First of all, it should be stated that the analyzed person is in the stage of adolescence. The psychological development of such a person will be analyzed. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model of Child Development presupposes the analysis of the development in the context of the environmental factors and, in order to undermine any likelihood of misunderstanding, only the environment, where a child spends at least 10% of his or her time, should be analyzed.
Originally, the analyzed person (Jake Martins, 17, aged) spent most of his time in the school and sports section (karate-do). On the one hand, the lack of communication with friends gives him an opportunity to spend more time on self-education and get prepared for the university. Nevertheless, such a rhythm in his life made him a bit unsociable. Social, emotional, and creative aspects of his life are undeveloped, as he keeps all the feelings and emotions to himself. The main claim of environmental development is that a person can not develop in isolation. Jake was isolated from any creative activity, expression of emotions, and free communication with friends. Thus, the result of such isolation is the unsociable person who wishes to be an engineer. Nevertheless, he and his parents do not take into consideration the fact that engineering is often teamwork. Consequently, it will be difficult for Jake to achieve success.
In accordance with Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, it is the greatest ever mistake to restrict at least one aspect of the developing personality. And this development should be balanced and entail Social, Emotional, Language and Cognitive, Physical and Creative aspects of the environment.
Person Between 40 and 65 Analysis
This person (Samantha Blackwood, 58 years aged) will be analyzed from the perspective of Erik Erikson’s theory of personal development. Originally, in distinction with Freud, Erikson elaborated more on adulthood stages, and in accordance with him, S.B. is in the stage named Late adulthood (the early stage). He emphasized that people of this age generally start analyzing their lives from the perspective of the use they brought to the world, their relations with the surrounding people, etc. Samantha lived a very interesting life: she is a Doctor of Medicine, a sportsman (has more than 500 skydive jumps), and adores hiking, traveling, and swimming. She has two children and three grandchildren. In spite of her retirement, she still keeps her medical qualification at a high level by reading medical publications and consulting her younger colleagues.
In accordance with Erikson, this is a psychologically developed and full-fledged person who has achieved considerable success in her life. There is a strong necessity to emphasize his statement on this point:
As older adults, we can often look back on our lives with happiness and are content, feeling fulfilled with a deep sense that life has meaning and we have contributed to life, a feeling that is called integrity. Our strength comes from the wisdom that the world is very large, and we now have a detached concern for the whole of life, accepting death as the completion of life. (Feldman, 2007, p. 208)
Finally, it should be stated that the original value of psychological development is covered in the notion that developed personalities are simply happier. They have lesser restrictions or do not have them at all. They just live to live and enjoy their life.
Bibliography
Doolittle H. (2009) “Tribute to Bronfenbrenner” New Directions.
Feldman, R.S. (2007) “Development Across the Life Span” Prentice Hall, 5th edition.