Jacob+Stevison


 * Record of Assignments**
 * Name of Student:** Jacob Stevison

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** Adolescence **

** W : What you want to know (curiosities/inquiry questions) **
T ** he influence on development that a single parent household has. In regards to proper gender roles. **

** Resource #1 **

 * Read:**
 * The article i read was very informative and gave a response to my question indirectly but nevertheless it answered it. The article explains that children that have divorced parents or live in a single parent household are more likely to be emotionally unstable. They are also more likely to suffer from depression and also have subpar school performances. The article also states the children of divorces parents are also more likely to bring that marital tension into their own relationships once they become adults. This article speaks a lot about absent fathers and that when the father is present the child is significantly more likely to develop more normal social and emotional behaviors.This article was well written and it really helped out wiht my question.


 * Respond:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph response/reaction to what you read here]

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 * APA Citation:**
 * "Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences." __Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences __. 05 Sept. 2013 .

** Resource #2 **
FATHER PRESENCE AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: DAD AS A CATALYST FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.
 * Read:**
 * This resource that i chose is an article that looks at the effect that a present father has on graduation rates. This article looks at data and concludes that when the father is present in the home the child is more likely to complete and graduate high school. This article also states that the fathers employment status does not significantly effect these outcomes. The article goes into detail about hoe the father's presence greatly effects whether or not the child will go on to higher education. The article included multiple charts that the author used to support his ideas. This article included multiple ways that the father could not be present and then the correlating graduation rates to the according reason for the fathers absence. examples of these are: out of wedlock birth and divorce. IN this article there is also a part about children born out of wedlock and violent crimes. The data concluded that children born out of wedlock are more likely to commit violent crimes.


 * Respond:**
 * I found this article to be very interesting. It was interesting to see the correlation between absent fathers and graduation rates. I was not surprised to see that the graduation rate of children with absent fathers go down. It only makes sense because they have half the support that a typical child has One thing that was very intriguing was that a father that is unemployed doesn't negatively effect graduation rates. To me it would feel like it my father was unemployed then I would not see motivation to go and succeed. Overall this article was very insightful and was a great direction to move towards answering my inquiry question.

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 * APA Citation:**
 * Mackey, B., & Mackey, W. C. (2012). FATHER PRESENCE AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: DAD AS A CATALYST FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. //Education//, //133//(1), 139-150.

** Resource #3 **
Biological aspects of the ** development ** and self-concept in adolescents living in ** single **-** parent **families.
 * Read:**
 * THis article looks at dual parent households and single parent households. It look at the varying effects of these types of households on the child. From these observations they've concluded that there is no difference the two when it comes to physical development. There is also no correlation between the development of self image and whether or not they live in a single parent household. The only way the development of children living in single parent households differ is in the development of a moral self concept.


 * Respond:**
 * This article related and answered my question better than the previous two that i chose. I thought it was weird that the only way that development in a single parent household differs from a typical one is moral self concept. when the article said that the most influential thing in a child's development was a healthy marriage of their parents i thought it was very interesting. I thought that the data the author used was cool as well. Overall this article was very insightful and it helped answer my inquiry question.


 * APA Citation:**
 * Vecek, A., Vidović, V., Milicić, J., Spoljar-Vrzina, S., Vecek, N., & Arch-Vecek, B. (2009). Biological aspects of the development and self-concept in adolescents living in single-parent families. //Collegium Antropologicum //, //33 //(3), 873-877.

** Resource #4 **

 * Read:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph summarizing what you read here]


 * Respond:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph response/reaction to what you read here]


 * APA Citation:**
 * [insert APA citation]

** 5. Sexuality Activity **
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[The activity I chose is about the importance of not using anti-LGBT slurs. It says that a staggering number of students use this type of language but that when students use these types of words that they don't mean to hurt anyones feelings. Even though the intent to hurt isn't there, these words can be very destructive to the LGBT community. The harassment that occurs isn't intentional but it still has effects. This lesson plan uses commercials created by The Ad Council and GLSEN to inform the youth about this indirect form of oppression. ]
 * Describe your resource:**

http://glsen.org/article/thinkb4youspeak-guide-educators-grades-6-12 ]
 * Link to your specific resource:**

**Observation Site Information**

 * A. Site details: ** I will be visiting a couple football games at Kings high school which is the school lead Young Life at.


