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BOYHOOD MOVIE
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Alicia Nelson-hill
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DID THE DIVORCE EFFECT THIS YOUNG MAN
DID THE DIVORCE EFFECT THIS YOUNG MAN
YES. I SAY YES IT DID EFFECT MASON BECAUSE HE HAD 2 STEP DADS THAT WERE NOT THE BEST ROLE MODELS FOR HIM. THE PROFESSOR WAS VERBALLY ABUSIVE WHICH LOWERED MASON'S SELF ESTEEM, AND HE THOUGHT NOTHING HE EVER DID WAS GOOD ENOUGH. IN BETWEEN HER DIVORCE'S THINGS WOULD GET BETTER WITH MASON AND HIS MOM BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD ANOTHER GUY THAT THEN MASON HAD TO GET USED TO ANOTHER PARENTAL FIGURE. HOW ARE THEIR RULES, WILL THEY STICK AROUND. EMOTIONALLY THAT HAD TO BE HARD ON A GROWING CHILD. I THINK MASON WAS LUCKY THAT HIS DAD WAS A STEADY FIGURE IN HIS LIFE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS MORE OF A FRIEND, BUT HE DID TEACH MASON IMPORTANT LESSONS AND IT WAS SOMEONE MASON COULD TRUST TO TELL ANYTHING TO.  
KOHLBERG'S MORAL DEVELOPMENT
KOHLBERG'S MORAL DEVELOPMENT 
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE MASON DISPLAYED CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE HETERONOMOUS STAGE, CONVENTIONAL REASONING STAGE. HE WOULD OBEY HIS STEP DAD BECAUSE HE WAS THE ADULT, THAT COULD HAND DOWN A PUNISHMENT, AND AT THIS AGE  MASON WAS DOING THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS PARENTS STANDARDS. MASON WANTED TO MAKE HIS PARENTS PROUD OF HIM SO HE WOULD TRY TO DO HIS BEST AT EVERYTHING HE DID. AS HE GREW INTO AN ADOLESCENT HIS MORALS CHANGED FROM WHAT HIS PARENTS SAID, AND WANTED HIM TO DO, TO WHAT MASON, AND HIS SOCIAL CIRCLE WANTED. THIS STAGE IS THE MUTUAL INTERPERSONAL STAGE. BEING LOYAL, HAVING TRUST AND RESPECT FOR YOUR GROUP. ONCE MASON TURNED INTO A YOUNG ADULT HE SWITCHED TO STAGE 5 SOCIAL CONTRACT/INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS STAGE. HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN BELIEFS, AND VALUES TO FOLLOW. NOT BECAUSE OF A PARENT OF FRIEND BUT ONLY WHAT HE VALUED AND WHY.

MASON'S MILESTONES
MASON'S MILESTONES
GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDING COLLEGE
TEMPERAMENT
TEMPERAMENT
MASON HAD THE ABILITY TO CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS.HE WAS EASY GOING AS A CHILD. WHEN THE DIVORCE FROM THE PROFESSOR HAPPENED MASON HAD CHANGED AND HAD BECOME MORE OF A SLOW TO WARM UP. HE MADE FRIENDS, HE CONTINUED TO STAY TRUE TO WHAT HE WANTED, EVEN DURING SO MANY DEVASTATING TIMES IN HIS LIFE. MASON WAS SOME WHAT REBELLIOUS, BUT HE DID NOT GET INTO REAL TROUBLE. HE KNEW WHAT HIS GOAL WAS, AND HE WAS DETERMINED TO PAVE HIS WAY.   
PARENTING STYLES
PARENTING STYLES
MASON'S MOM WAS AN AUTHORITATIVE PARENT. SHE MADE SURE THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK, AND CHORES; SHE WOULD NOT LET THEM WALK OVER HER. THE FIRST STEP DAD WAS AN AUTHORITARIAN WANTING THINGS DONE NOW HIS WAY, AND WHEN HE DID NOT APPROVE HE WOULD MAKE THE KIDS FEEL LESS THAN. MASON'S DAD WAS MORE OF A INDULGENT PARENTING STYLE. HE WAS NOT AROUND ON A DAILY BASIS SO WHEN HE DID HAVE MASON IT WAS ALL ABOUT FUN, AND NO DISCIPLINE. THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PARENTING COMBINED ALLOWED MASON TO BE CREATIVE, AND HAPPY MOST OF THE TIME.
 

