The Experience Model

This approach believes that all aspects of development of the person should be looked at, as they all interact with one another (7). In this theory you have: microsystems, exosystems, macrosystems, chronosystems, and mesosystems. Microsystems being what we commonly consider to be the “nurture” of a child, family and caregivers. Exosystems are places such as school, macrosystems consist of the economy, politics, and the cultural values placed by parents or by geographic location, and chronosystem is the time or era that the child is being brought up in (7). Then there is the mesosystem which is the combining of all other groups. This belief is similar to that of epigenetics, all aspects interact with one another to create the fully developed human

“What is the age of responsibility?” said Alan Greenblatt in his article “The Age of Responsibility.” Clearly what can be seen according to one of his lines “In America, ‘adulthood’ already has its familiar compass points, 18 and 21” (Greenblatt Par. 6) that the controversy between the milestone of adulthood and what age it should be is blatantly present in society. When Alan Greenblatt explained “...what if that age--the point when citizens are responsible enough to earn all rights [...] bear no resemblance to the ages already enshrined in law” (Par. 6) obviously what can be seen is that even though adulthood is marked between age eighteen and twenty-one, that doesn’t mean they’re responsible enough to handle them. Several factors apply to marking the milestone of adulthood, such as rites, rights, responsibilities, and overall: the age of responsibility.

Please sit down and relax for a moment, and ask yourself the question of all questions: What is most important to you in life? This is a question asked by many psychologists, surveyors and even employers. A common answer is “I just want to be happy and successful and follow my dreams.” But think about it– who really makes you happy? Who helps you become successful? Who inspires you to follow your dreams? To this people generally answer: Family. Now imagine what it would be like to have your family taken from you in the spur of a moment.

As a young person moves from childhood into adulthood there are many changes that they will face with freedoms, rights and responsibilities. These may include changes in their

Social Development: Although they are considered an adult, they will continue to seek advice and guidance from others as they lack experience.

When you are an adult I think that it’s basically a free for all for a person to do what they want because they don’t have their parents telling them what to do. An example would be when a young adult goes to college. When you go to college, you are basically living on your own which means you need to wake yourself up for classes, make your own food, and have a steady job so you have money to buy groceries or other things you need for school.

Being an adult is the number one thing that children want to be: The desire to get older to do things that you want when you want and having no one say otherwise. However, what is an adult? An ambiguous term that really falls into the hands of the individual, where at Sixteen you can drive, eighteen you can vote, and twenty-one you can drink, for those in the USA, all varying ages that individuals could use as indications of adulthood. Robin Heinig wrote and article “What is it about 20- somethings?” where she discusses Arnett’s proposal about a new developmental stage, “Emerging Adulthood”. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, an American professor in psychology, believes that we aren 't entering adulthood till the later portions of our twenties. For some, this may be true but for the general population including myself I find this hard to believe. Leo Hendry’s article, “How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example”, on emerging adulthood gives a deeper understanding to what this generation 's kids are going through. The late teens are a crucial part to the lives of a young adult. It 's the time that we spend trying to identify ourselves, escape the circumstance that we are put into at a younger age, or just had a better family income. Arnett is not wrong, but all other external factors need to be accounted for before we know, or even consider if emerging adulthood is a new developmental stage.

Being an adult seems easier than being a teenager because the adults make the rules and decisions. They choose our name, they make the decisions for us and what they say goes no matter what the outcome. In Anthem, they people are told where to go, what to do, how and when to do it, what to say, and who to speak with, but they are not told the reasons for what theyare doing because they live in a Dystopian society a lot like ours.

Experiencing life as an adult opens many doors; you are given the right to do many things that you aren’t able to do as a child.

Theories have been defined with terms such as stages, incremental, multidimensional. Each theory has its’ contributions to and impact on the understanding of human

Adults are unique in many ways. Every person is an entity having their own identity, thought process, and way they see things. We all have different morals and

Turning eighteen is a scary yet exciting time. Freedom is approaching fast to an eager and anxious teenager. However, freedom does not come easy. This status as a new adult comes with the gift of arduous work and responsibilities, not to mention the countless stressors associated with becoming a legal grown up. Managing these things can be tricky but is not impossible! Although they do not hand out manuals on how to be an adult, some may argue that they should.

Our cognitive processes, such as how we think, remember, decide and perceive, change over time. There is a substantial difference between adult and adolescent thinking. Adult thinking differs in three ways from adolescent thinking: Practical, cognitive flexibility and dialectical thinking. Adults have more flexibility in their thought patterns, understanding that there are multiple opinions on issues, and that there is more than one way to approach a problem (Stassen Berger, 2014). Furthermore, the difference between adolescent and young adult reasoning is particularly obvious when it involves reasoning requiring the conjunction of emotion and logic.

Adults, or at the very least somebody a few years older than us, has life experience to assist us on our own pathway and therefore we should listen to what they have to say. Although some people say "age is just a number" while I hear the intention of that statement it fails to grasp an even grander idea, with age comes experience. Young one always think that they know better when in reality it is their elders that do because of their worldly knowledge. Children should attempt to understand this for their own benefit. This may not be an easy thing to comprehend or accept but if they do they may be better off.

There are issues of confidentiality, understanding what’s in the client’s best interest, the rights of the client, and using the techniques to best assess the client. It is also important to maintain a professional relationship with clients.