 * Name of site: Kings High School football game
 * Link to site:
 * Contact person:



__ ** B. Describe your setting ** __
The setting that i decided to do my observation hours at is a couple football games at Kings high school football stadium. Kings is northwest of Cincinnati and is located in Warren county. Kings is a middle class community that is 95% Caucasian. So most people would describe kings as a bunch of rich white kids. But for the most part it is your normal high school. The parents come to watch the games. There is a student section just like any other high school. The middle school students all congregate behind the stands. All in all Kings is your average high school when it come to football games. As far as it goes for the people that attend the games. Basically everyone in the community attends these games. Kings football is life in Kings. Although the team isn't very good the are treated as if they rule the school. I would relate it to the TV show __Friday Night Lights.__ It just seems this way because of the amount of support that the football team receives. I've never seen a school where football is seen as such a wonderful thing throughout the community. When the Knights win there is a definite change in the mood of the entire community compared to when they lose.

__** C. Describe what you did at the site (free-write/journal formatting) **__
The first time i went to one one of the games was a home game against Hamilton. Hamilton is normally good at football; so the feeling in the stadium was that Kings had no chance of winning. That changed very quickly because the first time kings had the ball they scored. I found it interesting how much the crowd was influenced by the score of the game. Once Kings was up by a few touchdowns the student section became very uninterested in the game and more interested with socializing with their friends than what was happening on the field. Kings eventually won the game by a few touchdowns. After the game I watched how the players reacted. It was interesting to see how much pride the parents and students of Kings football put into the success of their team. After the game all of the students go on the field and take pictures as if they've won the super bowl.
 * __ 1st visit: __**

As you walk in the stadium there is a space where the concessions and the bathrooms are. This is where the middle school kids hang out. When I arrived I watched these kids and was very intrigued by their behavior. As you would expect the boys and girls are both huddled in groups split up by gender. As i watched i noticed that some of the boys were attempting to get the girls' attention. The way that they would do this would be to do something that most people would consider to be relatively stupid. But they are 7th grade boys so there is really nothing you shouldn't expect from them. As I watched this going on I realized that as the boys continued to one up themselves with risky and idiotic behavior and that once they completed one of these fearless acts of heroism, they did not acknowledge they group of girls they were trying to impress. I found that to be very interesting. I also saw a few boys quickly walk up to the group of girls and saw a few words to them. These boys were the ones that did not participate in the shenanigans. The reaction from the girls was much more positive to the boy that went up and talked to them compared to the group of hooligans.

Once I went into the student section I noticed somethings that I had never noticed before because in high school I played football. So the student section was something that was new for me. The layout of it was something that i have never noticed before. The seniors are in the front, the juniors are behind them, the sophomores are behind that and in the back scattered among the edge of the bleachers are the freshman. I always imagined the student section to just be a mixture of ages throughout the section but i was wrong. The reason i knew that this was the case is because thee was a cheer that called out each of the grades. Essentially each grade took turns screaming and jumping in unison.

With watching the game i saw that the age of the students was related to how much they care about the game. The seniors were then ones that had face paint and you could tell that they were there to be loud and cheer on their team. The Juniors seemed very interested in this game but they were not as dedicated as the seniors. The sophomores are where it seemed that socializing becomes more important than football. The freshman were all sitting down and not even watching the game but instead they were just talking. I think this happened because since they are freshman and don't have their drivers license this is the one time in the week where they can get out of the house and hangout with all of their friends.

These freshman were very interested communicating with the opposite sex. The boys were much more relaxed than the boys that were outside of the bleachers. At this point these boys have decided that playing it cool is a much more successful strategy. Acting like nothing excites them is how these boys thought that they would get girls to like them. Apparently it works better than what the middle school boys were doing because by the end of the first half the giant group of freshman at the top of the bleachers has split up into smaller groups where boys and girls are flirting. This flirting proceeds throughout the rest of the game and by the end of it i saw a few brand new couples walk out of the bleachers holding hands. I'm intrigued to know whether those relationships lasted past the weekend or not. I found it interesting to see the younger students acting crazier than the older students. I think this happens because these younger students spend much more time with their parents and at home compared to older students than can drive. The younger students are out of the house less and want to take advantage of this by running wild and trying to pick up chicks.

