Confidentiality Research Paper

Because of confidentiality, I will name the child I interviewed, Kayla. Her race is Caucasian, she is 7 years old and in the 3rd grade. Her mother is in her late 30’s and father is in his late 40’s. The family lives in a neighborhood far from the city. The father is a full-time worker, while the mother works a part-time job. The older brother, Nathan, who is 19 years old, stays home to take care of his little sister when the parents are both at work. I chose this person as a subject because I thought it would be easy to interview her as she is the little sister of one of my friend, Nathan. bI also observed her behavior and I know how her behavior and personality is inside the house and when they go out in stores, birthday parties, church …show more content…
I have noticed this as well when I went to an amusement park with them last year. Kayla preferred to hold her father’s hand and when her father went away to use the bathroom, she would complain and whine to her mother. My friend, Nathan, also told me that she started to act in this behavior when she was about 3-4 years old. Her mood brightened up each day her father came home from work. She does like her mother too, but Nathan and his mother told me that she favors her father. This reminded me of the concept proposed by Carl Gustav Jung, called the Electra complex. The term is used to describe a girl’s sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father (Cherry, …show more content…
The industry (competence) vs. inferiority concept proposed by Erik Erikson can relate to this situation. This concept states that the teachers or the peer group of a child becomes a big influence to his or her self-esteem. The child in this concept will want to perform well in a certain task and want to gain the approval of his/her peers. When Kayla explained why she liked this teacher, she said that the teacher had the class play games on the computer (educational programs) and that they would work in groups with her other classmates. Working in groups with her classmates is good because it helps her learn that in the real world, teamwork and working hard is vital. They usually work in groups and work with different shaped objects to practice their addition skills. They also have days where they play games such as I spy on the chalk board where they search for the word that the teacher announces. In these games, the one who gets the most points gets golden stars that is stuck on a bulletin board in the classroom. The group work and games teach some kids about wanting to win and being successful in many different activities. I also noticed that Kayla enjoys baking with her grandmother. I asked her grandmother if she regularly helps when she bakes cookies and other desserts. She answered that Kayla is a quick learner and is always proud of her