Howard Community College Middle Adulthood Interview

Purpose

The best way to make sense of the concepts you learn about in a textbook is by experiencing or observing it around you. For this journal assignment, you will have an opportunity to learn about the ongoing experiences of an individual the fits into this period of development and reflect on how these experiences relate to concepts you have learned about.

Instructions

Step 1: Interview someone that is between the ages of 40 – 60. Use the questions below as examples and add other questions of your choosing, to gain a better understanding of development that has occurred up to this stage of life. Refer back to the chapters in your book discussing Middle Adulthood years and develop questions that will assist you with gaining better understanding of your interviewee’s social, emotional, and physical development.

Example Questions

What is the best part about your current stage of life? What is the worst?

How have you changed since you were in your twenties and thirties? (Physically, socially, and emotionally)

Do you consider yourself to be old? In your opinion, what makes someone “old”?

How have your priorities changed over the past twenty years?

Are you married? If so, how has your marriage relationship changed over the years?

Do you have children? If so, in what ways have you changed as a result of being a parent? How has your relationship with your children changed over the years?

How is your life different than you thought it would be when you were younger?

Have you experienced any changes in your career or job description? If so, what kind of impact have those changes had on your life?

Step 2: You will then write about your findings in a reflective journal. In your paper, introduce your interviewee, summarize your interview experience and share your general impressions about it. Then, identify and explain at least three specific course concepts or principles that were matched the experiences of your interviewee. For each concept, explain the concept and provide examples of how this concept relates to your interviewee’s lived experiences. The write-up part of this paper should include 4-5 paragraphs with the following information:

a general introduction of your interviewee

concept 1 reflection

concept 2 reflection

concept 3 reflection

conclusion/closing thoughts about this experience enhanced your understanding of the material.

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