Interaction of Clocks

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Interaction of Clocks
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Interaction of Clocks Theory

• All clocks interact
• 4 different clocks
• People move through clocks at their own pace
• All 4 build up the idea of being an adult
• An interaction of all clocks helps define
  adulthood

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The Clocks

• CHRONOLOGICAL CLOCK?
• When you reach 18 you are an adult
• BIOLOGICAL CLOCK?
• Physical changes define adulthood

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The Clocks

• PSYCHOLOGICAL CLOCK?
• Individual brain development
• One can reach adulthood when they can think
  things through like an adult
• SOCIAL CLOCK?
• How society views adulthood
• Have a job, contributing to community

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Chronological Development Beverly and Jason?

• When they turn 18 they are considered an adult

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Biological Development - Beverly

• Beverly needs a bra
• She is physically becoming a woman
• She becomes pregnant

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Psychological Development - Beverly

• She has to make adult decisions whether to keep
  the baby or not
• Beverly has to try to think like an adult for her
  son
• She makes the decision to stay in school and try
  to get a scholarship

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Social Development - Beverly

• Society would view her as an adult because
• She has a job
• She has a baby
• She got married

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Biological Development - Jason

• he physically changes into an adult

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Psychological Development - Jason

• He tells his grandpa that his mom is drying weed
• He becomes the adult in the house cooking,
  cleaning
• He falls in love with Amelia

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Social Development - Jason

• He moved away from home
• He went to college