Once the game was over most students that were older ran onto the field to congratulate their friends. I slowly walked to the edge of the fence to just check out and see what was going on. I didn't want to go to fast because I didn't wanna seem creepy. As I watched what was happening on the field, I'm confident that about 100 instagrams were posted. There was a lot of pictures taken, they were taken by parents and high school girls that are obsessed with social media. What i did notice is that when the students were in close encounters with adults they were much less frisky with students of the opposite sex. I found that to be very interesting. I also watched students as they waited for their parents. I noticed that a few times students would ask their parents to park farther away so that they would not have to be seen entering their mothers minivan. Yes, that does sound like something in a movie but it happened.

The next game I went to was the homecoming game. This was quite the festivity that i wasn't expecting because i was not aware that it was homecoming until I showed up. It was your usual homecoming game, They played a crappy team and beat them pretty handily. Because of that the attention of the students wasn't quite on the game. They decided that goofing around and making fun of the other team was a better idea. I will admit that some of the chants were pretty creative and I chuckled a bit at some of them. But at halftime they had the announcement of the homecoming king and queen. Both students that won were both athletes and played multiple sports. This is evidence of the culture at Kings. At KHS sports is what makes you cool. If you are on a sports team of any sort you become much more popular.
 * __2nd visit:__**

This game i watched the players that were on the bench instead of the student section. I noticed that the players that don't play at all were more interested in the conversation between one another than the actual game. I found that to be very interesting because i witnessed those same players celebrating with the team after the win. I found that to be interesting. I know that they will probably play JV saturday morning but those boys don't care about the game until its over and they get to celebrate afterwards. The players that did play had some sort of arrogance about them. They looked as if they thought the whole world revolved around them. I watched one kid push a smaller kid out of they way because he needed to get something. They were on the same team and it wasn't an urgent matter either. I don't know why these players acted this way but i thought it was weird and almost disturbing.

I also went to an away game. This time the game was at Loveland high school. At this point in the season Loveland was ranked #1 in the city. At Kings, Loveland is a very important game. They call it Loveland week. It is one of the biggest games of the year always. Basically everyone expected Kings to lose except for the actual Kings football team. They believed that they could actually beat this undefeated monster of a team. They believed they could pull off a David and Goliath story. They ended up losing by around 35 points. Kings only scored once and that was when Loveland put in their backups. The game was out of hand and Loveland proved they deserved that #1 ranking.
 * __3rd visit:__**

There were about half of the students that attended this game compared to the students that normally show up for a home game. Almost all of these students were upperclassmen. Due to it being farther away I believe that is why less underclassmen came to the game. As the game went along the crowd became less interested because they were getting clobbered. At one point Loveland's crowd was cheering for Kings because Kings was playing that terribly. When the game was over I didn't see sad players but instead they were enraged. For some reason they got angry with the fan and not themselves. That is something that i don't get. Loveland celebrated their win with much pride as Kings normally does and Kings' response was very negative. I don't get why they have such a problem with someone doing exactly what they do.

** Physical **
When I was observing the freshman, I noticed that the majority of girls had appeared as if they had already had their growth spurt. But when you look at the boys some of them had and then some of them looked as if they belonged in 5th grade. This is supported in the book because girls start puberty before boys do. For the most part most students’ moods were very positive. But I did notice that their moods were affected by how the football was going. This was more evident in the younger grades. In the book it says that mood is greatly altered by the situation encompassing young adolescence. The majority of these students were very respectful to adults and I did not encounter any student that was disrespectful of students. I did notice that when students were away from adults their behavior changed and they acted much differently. These behaviors were centered on relationships. In the book, it says that many parent-child issues are centered on relationships. The reason there was no conflict that I observed was because the students only paid attention to the opposite sex when no adults were present.
 * What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? **
 * What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? **
 * What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)? **

I noticed that many of the girls were very dressed up. This was mainly the younger girls. I saw that many of the freshmen and sophomore girls were much more worried about their appearance. Many of the older girls were more worried on cheering on their team than attracting the attention of boys. I noticed that the girls that were dressed up more, seeked out the attention of boys much more than the older girls who were into the game. I think this is a result of the younger girls wanting to feel appreciated for their appearance because they have a lower self-esteem.
 * What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)? **

I noticed that boys tend to be more physical in showing affection to their friends. I watched boys laugh at each other when they fell down the bleachers. I saw students laughing together. I saw that students to stick to their stereotyped friend groups. The soccer team sits with the soccer team and the dance girls sick together. This is an example of clicks. I would consider the crowd of a football game to be a crowd.
 * What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)? **

