Adolescent Interview

Adolescent Interview Due: 27th Dec 2021 11.
59pm
This paper is based on an interview that you will do with a real, live adolescent. The paper will
be based on your summary of the young person's responses to your questions and your insights
about his or her responses. Rather than a transcript of the interview, you summarize the contents
addressed in the interview within two main topics, personal and social/cultural perspectives.
Provide an introductory paragraph and a concluding section where you summarize your overall
perceptions about your adolescent.
An example would be your assessment of whether they seem like a pretty typical adolescent and
whether their experiences and responses to those experiences seem normal, or are they and the
issues they are dealing with very atypical? Demonstrate an effort to use class material that has
been covered at that point in the semester to help justify the insights you provide.
Your paper should be typed, double spaced, formatted using APA publication standards (Sixth
Edition), and limited to 3 to 3½ pages of text. All papers should be uploaded to D2L in a Word
document.
Format (5 pts):
1. 3 to 3½ pages of text, double-spaced with 1-inch margins on all sides.
2. Times New Roman, 12 pts font.
3. Informative Title
Structure of Paper (30 pts):
The review paper must consist of 4 sections:
Section 1: INTRODUCE THE TOPIC (5 pts)
Using your own words, introduce the topic by providing definition, and giving the reader a
general sense of what they will learn by reading your paper.
Briefly overview the main issues that came up during your interview from two perspectives,
personal (Biological & Cognitive Development), social and cultural (parent-adolescent
interaction, religious belief, cross-cultural differences, social media, etc.)
Section 2: Personal Perspective (10 pts)

Summarize the main points from the young person's responses to your questions from a personal
perspective in two or three sentences (e. g., physical changes, changes in thinking patterns,
decision making).
Reflect on the young person's responses and provide your insights. Use class material (e.g.,
textbook or other supplementary materials) to justify the insights you provide.
Coherence/ appropriate transitions from the personal perspective to social/cultural perspective.

Section 3: Social/Cultural Perspective (10 pts)
Summarize the main points from the young person's responses to your questions from a social or
cultural perspective in two or three sentences (e. g., interaction with peers and parents, gender
roles).
Reflect on the young person's responses and provide your insights. Use class material (e.g.,
textbook or other supplementary materials) to justify the insights you provide.
Coherence/ appropriate transitions from social/cultural perspective to the concluding section.

Section 4: Conclusion (5 pts)
Discuss how the adolescent’s experience is related to the course contents and the significance of
the topic. Cite the chapter numbers in the textbook and/or include the topics that we discussed in
class. Summarize and give your overall perceptions/ personal reaction to the issue being
discussed in the previous two paragraphs.
What is the Big picture/ Take-home message from this interview?
Examples of Interview Questions

Personal Perspective
Self
How would you describe yourself?
Do you consider yourself to be an adolescent or an adult? Describe what it means
to be an adolescent/adult.
Do you feel this is the best time of your life?
Biological Changes
What was your expectation about puberty?
At what age did you learn information about puberty? From whom did you
acquire that information? Parents? School? Friends?
Did you experience puberty earlier or later than most of your peers? How was that
experience like? (Early vs. Late Pubertal Timing)
Cognitive Changes
Among the classes you have taken in school, what are your favorite/ least favorite
subject? Is there specific information you found easier/harder to remember?
(Piaget’s formal operation)
In your opinion, at what age should teenagers be allowed to decide on issues such
as whether to live on their own, to get a tatoo, and to use birth control? (Decision
Making)
Do you agree that every action is either right or wrong, with no in-between? Or do
you agree that there are always two or more sides to every story? (Reflective
Judgments)
Social/ Cultural Perspective
Parent-adolescent relationships
Do you think that adolescence is harder or easier than when your parents were
your age?
How were teens portrayed in different generations? What similarities and
differences exist among these different generations?
Describe the changes in parent-adolescent relationships at puberty based on your
own or other's experiences.
What are rules like at home?
How do you get along with your parents, siblings?
What kind of things do you and your family argue about the most? What happens
in the house when there is a disagreement?
Do you spend time with your family? What do you do with your family?
Social Interactions
Whom do you turn to for advice?
Do you hang out with mainly people of your same-sex or a mixed crowd?
Do you have a religious affiliation, belong to a church, or practice some type of
spiritual belief?
How do you get along with friends in school?
What law is your peer group most likely to break?
How do adolescents use social media?
School/Education
How do you get along with teachers?
What goals do you have for your education?
How do emerging adults choose a major?
What is important in a romantic relationship?
Lifestyle & Other Topics
What is your favorite music/ movie/ shows?
Do you have regular sport or exercise? Hobbies or interests?
What is your favorite food?
What percentage of adolescents’ experience bullying?
Why do adolescents like to hang out at malls?
At what age do you think people should be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages?
Why?
Why do adolescence text and drive?
Do you think most teens are careless drivers?
Should teens have free access to birth control?

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Adolescent Interview Due: 27th Dec 2021 11.

Section 2: Personal Perspective (10 pts)

Coherence/ appropriate transitions from the personal perspective to social/cultural perspective.

Coherence/ appropriate transitions from social/cultural perspective to the concluding section.

What is the Big picture/ Take-home message from this interview?

Examples of Interview Questions

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