In our interview we will be discussing Jim Carrey’s adolescent (9-18), early adulthood
(18-45),middle adulthood (45-65) years; and the physical, intellectual, emotional and
social affects those age ranges had on Jim Carrey.
Adolescent, 9 to 18 years. Intellectual.
Jim was still in highschool at this point in
Physical. Canada. Here he learned basic skills such as
During Jim’s teen years, his body english, maths and science.Due to learning all
developed from a child’s to an this new information, his long term memory
adolescents. He grew taller due to developed with the more he was learning as the
growth spurt, and so his body grew new information was being stored in his
stronger due to his bones developing memory. His memory developed with the more
and becoming stronger. He as well as, he was told and repeated subjects at school.
grew more body hair on his arms and Jim was smart in high school, but he was easily
legs due to a type of hormone triggered distracted because he struggled with
through puberty called testosterone. concentration. Jim’s attention span was
Jim also began getting acne spots due extremely limited meaning he would try his best
to puberty, this is because his body to focus but his mind would wander anyway..
formulated more grease due to dead He’d get distracted easily as he was
skin. overthinking about his future. At this stage, Jim
decided what he wanted to do with his life, that
Emotional.
being acting. Through school, he got to figure
Jim faced mood swings in this
out what he loved to do subject wise and skill
period due to puberty and
wise which helped him figure out what he
hormones and messing with his
wanted to do with his life through his career.
emotions. This would make him
Due to his love for the arts, he decided from
happy one minute and grumpy the
there on to use that for his advantage and make
next. Jim was stressed in this time
a career out of it.
due to exams. Jim had a lot of Social.
pressure placed on him by his Due to school, Jim didn’t have much time to spend
peers and teachers due to be with his friends. He’d constantly be studying out of
expected higher grades. This also school, but he also had a part time job meaning he
was hard for Jim as he was couldn't meet up with people, although of this,
always tired due to overworking school gave him a good time to meet new people
with constant revision. and socialise with them. This is called secondary
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socialisation and helps us understand how to
Jim’s teen years were the best years
behave and act properly around others, through th
of his life as he had the chance to
formality of his work, this incredibly developed.. Du
have more fun, he was at the peak
to Jim also having a part time job, it gave him the
fitness, he was still in education and
chance to meet people he would regularly not get
he was at his happiest.
the chance to meet and socialise with, this job’s
good as he can meet new people.
, Early adulthood, ages 19 to 45.
Being a young adult, is in the age range of 18 to 45. Jim became a parent in this
age range at the young age of 26.
Physical. Intellectual.
As Jim reached his young adulthood, By 18, Jim had finished his high
his voice deeper replacing his teenage school education. In America, after
high voice. His adam’s apple also grew highschool you get the choice to
more defined as his larynx begame to attend college or get a job. Instead,
stick out due to puberty. Male’s tend to Jim attended an arts school in
hit puberty later than females and so Ontario, in Canada. He attended
Jim only hit puberty in his young this school so he could gain the
adulthood. Jim hit puberty at around skills needed to become an actor
nineteen. This is known as physical like he wanted. Here he learned
maturity and shows the development theater and musical skills which
his body undertook to turn his physical could be useful for his acting gigs.
appearance from a boy to a man He used this school as a way to
Emotional. earn acting gigs.
During this age, Jim married two Social.
women and went through two Due to having a busy occupation
divorces. This was stressful for Him and a young daughter, it limited
as he had more responsibility his time into being able to
placed on him and he wasn’t used socialise with others his age, but
to the sudden change of being in a by having a close relationship
relationship and then alone. This with his daughter, he had her to
also threw Jim into a depressed keep him from going into social
state, as he was forced to isolation. Due to being unable to
independently raise his young socialise with people his own
daughter. This also upset him as he age, Jim became socially
felt guilty for his marriage not awkward meeting new people
working out with his daughter’s and was unsure on how to make
mother meaning his daughter conversation and to approach
couldn’t have a mother in her life. people. This made him quite shy
and quiet.
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Jim lost his parents in this age which also contributed to his pies. He became
more reserved. He became depressed. He became slower at learning new
things due to lack of concentration; and his appearance faltered, due to poor
hygiene caused by a lack of care. Jim’s young adulthood, was by the most
hardest years of his life, due to: responsibility and being forced to grow up.