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IDENTITY VS. ROLE DIFFUSION AGES 12-18
IDENTITY VS. ROLE DIFFUSION AGES 12-18
IN THIS STAGE THE CHILD IS LOOKING TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE WITH FAMILY, AND THEIR CAREER. THEY ARE LEARNING THE RULES OF BEING AN ADULT, AND LEARNING WHO THEY ARE. AFTER MASON'S MOM LEFT THE PROFESSOR MASON STARTED TO HANG OUT WITH A "ROUGHER" CROWD OF FRIENDS, HE STARTED CURSING, LYING ABOUT HAVING SEX, AND HE EVEN STARTED DRINKING, AND SMOKING WEED. HE KNEW HE WAS GOOD AT "URBAN ART" AND HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT HIS TEACHER WAS TELLING HIM HE WOULD NOT SUCCEED AT HIS ART SO HE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING MORE REALISTIC. MASON DID NOT LISTEN TO THAT TEACHER, HE CONTINUED TO DO HIS PHOTOGRAPHY STARTED DATING,  GOT A JOB, AND BOUGHT A TRUCK. HE WAS LEARNING WHAT BEING AN ADULT WAS ALL ABOUT, WORKING, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE. HE DECIDED TO MAKE HIS DREAM OF ART COME TRUE BY ENTERING INTO A SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION WHERE HE WON SILVER, WHICH INCLUDED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. HE WAS HEADING TOWARDS HIS DREAMS.
INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY AGES 6-12
INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY AGES 6-12
DURING THIS STAGE THE CHILD CAN EITHER FEEL PRIDEFUL, OR THEY CAN DOUBT THEMSELVES AND START TO BELIEVE THEY CANNOT ACHIEVE ANYTHING; IT IS ALL HOW THE PARENT TREATS THE CHILD. MASON WAS IN THE INDUSTRY STAGE WHEN HIS MOM MARRIED THE PROFESSOR. IN THE BEGINNING HIS SELF ESTEEM WAS NORMAL,THERE HAD BEEN NO REASON FOR MASON TO THINK HE COULD NOT BE AUTONOMOUS. WHEN HIS STEP FATHER WOULD CONSTANTLY TELLING HIM HE ISN'T DOING A GOOD JOB MASON STARTS THE SLIDE FROM INDUSTRY TO INFERIORITY. AS MASON BECOMES OLDER AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIES FOR THE THIRD TIME MASON DOES START TO DRINK, SMOKE MARIJUANA, AND CURSE. LUCKILY FOR MASON HE DOES HAVE A KIND OF BALANCE AND ESCAPE WITH HIS DAD, AND NOW THAT HIS DAD IS REMARRIED AND EVERYONE IS GETTING ALONG HE GOES BACK TO BEING IN  THE INDUSTRY STAGE. WITH ALL THE CHANGES MASON WENT THROUGH, LUCKILY HE NEVER GOT TO A DEPRESSIVE STAGE. 
INTIMACY VS. ISOLATION AGES 18-40
INTIMACY VS. ISOLATION AGES 18-40
DURING THIS STAGE THE YOUNG ADULT STARTS TO EXPLORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS,  FEELING  LOVED AND SECURE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE THESE RELATIONSHIPS IF NOT THEY CAN ISOLATE THEMSELVES, AND EVEN BECOME DEPRESSED. WITH ALL THE HARD TIMES, AND MANY STEP DAD'S  MASON HAD ENDURED HE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE A STATISTIC BUT INSTEAD HE HAD A MOTHER AND FATHER THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR HIM SO WHEN HE MOVED TO COLLEGE IT WAS A POSITIVE THING FOR HIM. HE MADE A FEW FRIENDS HIS FIRST DAY, AND EVEN HAD A N OPEN HEART READY TO GIVE HIS LOVE TO A GIRL. HE KNEW WHERE HE WANTED TO GO IN LIFE, AND HE KNEW HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.
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YES. I SAY YES IT DID EFFECT MASON BECAUSE HE HAD 2 STEP DADS THAT WERE NOT THE BEST ROLE MODELS FOR HIM. THE PROFESSOR WAS VERBALLY ABUSIVE WHICH LOWERED MASON'S SELF ESTEEM, AND HE THOUGHT NOTHING HE EVER DID WAS GOOD ENOUGH. IN BETWEEN HER DIVORCE'S THINGS WOULD GET BETTER WITH MASON AND HIS MOM BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD ANOTHER GUY THAT THEN MASON HAD TO GET USED TO ANOTHER PARENTAL FIGURE. HOW ARE THEIR RULES, WILL THEY STICK AROUND. EMOTIONALLY THAT HAD TO BE HARD ON A GROWING CHILD. I THINK MASON WAS LUCKY THAT HIS DAD WAS A STEADY FIGURE IN HIS LIFE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS MORE OF A FRIEND, BUT HE DID TEACH MASON IMPORTANT LESSONS AND IT WAS SOMEONE MASON COULD TRUST TO TELL ANYTHING TO.

