LP737 week 6
Activity D: Assess Yourself! (Due July 5) 7/5/2026
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Adult Development Reflection Activity: Self-Authorship, Subject-Object, and AI-Assisted Inquiry
Purpose of the Activity
This activity invites you to explore Kegan’s adult development theory through three lenses: your own self-assessment, an AI-assisted experimental “Subject-Object Interview,” and a reflective analysis of what you learned through the process.
The goal is not to label yourself, rank yourself, or prove that you are operating at a particular developmental level. This reflection will only be seen by you and your professor. Instead, the purpose is to practice developmental thinking by noticing how you make meaning, what you can take as object, and what may still have a hold on you as subject.
Kegan’s framework asks us to consider not simply what a person thinks, but how they organize experience, identity, relationships, responsibility, conflict, and authority.
Learning Objectives
By completing this activity, students will be able to:
1. Apply Kegan’s constructive-developmental theory to their own lived experience. 2. Distinguish between behavioral content and developmental structure. 3. Practice using behavioral evidence to support a developmental hypothesis. 4. Experience an AI-assisted, experimental version of a Subject-Object Interview. 5. Critically evaluate the usefulness and limitations of AI in developmental assessment. 6. Reflect on the ethical, personal, and professional implications of developmental interpretation.
Important Framing
This activity is developmental, reflective, and exploratory. It is not a clinical assessment, a formal developmental evaluation, or a definitive Subject-Object Interview.
AI cannot accurately determine your adult development level. At best, it can help identify possible patterns in your meaning-making based on the examples you provide. Any “level” suggested by AI should be treated as a tentative hypothesis, not a conclusion.
You are also encouraged to protect your privacy. You do not need to disclose anything deeply personal, traumatic, or identifying. Choose examples that feel meaningful but safe enough to explore in an academic setting.
Assignment Instructions
Write a short paper in which you complete the following three parts.
Part I: Your Own Developmental Self-Assessment
Suggest what Kegan adult development level you believe you may currently be operating from most often.