The rationale when interviewing three females in different levels of growth was to explore physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development with special interest in Gilligan’s theory of moral development within women. The three females who participated in this project were all people who were comfortable around me. I have been an actor in plays with all three of these women and have developed a friendship and respect with theses girls. All participants had the common interest of acting, and knew each other; I expected them to all have high levels of social activity and similar personalities because of their shared interest and friendship. I went to the first participant’s house to conduct the questions and in order to allow the most possible comfort ability, let the girl choose in which room of the house she would like to be interviewed. The Adolescent, a fourteen-year-old, chose the den, which had the television and her computer, as her ideal interview area. The Early Childhood participant and the Middle Childhood participant are sisters. The two sisters decided to be interviewed in the seven-year-olds bedroom which contained many toys and various forms of entertainment. To make the youngest most comfortable with the interviewing, her sister was present in the room, along with another friend. This was helpful when the five-year-old would answer a question dishonestly and the sister could correct the information. I used note-taking to record all answers, including the five-year-olds response and her sister’s corrected answer. The difficulty with having both sisters in one room for the interview was present when I noticed the five-year-old answering questions dishonestly to entertain her older sister and friend.

When interviewing the five-year-old, Sarah, I noticed some aspects of her cognitive development. Her attention span was short, but long enough to pay attention to my current question and answer it. When the attention wasn’t on her, she would get...