Assessment of Psychological Dimension During the period of adolescence, realistically teens are looking to answer one question, “who am I?” Their psychological development is framed around looking for answers to this questions as they try to define themselves and look towards the future in terms of how they’ll fit in, what they’ll do, who they’ll love, etc. The roles that individuals will have as an adult make adolescents re-examine every bit of self they’ve developed up until that point and critically begin finding a new sense of self.
According to Erik Erikson, from the ages of 12-18 adolescents are going through the psychosocial stage “Identity vs. Role Confusion” (McLeod, 2013). This is typically the first identity crisis the teen will …show more content…
For instance, both have assumed pretty distinct gender roles and have become the top of their peer groups. “Cordelia” has worn tight clothing and always had perfect makeup since the day I met her, outdoing each of her female peers in the program. She’s also the most popular of all of the girls, each girl wanting to follow her around. I’ve seen her be very deliberately trying to define herself by her friends and the boys she flirts with, attempting to figure out where she belongs, often being sarcastic and flippant to get attention. “Xander” is very similar yet also very different. For lack of a better descriptor, “Xander” is the most popular of the only what can be called ‘goth’ group. He wears all dark oversized clothes, has long black hair that covers his face most of the time and doesn’t talk very much. Unlike “Cordelia” however, “Xander’s” personality doesn’t necessarily match the image he portrays. When I talk to him, he’s a very bubbly and outgoing, with an interest in becoming a music producer that signs all sorts of music, much to my surprise, being indicative of his eclectic musical tastes (country, old hip-hop, new agepop, rock, soul and jazz, …show more content…
While interviewing, volunteers look for kids who are somewhere in the middle; the kids who have okay grades, seem to connect with peers, but could use the extra push that invariably thirty some odd mentors and volunteers as well as forty-five equally as apprehensive yet excited peers are able to provide. This however is just one level of the kids ecological systems the kids are part of. In Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, the basis is set up to really see how the environment impacts each of the kids in their own ways (Powerpoint 5, 2015). Because of the way LK is set up, there are only 2 kids from each middle school in FWISD, this satisfies the need to get a diverse group of kids and ensure the kids meet people outside of their comfort
According to Erik Erikson, from the ages of 12-18 adolescents are going through the psychosocial stage “Identity vs. Role Confusion” (McLeod, 2013). This is typically the first identity crisis the teen will …show more content…
For instance, both have assumed pretty distinct gender roles and have become the top of their peer groups. “Cordelia” has worn tight clothing and always had perfect makeup since the day I met her, outdoing each of her female peers in the program. She’s also the most popular of all of the girls, each girl wanting to follow her around. I’ve seen her be very deliberately trying to define herself by her friends and the boys she flirts with, attempting to figure out where she belongs, often being sarcastic and flippant to get attention. “Xander” is very similar yet also very different. For lack of a better descriptor, “Xander” is the most popular of the only what can be called ‘goth’ group. He wears all dark oversized clothes, has long black hair that covers his face most of the time and doesn’t talk very much. Unlike “Cordelia” however, “Xander’s” personality doesn’t necessarily match the image he portrays. When I talk to him, he’s a very bubbly and outgoing, with an interest in becoming a music producer that signs all sorts of music, much to my surprise, being indicative of his eclectic musical tastes (country, old hip-hop, new agepop, rock, soul and jazz, …show more content…
While interviewing, volunteers look for kids who are somewhere in the middle; the kids who have okay grades, seem to connect with peers, but could use the extra push that invariably thirty some odd mentors and volunteers as well as forty-five equally as apprehensive yet excited peers are able to provide. This however is just one level of the kids ecological systems the kids are part of. In Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, the basis is set up to really see how the environment impacts each of the kids in their own ways (Powerpoint 5, 2015). Because of the way LK is set up, there are only 2 kids from each middle school in FWISD, this satisfies the need to get a diverse group of kids and ensure the kids meet people outside of their comfort