PEPSI Assignment

PEPSI Assignment

Dr. Rochelle Hooks

Adriana Barraza-Marquez

College of Southern Nevada

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Biography

Carl Reynolds is a 16 year old male who is attending High School in the eleventh grade.

He lives in a household of four people including a pet dog. The household is run by a single

mother who works full time. He has an older brother that is 22 years of age and also a sister that

is 21. He is the smallest of 3 siblings. He and his siblings grew up in Seattle, Washington but

later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

On his spare time, Carl Reynolds enjoys all types of miscellaneous activities which

include things like long walks usually with his dog. He goes to the park to walk his dog for only

a few minutes. He likes to be more active now because all his life he has been overweight. He

recently lost weight after being obese all his life because he was having all types of issues from

health to mental.

Carl Reynolds likes going to school. He has really good grades and is responsible with

his school assignments. While at school he attends several activities like basketball and chess. He

likes being active and having his schedule filled with activities. He does it for the reason that he

does not like being bored and likes to explore different means of adventures so that it could help

improve his social life. He does not have a job so his schedule is open for whatever activity

might cross his road, but he is hoping to find a job as soon as next year.
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Physical

Carl Reynolds height is six feet tall. He weighs about 170 pounds. He has good cardio

and lifts weights in the afternoons. He has to wear his glasses due to being cross eyed. He has

pain coming from his knees due to his growth according to (Child Development Guide,1993).

Has essentially completed physical maturation; physical features are shaped and defined. His

body has stretched out along with him extremely dieting has caused him to get skinny as quoted

in JAnne Ellsworth, (1999). Anxiety about the body or inability to accept the changes may

result in obsessive attention to diet, weight building or exercise. He is enrolled in basketball and

also in cross fit. Having his body go through changes, his hormones have increased through

puberty causing him to physically be more attracted to girls as stated in (Child Development

Guide,1993). Probability of acting on sexual desires increases.

He is currently skinny due to being obese all his life he decided to make a change. He

went from weighing 235 pounds to down to 170 pounds. He is now much more active than he

ever has been. According to Carl Reynolds he use to sit around all day playing his gaming

console hours on end while eating junk food and over dosing on the sugary beverages. Now he

no longer has those habits as bad as he use to which resulted in Carl Reynolds to change his life

style completely.

Carl Reynolds is now completely healthy. He no longer has any type of health issues as

he did when he was overweight. His exercise and his neglect towards unhealthy foods have

greatly improved his overall health in all forms.

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Emotional

He is emotionally melancholy. He gives off a lonely vibe, even though he has friends.

Carl is friendly, nice, but very greedy when it comes to others. He is somewhat attached to his

sister due to the fact that she took care of him while their mom worked meaning that he looks for

approval for her over his mother, according to Eriksons Stages of Personal and Social

Development under stage IV Identity vs. Role Confusion It may be merely an inability to

measure up to one owns standards or those of parents, teachers, brother or sister (p.55). He

worries about how short life is. He wanders where he will be in the future as quoted in JAnne

Ellsworth, (1999). There is an emerging sense of self identity of whom and what the person is

becoming. He has desires of changing the world in to something better. Carl is showing signs of

wanting to be alone, not being involved with family activities, according to Eriksons Stages of

Personal and Social Development under stage V Identity vs. Role Confusion Adolescence

increasingly turn away from parents and towards peer groups (p. 55).

When Carl Reynoldss day comes to an end, he falls asleep, listening to melancholy

songs. He listens to his songs in deep thought of his day and life in general and his stance in life

itself. He takes small mistakes in his day too personal instead of letting it go or try to make

situations better.
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Philosophical

Carl Reynolds attends his local senior center for community service. While in his

community service, he helped the seniors and helped their surroundings continue to become a

better place by keeping order as quoted in JAnne Ellsworth, (1999). The student may begin to

identify beyond adolescence and peerage to member of community. If so, then moral reasoning

will focus on protecting the society ad following community guidelines. He is conscious of his

acts in society and is on his path to become a responsible young adult, according to Robert E.

