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The biological transition is the hormonal and physical change of someone through their adolescent years. I was 11 in this picture and started noticing changes in my body. I had an idea of what was happening, but did not want to accept it. This is due to the fact that my friends were not experiencing as well, and I did not want to be going through these changes alone. Now that I am older, I am glad that I experienced these changes when I did and was able to comfort my friends when they experienced changes with their body.

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The Cognitive transition is when there is change and development is adolescents cognitive skills, reasoning, thinking, and processing skills. During this stage of my life I had started traveling for wrestling tournaments. I was not sure what I had wanted to do after high school. After I had started traveling to compete, I knew I wanted to wrestle in college. I was not sure what I had wanted to do for my major though. I went through a lot of stress and sleepless nights just trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I wanted to make sure it would be something I would enjoy and want to continue doing after completing my degree. My decision for my major has recently changed, but I am still continuing my degree. I am also still wrestling in college and think that it is one of the best decisions I have made so far.

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This is my sisters an I around this time 2 years ago. I was visiting them for the first time in about 7 months. We are all pretty close and keep in contact almost daily. It did not use to be like this. Growing up, as i got older, we would fight and argue constantly. Our relationship seemed to be at its worst when I would also argue with my mom. As we have all grown, we have put aside our differences and made a great relationship. I relate this with what the text explains about sibling relationships. This is because the text explains how the relationship between siblings change from more distant, more equal, and less emotionally intense thought adolescence. This is definitely something that our relationships went throughout my adolescence. It also explains how the relationships are affected by the quality of the parent and child relationship. This is something that was proven true throughout my adolescence.

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This is a picture of me, my coach, and my family during my signing to Lourdes. This represents social transition to me because it resembles me starting a new chapter of my life. I have wrestled since the third grade and knew I wanted to wrestle beyond college and further my education. The process of making a decision on what college to go to was a long one. I had many nights of not knowing what was going to come next. I knew I was going to be leaving my home town and did not know what was in store for me. The chapter talks about social redefinition and I relate to this in this time of my life. I was going through the process of redefining who I was socially and I feel as if i’m still going through that process in some ways. I was going to be living somewhere different, training with a new team, and deciding on a major. This process was a big transition to me and it marked a new chapter in my life.

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I went to Dover schools my whole life. They have always had small graduating classes. Throughout all of years there, I never had a class of more than 15 people. This made the environment feel welcoming and comfortable. I was able to get one-on-one learning done with my teachers and I felt more comfortable when engaging in class. The textbook states that, “Achievement is lower in overcrowded schools because of stress on both students and teachers” (Steinberg 160). I think the achievement is lower in overcrowded schools because the students are not able to get as much attention from their instructor. Overcrowding can also cause the environment to feel less welcoming. I think having a smaller class keeps the overall achievement of the class high.

References

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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This is a picture of my travel softball team from when I played. I was on this team for 3 years and practiced with them almost everyday. We are all still very good friends. Up to this point in my life I had been playing a sport almost every season. This led me to be apart of the “athletes”. Not all of my teammates were apart of the athletic crowd. Many of them coming from different crowds, but we were all brought together by playing sports. The textbook talks about peer influence. I feel like my peer group influenced me in a positive way, and helped shape me into the person I am today. It definitely played a big role in my adolescence.

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I worked at Texas Roadhouse from sophomore to senior year of high school. This was my first job and it taught me quite a bit. I learned a lot during my time of working there. I learned problem solving and critical thinking skills. I was also able to work on my social skills while working there. I feel as if I was a better student after I started working. Working, going to school, and wrestling kept me on a pretty tight schedule. It gave me more responsibilities and it helped me grow as a person. In the textbook Steinberg stated that, “perhaps there is something about earning money and having some responsibility, regardless of how modest, that makes adolescents feel better about themselves and translates into a positive description of their work experience” (Steinberg,186). This is very true and it also made for a positive experience outside of work as well.

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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I chose this picture of cake as my artifact because it has layers just like an identity has. In the textbook Steinberg stated that, “Identity development is better understood as a series of interrelated developments-rather than one single development” (Steinberg, 210). My identity is built up over experiences and things I have done throughout my life. There are many layers of me, my life, and my identity.

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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I chose a drivers license as my artifact because I feel like my first real experience with autonomy was when I go my drivers license. It gave me new responsibilities and I felt like I had full control of my autonomy. Although I felt this way, I was not as responsible as I thought I was. I ended up getting a speeding ticket due to my own negligence. This goes along with the textbook when it states that, “But because there are improvements in things like impulse control, planning ahead, and risk assessment well into early adulthood, there is a period during which adolescents may think like adults but behave in a much more immature way” (Steinberg, 245).

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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This is a picture of me and my highschool wrestling team. I wrestled with many of these guys from third grade up until I graduated. The chapter goes over platonic relationships. I relate to this section because I had platonic relationships with many of my teammates. Some of these relationships are what helped get me through highschool. In the textbook it stated that, “adolescent's experimentation with different types of relationships as a normal way of handling new feelings, new fears. and new interpersonal needs” (Steinberg, 264). I feel like this is extremely true. Many of the platonic relationships I made with my teammates helped me handle new experiences.

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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This is a picture of my mom and I. I chose a picture of us because my mom has been the one to talk to me about anything and everything. My mom did not have one big conversation with me about sexuality, it was multiple conversations over time. In the textbook it stated that, “Adolescents also are likely to be more receptive to having multiple conversations over a period of time about sex than to having one "big talk" (Steinberg, 301). I feel like having multiple conversations instead of having one big one helped make the conversation more comfortable. I feel like I can talk with my mom openly and comfortably, and I feel like this is due to having small conversations instead of on big conversations full on tension.

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.

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This is a picture of me after I just won the highschool women’s state wrestling championship and finishing the season with a 40-0 record. This ended up ranking me 8th in the nation and was a big accomplishment for me. In the textbook it states that, “An adolescent's achievement motivation and her or his fear of failure work together to pull the individual toward (or repel the individual from) achievement situations” (Steinberg, 323). I feel like my fear and my motivation did work together at this time. I spent

my whole senior year trying to

be better than the day before because I was scared of failing. I feel like in the end, the fear ended up working with my motivation and helped me accomplish my achievements.

References:

Laurence  Steinberg. (2020). Adolescence. McGraw-Hill Education.