Explain in a table format the influences of two predictable and two unpredictable major life events on the development of
your chosen individual
Predictable Event Positive Influences (include PIES) Negative Influences (Include PIES)
Started school When Olivia was a young child, she started primary When Olivia started school, her parents’ increased
school. One of the physical effects of starting school was their work hours so she didn’t see them as much. By
that she was engaged in a lot more physical activity and the time they were coming in from work, Olivia was
as she was still really young a lot of her learning was done going to bed soon and so didn’t get to spend time
through play. She was taught how to add things up in together to play or socialise. Because of this, they also
maths and also strengthened her reading and writing. didn’t help her to build her skills intellectually, which
Socially, she had lots of friends in her class and was would have been quality time too. She missed her
friends with a mixture of boys and girls. She was good at parents’ a lot as she felt she didn’t see them much and
sharing and enjoyed playing with others’. often cried in school for her parents’.
Got a boyfriend When Olivia was a teenager, she got her first boyfriend As she was spending more and more time with her
which is a normal thing for teenagers’ to do. She was only boyfriend, she was concentrating less and less on her
13 so didn’t have any sexual relations with the boy except school work and homework. She was attending class
she did kiss him. She enjoyed spending time with her less frequently and so her grades were not improving
boyfriend and although it wasn’t serious, she was happy – in some subjects they were actually getting worse.
that she had a boyfriend. Socially, she began to start When her and her boyfriend split up after a few
hanging around with her boyfriends’ friends and was months, it caused Olivia to become quite depressed
developing friendships with people who were older than for a couple of months after, and she wasn’t really
her, which potentially caused her to mature quicker. interested in doing things she used to. She enjoyed the
attention she got from her boyfriend, and so when she
split with her boyfriend she felt extremely lonely.
Unpredictable Event Positive Influences (include PIES) Negative Influences (include PIES)
Mother committed suicide When Olivia’s mum committed suicide, it didn’t effect Despite acknowledging her possible involvement and
Olivia physically or intellectually. However, because she reflection, she was too addicted to drugs at this point
didn’t find out about her mother’s death until 4 years after to seek help. Finding out that her mum had killed
she died – and was not invited to the funeral, due to no herself caused her to seek friendships with other
communication with family members’ – it caused Olivia to addicts, she was constantly intoxicated with Class A
realise that life is short and people can die at any time. It drugs with others, so she didn’t have to feel
made her reflect on her poor life choices of drug and responsible for her mum dying. When she found out
alcohol abuse, and also made her feel like she could her mother died 4 years after she did, her father
have been partly responsible for her mother’s death. allowed her access to some of the money she left
your chosen individual
Predictable Event Positive Influences (include PIES) Negative Influences (Include PIES)
Started school When Olivia was a young child, she started primary When Olivia started school, her parents’ increased
school. One of the physical effects of starting school was their work hours so she didn’t see them as much. By
that she was engaged in a lot more physical activity and the time they were coming in from work, Olivia was
as she was still really young a lot of her learning was done going to bed soon and so didn’t get to spend time
through play. She was taught how to add things up in together to play or socialise. Because of this, they also
maths and also strengthened her reading and writing. didn’t help her to build her skills intellectually, which
Socially, she had lots of friends in her class and was would have been quality time too. She missed her
friends with a mixture of boys and girls. She was good at parents’ a lot as she felt she didn’t see them much and
sharing and enjoyed playing with others’. often cried in school for her parents’.
Got a boyfriend When Olivia was a teenager, she got her first boyfriend As she was spending more and more time with her
which is a normal thing for teenagers’ to do. She was only boyfriend, she was concentrating less and less on her
13 so didn’t have any sexual relations with the boy except school work and homework. She was attending class
she did kiss him. She enjoyed spending time with her less frequently and so her grades were not improving
boyfriend and although it wasn’t serious, she was happy – in some subjects they were actually getting worse.
that she had a boyfriend. Socially, she began to start When her and her boyfriend split up after a few
hanging around with her boyfriends’ friends and was months, it caused Olivia to become quite depressed
developing friendships with people who were older than for a couple of months after, and she wasn’t really
her, which potentially caused her to mature quicker. interested in doing things she used to. She enjoyed the
attention she got from her boyfriend, and so when she
split with her boyfriend she felt extremely lonely.
Unpredictable Event Positive Influences (include PIES) Negative Influences (include PIES)
Mother committed suicide When Olivia’s mum committed suicide, it didn’t effect Despite acknowledging her possible involvement and
Olivia physically or intellectually. However, because she reflection, she was too addicted to drugs at this point
didn’t find out about her mother’s death until 4 years after to seek help. Finding out that her mum had killed
she died – and was not invited to the funeral, due to no herself caused her to seek friendships with other
communication with family members’ – it caused Olivia to addicts, she was constantly intoxicated with Class A
realise that life is short and people can die at any time. It drugs with others, so she didn’t have to feel
made her reflect on her poor life choices of drug and responsible for her mum dying. When she found out
alcohol abuse, and also made her feel like she could her mother died 4 years after she did, her father
have been partly responsible for her mother’s death. allowed her access to some of the money she left
