien does not have any psychosocial problems that are causing him any difficulty. Yes, Javien has