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What were your friendships like while growing? Did this change from elementary school to middle and then to high school? If so, how?

 you will write a 1000-word paper to describe your findings theories/concepts related to social development and the development of self. Specifically, your paper should demonstrate your ability to analyze themes from your interviews. Include in your paper a summary of each interview, the development of self of each person interviewed, a comparison of the two interviewees’ development of self, and possible ways their development of self could have been more positively influenced in childhood.

Interview Questions

Participant #1

Age:

Gender:

  1. What were your friendships like while growing? Did this change from elementary school to middle and then to high school? If so, how?
  2. Tell about a time when your friends’ opinions were different than your parents’ and how you felt about it.
  3. How did your ability to manage your emotions change from elementary school to middle and then to high school ?
  4. Was your parents’ or your friends’ view of you more important to you when you were a teenager?
  5. Do you remember changing a behavior, clothes, or taste in music as a result of your friend’s influence? If so how?
  6. Do you remember changing friends because their actions or opinions were very different than yours? How old were you when this took place?
  7. What social interactions have you had that have challenged you to change how you see yourself in the world?

Participant #2

Age:

Gender:

  1. What were your friendships like while growing up? Did this change from elementary school to middle and then to high school? If so, how?
  2. Tell about a time when your friends’ opinions were different than your parents’ and how you felt about it.
  3. How did your ability to manage your emotions change from elementary school to middle and then to high school ?
  4. Was your parents’ or your friends’ view of you more important to you when you were a teenager?
  5. Do you remember changing a behavior, clothes, or taste in music as a result of your friend’s influence? If so how?
  6. Do you remember changing friends because their actions or opinions were very different than yours? How old were you when this took place?
  7. What social interactions have you had that have challenged you to change how you see yourself in the world?


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