relativism

One concept from the course I would like to expand on is the concept of the cognitive development in college students because this is something that I have seen myself go through quite a bit this semester. I think when I was younger I was scared of being wrong, so I once I decided on something I wouldn’t be swayed, no matter what evidence to the contrary you threw at me. Right now there are some tough issues that my friends like to talk about, and my goal lately is just to try and understand the issues more. The two things I try to do are to ask them a lot of questions, rather than try to state my opinion. The other thing I do is play devil’s advocate, just to put some pressure on. So I’ve seen myself move from the dualistic stage to the relativism stage pretty clearly. It’s interesting to me that even though I know the “process” of what is happening, I feel there is really nothing I can do to get away from it. I sometimes wonder if moving to the final “commitment” stage is necessarily better, isn’t it possible they’re equally good stages to be in? Just kidding.