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IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE MASON DISPLAYED CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE HETERONOMOUS STAGE, CONVENTIONAL REASONING STAGE. HE WOULD OBEY HIS STEP DAD BECAUSE HE WAS THE ADULT, THAT COULD HAND DOWN A PUNISHMENT, AND AT THIS AGE  MASON WAS DOING THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS PARENTS STANDARDS. MASON WANTED TO MAKE HIS PARENTS PROUD OF HIM SO HE WOULD TRY TO DO HIS BEST AT EVERYTHING HE DID. AS HE GREW INTO AN ADOLESCENT HIS MORALS CHANGED FROM WHAT HIS PARENTS SAID, AND WANTED HIM TO DO, TO WHAT MASON, AND HIS SOCIAL CIRCLE WANTED. THIS STAGE IS THE MUTUAL INTERPERSONAL STAGE. BEING LOYAL, HAVING TRUST AND RESPECT FOR YOUR GROUP. ONCE MASON TURNED INTO A YOUNG ADULT HE SWITCHED TO STAGE 5 SOCIAL CONTRACT/INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS STAGE. HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN BELIEFS, AND VALUES TO FOLLOW. NOT BECAUSE OF A PARENT OF FRIEND BUT ONLY WHAT HE VALUED AND WHY.

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GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDING COLLEGE

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MASON HAD THE ABILITY TO CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS.HE WAS EASY GOING AS A CHILD. WHEN THE DIVORCE FROM THE PROFESSOR HAPPENED MASON HAD CHANGED AND HAD BECOME MORE OF A SLOW TO WARM UP. HE MADE FRIENDS, HE CONTINUED TO STAY TRUE TO WHAT HE WANTED, EVEN DURING SO MANY DEVASTATING TIMES IN HIS LIFE. MASON WAS SOME WHAT REBELLIOUS, BUT HE DID NOT GET INTO REAL TROUBLE. HE KNEW WHAT HIS GOAL WAS, AND HE WAS DETERMINED TO PAVE HIS WAY.

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MASON'S MOM WAS AN AUTHORITATIVE PARENT. SHE MADE SURE THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK, AND CHORES; SHE WOULD NOT LET THEM WALK OVER HER. THE FIRST STEP DAD WAS AN AUTHORITARIAN WANTING THINGS DONE NOW HIS WAY, AND WHEN HE DID NOT APPROVE HE WOULD MAKE THE KIDS FEEL LESS THAN. MASON'S DAD WAS MORE OF A INDULGENT PARENTING STYLE. HE WAS NOT AROUND ON A DAILY BASIS SO WHEN HE DID HAVE MASON IT WAS ALL ABOUT FUN, AND NO DISCIPLINE. THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PARENTING COMBINED ALLOWED MASON TO BE CREATIVE, AND HAPPY MOST OF THE TIME.

