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A fathers involvement in the adolescents life has an impact because the adolescent still needs guidance.

(Alifah, Qodariah, & Moeliono, 2020)

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Blake's mom receives a call, that she passes on to her children, from the Army saying his father was just in a helicopter accident and is not going to make it. Since Blake was never dependent on his dad his death did not affect him.

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According to McCrae Costa, as people shift toward maturity, they become easier to get along with and more cooperative.

Blake has now aged from 16 to 18. His personality, easy to get along with and cooperative, has remained the same through his adolescent development.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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Blake develops romantic feelings for his close friend Amber due to the increased time they spend together by playing soccer for their school team and also being apart of the same group of friends. Now that Blake and Amber are officially in a relationship, they are emotionally intimate and spend much more time together than with their friends. While their friend group shows concerns, Blake is not concerned with the opinions or approval from his peers on their relationship.

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With the growing mindset, children are often finding new mastery skills to improve and seek acceptation among peers.

In Blake's childhood, he learned many soccer skills such as narrowing angles, that he uses throughout his high school games.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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(Two Years Later)

B. Bradford Brown’s dating theory advocates that romantic relationships during adolescents evolve during four stages:

Initiation phase

Status phase

Affection phase

Bonding phase

The Affection phase development of dating during late adolescence is when the concentration is centered on the relationship instead of peer social status or self-concept. Romantic relationships evolve into more intimate and affectionate connections.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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Blake experiences an imaginary audience at the overtime point in his soccer game and misses the goal to win the game for his team. He is very paranoid and worried that his teammates will hate him for missing the game-winning goal and think less of him.

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Although Blake forgets to do things such doing his chores or doing his homework, Blake has gained and improved his promoted learning and memory strategies for note-taking in school and  being more organized to aid with the encoding and retrieval for details.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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According to Sigelman & Rider, the storage for long-term memories react differently depending upon the task’s nature.

Implicit memory takes places unintentionally without being aware through non-declarative skills or habits.

While explicit memory requires tough remembrance of information and event through recall tests.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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Piaget's cognitive development theory states that there are four main stages:

sensorimotor

preoperational

concrete operation

formal operation

The formation of formal- operation thought in adolescence creates positives and negatives, such as the appreciation of humor and an imaginary audience.

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As an infant Blake’s hearing capabilities are well but he is frightened by noises that are loud. He will then turn away from them and then go toward noises that are softer.

Now that Blake is an adolescent, he is no longer afraid of loud noises and listens to his music through his earphones throughout the day on max volume and eventually gets temporary tinnitus.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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According to Sigelman & Rider, Harm to hearing begins around 75 and 80 decibels and is anticipated with long-term display of loud sounds.

Listening to music while using earphones on an iPod at max volume occurs at 110 decibels and can severely damage ones hearing after just 5 minutes. (Sigelman & Rider, 2018, p.186).

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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The Flynn effect is the increase in IQ scores due to improvements in the environment.

Even though Blake's family is often not around, he still has a healthy home, contributing to a higher IQ score.

According to Sigelman & Rider, "adolescents may be putting their creativity on hold to focus on other pressing issues" (Sigelman & Rider, 2018, p. 278.).

For Blake, his focus on school, work, and soccer puts his creativity on hold.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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According to Sigelman and Rider, "drinking alcohol during adolescence occurs at a 45 percent risk" (Sigelman & Rider, 2018, p. 143.).

In the magazine article "Influence of Marketing companies have a way of “glamorizing” alcohol that grabs the attention of young adults, which makes them 50 percent more likely to drink (p.17).

Blake chooses not to take part in the alcohol drinking because of his good reward seeking behaviors.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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As a newborn Blake showed excellent rooting, grasping, and stepping reflexes which led him to be very active as a child. Now that he is adolescent he still remains active by playing soccer.

During adolescence, the brain gains the need for rewards and creates reward-seeking behaviors. Soccer is his way of gaining those rewards by winning games and scoring points.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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The mother had high caffeine intake which caused a low birth weight for Blake.

His mother experienced slight irritability during the birth.

Blake's APGAR score was a seven at the first minute and eight at the five minute mark.

(Sigelman & Rider, 2018)

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Adolescent - 16 years

Blake Walker:

Army Brat

Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah

The father is in the Army (Deployed)

Mother is a full-time night shift nurse

Older sister (22)

Currently works at Foot Locker

Sister takes him to and from work

Plays soccer

He walks to and from soccer practice

Sister is a bartender at night and goes to school during the day

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Alifah, S. N., Qodariah, L., & Moeliono, M. F. (2020). Father Involvement and Its Relation to Psychological Well-Being in Late Adolescence. Talent Development & Excellence, 180–191.

“Influence of Marketing and Alcohol Use in Adolescents.” (2007). Nutrition Health Review, 98, 17.

Sigelman, C.K. & Rider, E.A. (2018). Life-Span Development, (9th Ed.). Boston, MA:
Cengage Learning.