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A 5 page example essay that offers a student a template for writing a personal account of why his girlfriend left him, within the context of a cause-and-effect structure. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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and the future seems bright with promise. However, when relationships do not work out, questions abound, such as: "Why did my girlfriend leave me? What went wrong? What did I
do?" In short, what were the processes of cause and effect that were at work in the breakup and what can be learned from this experience? Swiatek (2001) explains
that normative stressors are those factors that are typical of adolescent/young adult development, such as taking on the role of "girlfriend" or "boyfriend." Part of this normative stress is the
possibility of rejection (Swiatek, 2001). Psychologists tell us that people bring to relationships expectations that are shaped by their past and the relationships that they have experienced or observed, such
as their parents relationship (Waldinger, et al, 2002). In other words, we each possess a template, that is, a pattern, of what we think a relationship should be like, which
is based on our personal past experiences. These patterns consist of how we perceive ourselves; how we perceive the other person, and an "interpersonal script that links the self an
other" (Waldinger, et al, 2002, p. 17). These relationships schemas change slowly and people tend to apply them to "situations in the present, even when those situations are inappropriate" (Waldinger,
et al, 2002, p. 17). At this point in your own essay, the student is encouraged to give a brief summation of his background. What is your cultural orientation?
Is it different from mainstream European-descended American culture? How did this affect your relationship with your girlfriend? From our telephone conversation, this writer/tutor is guessing that the student has an
ethnic background. Therefore, the student may choose to write something like the following, adapting it to fit the facts of his life. My parents are first-generation immigrants to the
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