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IN THIS STAGE THE CHILD IS LOOKING TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE WITH FAMILY, AND THEIR CAREER. THEY ARE LEARNING THE RULES OF BEING AN ADULT, AND LEARNING WHO THEY ARE. AFTER MASON'S MOM LEFT THE PROFESSOR MASON STARTED TO HANG OUT WITH A "ROUGHER" CROWD OF FRIENDS, HE STARTED CURSING, LYING ABOUT HAVING SEX, AND HE EVEN STARTED DRINKING, AND SMOKING WEED. HE KNEW HE WAS GOOD AT "URBAN ART" AND HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT HIS TEACHER WAS TELLING HIM HE WOULD NOT SUCCEED AT HIS ART SO HE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING MORE REALISTIC. MASON DID NOT LISTEN TO THAT TEACHER, HE CONTINUED TO DO HIS PHOTOGRAPHY STARTED DATING,  GOT A JOB, AND BOUGHT A TRUCK. HE WAS LEARNING WHAT BEING AN ADULT WAS ALL ABOUT, WORKING, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE. HE DECIDED TO MAKE HIS DREAM OF ART COME TRUE BY ENTERING INTO A SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION WHERE HE WON SILVER, WHICH INCLUDED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. HE WAS HEADING TOWARDS HIS DREAMS.

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DURING THIS STAGE THE CHILD CAN EITHER FEEL PRIDEFUL, OR THEY CAN DOUBT THEMSELVES AND START TO BELIEVE THEY CANNOT ACHIEVE ANYTHING; IT IS ALL HOW THE PARENT TREATS THE CHILD. MASON WAS IN THE INDUSTRY STAGE WHEN HIS MOM MARRIED THE PROFESSOR. IN THE BEGINNING HIS SELF ESTEEM WAS NORMAL,THERE HAD BEEN NO REASON FOR MASON TO THINK HE COULD NOT BE AUTONOMOUS. WHEN HIS STEP FATHER WOULD CONSTANTLY TELLING HIM HE ISN'T DOING A GOOD JOB MASON STARTS THE SLIDE FROM INDUSTRY TO INFERIORITY. AS MASON BECOMES OLDER AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIES FOR THE THIRD TIME MASON DOES START TO DRINK, SMOKE MARIJUANA, AND CURSE. LUCKILY FOR MASON HE DOES HAVE A KIND OF BALANCE AND ESCAPE WITH HIS DAD, AND NOW THAT HIS DAD IS REMARRIED AND EVERYONE IS GETTING ALONG HE GOES BACK TO BEING IN THE INDUSTRY STAGE. WITH ALL THE CHANGES MASON WENT THROUGH, LUCKILY HE NEVER GOT TO A DEPRESSIVE STAGE.

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DURING THIS STAGE THE YOUNG ADULT STARTS TO EXPLORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, FEELING LOVED AND SECURE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE THESE RELATIONSHIPS IF NOT THEY CAN ISOLATE THEMSELVES, AND EVEN BECOME DEPRESSED. WITH ALL THE HARD TIMES, AND MANY STEP DAD'S MASON HAD ENDURED HE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE A STATISTIC BUT INSTEAD HE HAD A MOTHER AND FATHER THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR HIM SO WHEN HE MOVED TO COLLEGE IT WAS A POSITIVE THING FOR HIM. HE MADE A FEW FRIENDS HIS FIRST DAY, AND EVEN HAD A N OPEN HEART READY TO GIVE HIS LOVE TO A GIRL. HE KNEW WHERE HE WANTED TO GO IN LIFE, AND HE KNEW HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.