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Identity And Moral Development
The purpose of life development is to allow the world to cultivate with divergent personalities as it continues to grow. Different personalities allow the world to flourish in all areas of life and allow the world to continue to evolve throughout time. There are several factors that help to develop a person’s identity, morality, faith, and psychosocial skills. I will discuss the how the experiences and the people who surrounded me throughout my life impacted how I formed my identity into what it is now. I will also discuss how those experiences helped lead me to where I currently am in each stage of my faith, my moral development, and my psychosocial development. I will also discuss what life events have had an impact on how I grew into the …show more content…
As I have grown I have passed several different stages of faith development. I am currently sitting at Stage 4 of faith development according to Fowlers chart. First, the main reasons I fall into this category is because of my age a young adult and have not quite reached the age of 30 yet to go into stage 5, so, therefore, I am still considered to be a young adult. During this stage, it is called individual-reflective stage (Cite: file:///C:/Users/missamber301/Downloads/RC210_Fowler.pdf). Fowler stated that during this stage a person is to understand and accept a higher level of commitment to ideals, and responsibilities – intrinsic reasonability (CITE: file:///C:/Users/missamber301/Downloads/RC210_Fowler.pdf). I can definitely confirm that I do have a high understand of commitment for I have many responsibilities to demonstrate that along with the commitment to my work, my child and my work. Secondly, I also understand the meaning of identifying especially my own. I believe I know exactly who I am and who I want to be as I grow in my life. Thirdly, I have left my parents home ten years ago and I am completely independent and have my own way of living my life. I have my own values, my own beliefs, my own morals and ethics to follow. In the end I believe I am exactly where I am supposed to be when pertaining to the development of my …show more content…
My family did, however, move a considerable amount of times throughout my childhood. The different cultures allowed me to be open to diversity and allowed me to just gain an understanding of how unique people truly are in their own way. Experiencing different towns, cities, and parts of the country allowed me to gain an understanding of how different life truly is for everyone. The second life event that impacted my life direction is when I had a child when I was fresh out of high school. As a result of having a child, I grew up to become an adult and accelerated my plans on maturing at a faster rate. I immediately went into the world to find a job and started attending college. I wanted a better life to help raise my child. I knew my child deserved a role model who would provide what she needed in life. I did not want my child to have to suffer in this world because I failed to be responsible. I took responsibility for my actions and made a long term plan to find in order to be able to financially and mentally support for her. Although, it sounded so easy to find an adequate job to financially support my child it was extremely hard and I struggled in several ways. Lastly, my third major experience in my life was when I married a man who belongs to the army. There is also the part where most wife’s typically go through their spouse being deployed. This is one of the
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