Slavin, (2012). represents constructivism, actively build systems of meaning and

understandings of reality through their experiences and reactions (p. 32).

He is also responsible because he turns assignments in on time and arrives at

appointments at given time according to Robert E. Slavin, (2012). stage at which one can deal

abstractly with hypothetical situations and reason logically (p. 37). He encourages his family to

be on time to their appointments also since he does not like to be disrespectful for those who

wait. Carl Reynolds also likes to attend other community events or charities in which he can give

a helping hand to in events such as church events where they feed the homeless and those in

needs. Every year he attends church events and helps the food pantry prepare and give the food

out to the people who get in line for it. He also helps other people donate coats when the chance

rises.
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Social

Carl Reynolds does not really hang out with his friends after school. He stays home, logs

into his home computer and watches YouTube and Netflix for hours on end. When he is in

school he is very social with his classmates according to Robert E. Slavin, (2012). teenagers

experiment with various sexual, occupational, and educational roles as they try to find out who

they are and who they can be (p. 55). He takes the initiative to be involved in school activities

like sports and other clubs. He is an awkward teenager even though he tries his best to fit in with

his peers according to JAnne Ellsworth, (1999). The need for peer approval uses much of the

students energy. He is making it his goal to find his first job and still is planning to attend

college once he graduates high school like according to Robert E. Slavin, (2012). pleasure to

make decisions about future education and career (p. 55).

When he was younger he was much more social then he is today. He used to go out to the

neighborhood and play with his neighbors. They would go bike riding at the park when they had

the chance in order to make new friends. Carl Reynolds social life his taking a falling action

compared to what his social life used to be due to his depression and does not have the same

moral fiber as he once had.

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Intellectual

Intellectually Carl Reynolds is very bright in his school studies. He has always been a

book smart individual, but he is slow in using common sense as (Child Development

Guide,1993). stated May lack information or self-assurance about personal skills and abilities.

He is really good at math and reads even though he does not enjoy it as much but his reasoning

abilities according to JAnne Ellsworth, (1999). Reasoning ability and logic give a sense of

pleasure.

Carl Reynolds is being intellectual by saving up his allowance as much as he can for

college. He has it saved in a way where it is not very extractable unless he was to physically

break it. His behavior parallels with the following intellectual development according to (Child

Development Guide,1993). Seriously concerned about the future; beginning to integrate

knowledge leading to decisions about future. He does not know yet what he knows what he is

going to be when he grows up but he shows a lot of interest in body shop for cars.

He is always responsible with his grades by checking parent link which is an online

program that shows his grades in school. When he sees a drop in any of his grades, he makes

sure to bring the grade back up into a good grade. Carl Reynolds wants to have a high GPA so

that he can qualify for a scholarship and other beneficial sources that would help him get through

college much easier.

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Recommendation

After observing Carl Reynolds I recommend that in Carl Reynolds physical development

his family members should cherish his maturity and boost his self-esteem by giving him good

compliments. This would help him as well as encourage Carl to seek a girlfriend which would

lead into fixing his emotional state. I found him to be a little depressed. He should find himself

doing more self-worth activities. Not so much on the computer and other things such as the T.V

and gaming consoles. While in his philosophical stage I encourage him to stay active in his

community because it will bring him good responsibility skills in life. Socially I encourage him

to start being more independent and as the parents should help him seek out a job. Also that he

should hang out with his friends so he will not be as awkward around them or others when it

comes to making new friends. I recommend him in his intellectual skills that he should be more

aware of the real world factors in which common sense is used. Also I highly emphasize that his

family should be more involved in his school. Therefore, I see great potential Carl Reynolds

future as long as my recommendations are taken in consideration.

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References

Anonymous (1993).Child Development Guide: Sixteen to Nineteen Years. Retrieved from

web.

JAnne Ellsworth, (1999). ESE504 Methods and Materials in Special Education.

Retrieved from web.

Robert E. Slavin, (2012). Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice, Boston, MA.

Pearson.