Formal Operational Stage Of Congitive Development -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Formal Operational Stage Of Congitive Development

Author:
John Estes

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Date Posted: 20:00:00 01/27/08 Sun

During last week, a student approached me concerned about how the rest of the students thought of him. The student was acting up to gain approval of other students. He was upset about having to change his behavior to maintain his enrollment at the school. After questioning him, he knew what he had to do, but was very reluctant to make the changes. He would reason why he needed to keep his misconduct in place by using the enviroment he was in. I listened to him list the reasons why or why not to change. He had all the agruements lined up and could see how the scale was balanced towards making the changes in behavior. One agruement was working instead of studing his assignments. When asked why, the need for money stemmed from trying to gain social status for what the money could do for him. After thinking about his long term goals, he was able to see how this could slow him down. I asked him to see his guidence counselor for possible options of working out his situation with the school. It was not a surprise to me of how we can logically find the answer, but following through can be an entirely different journey.

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