Adolescent Definition of Terms

8 concerns itself with how and why organisms do what they do Gleitman 1. Another insight precisely pointed out that psychology affects so many aspects of our lives, notably which deals with human problems-solving. Psychology gives better understanding of why people behave as they do and provide insights into our own attitudes and reactions Atkinson, Richard, and Hilgard 5-6. The term life in this context apt to be defined as the state of being alive as a human being; an individual person’s existence. Dealing with such period of time, moreover, life refers to the period between someone’s birth and their death when they are in a particular situation Hornby 774. As proposed in a book, psychological life is profoundly metaphorical in nature, and yet unmistakably grounded in concrete experience Romanyshyn. In this study, psychological life is thus seen as the mind state of one’s existence as human being which strongly influences how heshe thinks and behaves in a particular situation. Therefore, psychological life is mostly related to both mental and emotional state of one’s mind; as it is portrayed on Luke in the face of several problems caused by social pressures surround.

E. Benefits of the Study

There are several benefits supposed to achieve by conducting this study as follows: 9 1. For the readers a. Especially for those who are willing to study Judith Clarke’s Night Train. This study will help them in studying the literary work itself, since it will give them some additional information in understanding this novel particularly in analyzing the central character and the psychological aspect upon which it is involved. b. To be more general, this study can give beneficial information about children psychology for novice parents, so that now or later this valuable lesson can be well-applied in educating their children. 2. For PBI and PBI students a. For PBI students, this study provides lots of additional information in understanding the novel as one reference to improve reading skill, both in terms of vocabulary and reading comprehension. b. As teacher candidates, PBI students are supposed to be ready in teaching school students later, not to mention adolescents. They have to own such deep understanding about adolescent’s development and how to cope with that. Given this study, much information about adolescent’s psychological life can be obtained in order to help them face the real problems later.