1. Do you agree with the gain-stability-loss model? Why or why not? Here are some suggestions as to what you can discuss: As we grow from infancy to young adulthood, do we only gain in the process? Are there any losses in growing up? By the same token, as we get older, are there only losses? Do we also gain as we enter old age? Please take couple minutes to think about how you or people around you fitting into this model.

2. Rites of passage is defined as a ritual marking passage from one status to another. Here is a short video on the rites of passage for Apache girls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B3Abpv0ysM

Please think of a rite of passage in your culture and briefly describe what is developmental significances in your chosen rite of passage.