I saw that the boys were eating much more food in general and much worse food. I saw boys eating candy and popcorn. Whereas it was a rarity to see any of the girls eating or drinking anything besides water. I believe this has to do with body image as well. In general teenage boys care less about their physical appearance when compared to teenage girls. I also overheard some boys talking about going to Eli’s after the game. Eli’s is a sports bar where many people in Kings go. So basically after chowing down at this game these boys were gonna go eat more food. I noticed that students were very aware of the opposite sex. I didn’t hear any sexual references because I wasn’t going to be that super creepy guy. I did notice that some couples were forming throughout my time there. Couples would stand in the bleachers in the only way I could describe as the “prom picture pose” where the boy stands behind a girl with his hands on her hips. Also as I was leaving there were multiple couples that were making out before their parents came and picked them up. I’m sure some of these students are “active” but I was in a withdrawn observation so I cannot assume.
 * What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)? **
 * What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299) **

There was nothing that I could observe from where I was. But I am guessing that some of those students were going to a party after the game to celebrate a victory as you would expect. I did not witness anything first hand
 * What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)? **

** Cognitive **
I could not really notice any significant cognitive discoveries with these students. I did notice that boys were partaking in more risky behaviors compared to the females. I noticed that these students mood were very unstable. They seemed to change very quickly depending on what was surrounding them. While observing these students I was able to see a student arguing with their parent. This student wanted to go to a restaurant but her mother would not let her go. This student used logic and propositional thought when debating with her mother. I cannot say for sure but I am sure that some of the younger girls they may have developed an imaginary audience. During my observations I over heard some boys that were just being boys and picking on one another. They were were coming up with jokes very quickly and that I feel demonstrates that they are developing well in regards to cognition. There was nothing that I observed that is directly related to their cognitive development. With the boys that I observed that were picking on one another. I noticed that these boys were very sexual in the way that they insulted each other. It is obvious that sex was on their mind and their words reflected what their brains wanted.
 * What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? **
 * What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? **
 * What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)? **
 * What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)? **
 * What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)? **
 * What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)? **
 * What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299) **

I did not notice any use or anything about any illicit substances.
 * What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)? **

** Emotional **

 * What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? **

I noticed that the girls were much more in touch with their emotions. The girl that won homecoming queen was crying when she won but the homecoming king did not cry.


 * What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? **

Most of the students that I observed were very open to expressing their mood. Many of the times this was connected to the emotions that they were experiencing.

**What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)?**

Many times during the games players let emotion dictate how they responded to their coaches. This is a result of the student experiencing a higher self-esteem.

**What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)?**

I think this has the biggest effect on girls, specifically the ones I wrote about in my observation log. These girls let how other people view them effect their emotion. They want to feel pretty and they believe they will achieve that if they dress very immodestly.

**What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)?**

I saw that these were once again based on emotion. Girls will pay attention to boys if they call them pretty. Their relationships are all based on emotion. Many students I observed put their emotional identity in their relationships with other. Many boys got sad when a girl rejected them.

**What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)?**

There was nothing that I could assume about eating emotion from their emotions. I can assume that when kings lost some students decided to eat more food to numb the pain of the loss.

**What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299)**

I observed some students making out as I was leaving the stadium. I can assume that the reason that they were doing this is because their emotions and hormones. That is the only connection I can find between sex and these students emotions.

**What did you notice about sub** I did not observe anything.

** Social **

 * What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? **

I noticed that girls seemed to congregate in groups of about five girls. But boys that I observed tended to congregate in groups of two.

**What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)?**

Due to these students being around what seem to be their friends, their moods were most likely lifted. Also this happened to the girl who won homecoming queen, she was the queen of the social ladder and her mood skyrocketed because of this.

**What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)?**

These student’s relationships with adults was respectful but you can tell the difference in their social behavior when having a conversation with a friend compared to one with an adult.

**What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)?**

As I’ve stated previously this mainly pertained to girls for me. I saw that the girls who seemed to be most conscious of their body image were in large crowds of girls who were worried about their body image. These girls probably had an imaginary audience that they were performing for.

**What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)?**

These peer relationships that I saw were based a lot on cliques. You could notice that different kids were hanging out with students that were similar to them.

**What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)?**

Social events occurred around eating. I wrote about the boys that were going to at after the game so that they could hangout and have fun.

