Name

Ryan Allen

Class

Lifespan Development FHS 1500

Instructor

Christine Strong

Date

Sept 29, 2014

Subject

Interview/observations of Teenagers ages 13-18

Optional First Name______________

PROPOSE: TO LEARN ADOLESCENT & A INDIVIDUALS PERCEPTION ABOUT THEIR CURRENT

PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL STATUS. Youre encouraged to PLEASE,
talk freely and honestly about the topics & say whatever you want, to how ever you feel. The more you
honestly comment can be a very good & helpful educational source of information about human development. Your
name not required (but first name optional) this will not be recorded nor held against you (unless deemed to be a risk) &
shredded when observation report is finished and wrote. EXPAND your answers as much as you can, info would
be wasted if great answers are too short, I cant expand your thoughts & without a name I cant ask you to either.

Schools and Learning

1. What are your favorite courses in school? Why?

2. Describe your best teachers & what It was that made you liked them?

3.

Why do you think they are better than other courses or teachers?

4.

How would you change your school if you could?

5.

What could be done to make school better for all students involved in it?

Independence
6. In what ways do you feel you have gained independence from your parents??

7. What responsibilities go along with being independent?

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9.

In what ways do your peers have more influence on your ideas, and in what ways do your
parents have more influence?

Do you feel that there is a generation gap between your parents and yourself?

10. Have you thought of ways to reduce any differences while still developing your
independence?

Moral Reasoning
11. What are the moral issues in your life today?

12. How are you resolving them?

13. How would you approach a moral dilemma, such as finding out that a good friend
cheated on an important exam?

14. Do you have a trusted person with whom you discuss moral issues? Who is it?

15. What are the important moral issues facing our country?

Social Development
16. What are your friends like? Are they as mature as you?

17. Why do you like to spend time with them?

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18. If they told you that they didnt like what you were wearing, what would you do?

19. Do you have a boy or girl friend? What are your thoughts about going steady or having
a permanent boy or girl friend?

20. Does television or the movies have any impact on what you think or do? What are your
long-range goals?

Ageism
21. Have you ever experienced discrimination because of your age?

22. When you use a credit card or write a check, do the clerks check your ID in the same way
that they check an older persons ID?

23. Have you ever been treated differently in a public setting because of your age?

24. What are your thoughts and feelings concerning the laws that have minimum age
requirements such those governing driving, marriage, alcohol consumption?

25. Are there any advantages with being your age?

26. What are your long-range goals?

27. What do you see yourself doing in ten years? & Twenty years?

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