This was the period of my life when I tried to begin answering the questions, "Who am I?" and "What is my place in society?" I began to reflect upon my own personal values and began to set vocational goals for myself. I decided that I would attend college in another state. I began to spend more time with my friends and less time with my parents and sisters. I began to form a more defined personal identity. The clique I chose to join was "the cheerleaders." We were part of a larger crowd of "athletes." I was not the leader of the group, but I was invited to all activities of the crowd. I began dating in middle adolescence at the age of 15. I only dated boys who were part of the "athlete" crowd during this phase of my development. Although my enthusiasm for cheer leading waned, I enjoyed belonging to this elite group so I continued in this activity. During this period of my life, I was experiencing Stage 3 of Kohlberg's stages of moral development. I definitely had a "good girl" mentality. At this time it was very important that people viewed me as a "good person" especially friends and family. This corresponds to the conventional level of moral development. My parents had stressed the Golden Rule often while I was growing up, so I had progressed to this stage of moral values.