**What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299)**

I noticed this with the boys who seemed to be more popular. They had many more interations with girls and use more sexual language.

**What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)?**

I did not notice anything about substances or substance use at the games I attended.

** Revisiting Your Curiosities **
[Answer your original questions as best as you can, given the course material and your observations. You must make at least 4 references to the text with page numbers.] Yes, it does effect development. I can answer that question. but what i cannot answer is how and if there is an exact way. I've found that it effects people in many different ways but that is varies depending on a variety of variables. Throughout my time at these football games I noticed a lot about how students’ action are different depending on who is around. I observed the students as they were in the student section. When they were there I noticed that they were much more aware of the opposite sex compared to when the parents are around. The varying behaviors of students make me wonder how living in a single-parent home is influencing them at all. When the parents are not around the child’s behavior becomes a bit more promiscuous. This is because at this time there is no parent influence affecting the child’s behavior. Noticing these things I then asked a few friends about what living in a single-parent home was like. I got many differing ways that my friends were effected. Some said that they were scarred from relationships because of their parents failed marriage. Others said that they saw dating as something not very harmful because they saw their parent in many short relationships. My interviewing of my friends shows that living in a single-parent household does effect social development. But it is completely circumstantial. It isn't something that can be the same for all adolescence. All I can say is that it does effect social development and it all depends on the parent and the child and the relationship they have.
 * W : What you want to know (inquiry questions) **
 * 1.** Does Living in a Single-parent Household effect social Development?


 * 2.** Does Living in a Single-parent Household effect social Development?

How can I be role model to possibly compensate for this problem? What is the best way to approach this? How can our society fix this?
 * 3. What new questions emerge for you as a future teacher?**

Late Adulthood

Describe your Older Adult Project:
 * For my older Adult Project i decided to call my Grandma Jean. I did not originally decide to do my project with my grandma jean. She sent me a check in the mail for no reason in classic grandma fashion. So I called her to thank her for this wonderful feat of generosity. During this phone call I decided that I would use this as my Older Adult Project. My Grandma lives in Philadelphia with my Aunt and Uncle. She is my Mother's Mother and I have the closest relationship with her compared to my other grandparents.
 * Grandma Jean was a nurse in the army for most of her working career. She reached the level of Captain. Growing up my grandma lived about 10 minutes away in a two bedroom condo. She came over to our house about three days a week and would just hangout and help my mom take care of the kids. When my parents got divorced, my grandma continued to be there and help out my mother with rides to sports and helping us with our homework. She is one of those people in my life that has always been there for me. Right before I got into high school she moved to Philadelphia to live with my Aunt because she was unable to live alone. Although she lives about 12 hours away by car i would say that we still have a good relationship.

Describe your experience (2 paragraph minimum and make 4 references to the textbook):
 * While talking with my grandmother we talked a lot about family and the future. We talked about whats gonna happen when i am finished with school and where I want to live. We then began to talk about what my grandma does. She says that she doesn't have many intimate close friendships besides my aunt and uncle in Philly. But she says that once a week a few ladies from the neighborhood go to the german restaurant where my cousin is a waitress. This is an example of secondary friends (pg. 492). She said that they just get together and talk about their pasts and reminisce. She said a few of her firends are widows and the other one is divorced. My grandma and grandpa are divorced. The large percent of my grandma's friends being widowed is normal. The text says that nearly 40% of all women over the age of 65 are widowed (pg. 488).
 * After we talked about her group of friends that she goes out to lunch with we began to talk about each of my cousins. Throughout this phone call my grandma would accidentally call me Luke. Luke is the name of my brother who is four years younger than me. This happened three or four times during our phone conversation. This is a result of her associative memory deficit (pg. 465). Essentially my grandmother knew that she was talking to one of her grandchildren that lives in Cincinnati and is a boy but she couldn't recall which one it was because she was unable to connect those two things with my name and instead substituted my brother. My grandmother has fallen multiple times in the past and she recently fell and was telling me about the most recent tumble. She said it was about a week ago, it was about 3 am and she woke up to go to the bathroom. While she was walking to the bathroom she tripped over a pair of shoes she had left on the floor. She miraculously got up by her self went to the bathroom and then went back to bed. I was shocked when she said that she didn't tell my aunt until the morning. The text says that only 10% of the time an injury happens because of a fall (pg. 457).

My Grandma Jean and my aunt's Bernese Mountain Dog "Chloe"