Seven Plus Seven an Observation and Prediction of Tony Essays

Seven Up Series an Observation and Prediction of Tony?s Life Carlee A. Taylor New Mexico Highlands University Developmental Psychology Dr. Baldy December 3, 2012 Seven Up Series an Observation and Prediction of Tony?s Life Observing a person as they grow older watching their personality, way of thinking, beliefs, and views change is very interesting. The movie series, ?Seven Plus Seven?, is about various people that are interviewed and observed every seven years starting at age seven. Each person in the film is very unique, having their own personalities, beliefs, ideas, and cultures. In this movie I chose to observe a man named Tony. Tony went to a public school or otherwise known as a grammar school. Tony?s parents were a lower wealth class so Tony did not have the opportunities that the other children had in going to a prep school being in a middle/ upper class wealth. Having a creative mind thinking, Tony wanted to be a jockey and even quit school at fifteen to be an apprentice at a racing stable. At fifteen Tony stated that he would want to be a taxi driver if he did not succeed in becoming a jockey. At twenty one Tony became an ambitious taxi driver that was eager to explore the world. By the age of thirty-five Tony was married with three children, two girls and a boy. As Tony grew older he began to undergo cognitive, physical, social, and emotional changes throughout each interview. These changes throughout Tony?s development are depicted by various theories proposed by theorist Erikson, Piaget, Kohlberg, and Bowlby. The theories of these four theorists will explain the changes that Tony illustrated and will also predict the outcome of Tony?s changes physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively at the age of fifty-six. Observations of the Physical Changes Growing older and developing physical changes is one thing that everyone has in common. Each person faces the loss of strength in various parts of the body such as the respiratory system and the immune system. Exercising and staying active along with a healthy diet and healthy habits are important factors in staying physically healthy (Myers, L. 2008). Trying to become a Jockey as a child, Tony was very active. Children and adolescents go through many physical changes such as body growth and motor development that allow that person to perform different functions like running. At twenty-one Tony went to Knowledge school to become a taxi driver. Later he got married and had three children. Having children is a twenty four hour lifelong duty that a parent must fulfill for that child to grow and have a life of his/her own in the future. This task alone is a task that involves a parent to stay active. Throughout all the movie series Tony was never obese or had any health problems. Prediction of Tony?s Physical Functioning at age Fifty-six Staying active mentally and physically is important for a person to help maintain their physically capabilities. A general slowing of the body happens as people age causing the normal everyday functions to become harder to do due to the dendritic loss at the neuronal level (Bee, H. Boyd, D. 2006). Tony decided that driving a taxi was not all that he wanted to do in life. Filling extras in movies, and buying a house in Spain at forty-nine kept Tony active physically and mentally. Rather than retiring and staying at home, Tony kept his mind open to new changes and new perspectives. Pursing his goals in having a family, becoming a taxi driver, being extras in films, and getting a house in Spain to make his family?s life more enjoyable illustrates self-efficacy. As a sense of control, Tony set out to make sure his children had more opportunities financially and educationally than he had as a child growing up in a less wealthy societal class. Illustrating more openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness to different perspectives in life, by the age of fifty-six I predict that Tony will be physically a healthy middle aged man that stays physically active. The optimistic view Tony illustrates in the forty-nine series will help protect him from serious long term health issues such as heart threats and strokes (Bee, H. Boyd, D. 2006). Cognitive Development Observation The cognitive development of the