Case Study of an Adolescent. After using different research methods with Luis and his mother, the first thing I noticed was how close their relationship was. When I got to observe Luis at a house party his mother had organized,

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Case Study of an Adolescent

Running head: CASE STUDY OF AN ADOLECESNT

Psychology 2350



Case Study of an Adolescent

        In every class that we take in college we have to read textbooks, which are filled with information that is based in research that has taken many years to develop and many hours of hard work. However, we almost never take the time to see how this information applies to us, the people that we know, or the environment that surrounds us. Therefore, if we take the time tot try to prove the information that we read in this class by making a case study, we are going to gain an understanding of why people that make part of our environment behave the way they do. Throughout this class we have studied human development which is the orderly and patterned changes that occur between conception and death, and fall into three categories: Biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial. So in order to compare this information with real life, a research project on the behavior of an adolescent in his everyday life will provide support to the information that we have read in adolescents’ development, as well as helping to see how textbook knowledge applies to real life.  

         For this study a chose Luis. He is a 19 year old college student that lives at his mother’s house. He was born in Bogotá, Colombia on December 20, 1989. Luis moved to the United States September 28, 1999 with his whole family. Both of Luis’ parents are still alive; his father William is 57 years old, and his mother Julia is 51 years old. Both of them were born in Colombia, however William was born in Bogotá (the capital) and Julia was born in Cali (one of the largest cities). Both parents completed their bachelor’s degree in Economy from the two of the best Colombian universities. His father is currently living in Bogotá, Colombia because his parents are going through a divorce that has already taken more than two years to settle. The reason why this process has taken so much time is because the divorce has to be settled in both countries, Colombia and the United States. Luis has two siblings, Paola and Felipe. Paola is a female born in March 27, 1979. She is married and has two children. The other sibling is Felipe, a male born in April 14, 1983. He is a college graduate with two bachelor’s degrees (both of them from FIU), and currently looking for a job.

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         After using different research methods with Luis and his mother, the first thing I noticed was how close their relationship was. When I got to observe Luis at a house party his mother had organized, it was obvious that the two of them express their love for each other with no shame to show it; they look like they have a really close mother-son relationship. However, when I was asking Julia about Luis’ behavior when he was going through puberty she declared that they used to argue about almost everything like the house shores, school, and friends. When reading about ...

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