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My Mother had a healthy pregnancy and birth. She led a healthy lifestyle while pregnant and craved certain foods, such as grapefruits and peanut butter.
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I was born at 7 lbs 4 oz in Farmington Hills, MI
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Psychosocial After my parents brought me home from the hospital, they began to get used to having a new baby in the house. In the first few weeks after my birth, they had established an intimate relationship with me.
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Biosocial After being born a healthy weight and size, my first check-ups with the pediatrician were all in the normal ranges for infants. My Mom said I was developing in the middle percentile of normal infants.
Being a healthy infant could be attributed to these factors:
my parents did not smoke and were both healthy and active, the use of prenatal vitamins, my Mother's balanced diet and no family history of diseases or illnesses. -
Cognitive Began to cry, laugh, coo and fuss. I was a happy and easy baby for my parents. They said I would always laugh and smile.
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Cognitive Domain
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Cognitive Domain I began speaking before I was a year old.
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Psychosocial Before the birth of my sister, I had my parent's complete and undivided attention. I actually remember being in the hospital after my sister was born and was nervous and uneasy.
It took me a few months to get used to having a little baby in the house.
However, my Mom told me I would happily help feed, bathe and play with her. I was a little over 2 years old when she was born. -
Psychosocial and Cognitive Wizard of Oz was my first favorite movie as a child. I would sit and watch it with my Dad and I became closer with him as a result.
He would explain some of the details in the movie to me. -
Cognitive I began kindergarden at a small Catholic school in Traverse City, MI. I was uneasy to leave my Mom and venture off into a new different environment. My teachers said I was creative and enjoyed coloring and painting. Throughout my school years, I was cognitively normal to above-normal.
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Psychosocial As a young child, I was painfully shy. My teachers said I would barely speak to the other children in my class. However, once I was comfortable with my teachers, I would talk more.
Because my parents were aware of my shyness, they wanted me to participate in a variety of activities and clubs. After school in first grade I would partake in ballet and girl scouts. As hard as my parents tried to break me out of my shell with my classmates, I was still extremely quiet. -
Biosocial Growing up, my Mother was also shy until she began a restaurant job during the end of high school in which she was in a more social environment.
More than likely, this personality trait was genetically passed down from her to me.
At school, I would not talk often, but when I was at home or with people I was comfortable with, such as my parents, sister, relatives and babysitters, I would easily talk and laugh. -
Cognitive In school, I was placed in the higher reading groups. I began reading at a normal rate in class when I was younger and was content in these groups.
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Pyschosocial When I was in elementary school, my sister became my good friend. Because she was younger, my Mom said she used to "idolize" me and there were times I did not like that. However, we were each others main playmates; and spent a lot of time playing outside, coloring, playing with dolls and watching Disney movies.
I was always a very easy-going child. -
Pyschosocial I joined the softball team on a league with my sister. My Dad helped coach; because of this, I was more comfortable establishing a few relationships with my teammates. I played on the softball team from 1996-1998. I remember this as an enjoyable activity and did my best and did not succomb to pressure from teammates or myself during games.
During the offseason, I would practice softball often with my sister and Dad. -
I wanted to try a new sport out starting out at a new middle school and meet some new people so I joined the Cross Country Team. I excelled at my new-found sport; except for falling face-first during the beginning of my first race.
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Cognitive Beginning in 7th grade, my academic classes became much more challenging. I had to study more often, ask teachers more questions and start utilizing study groups with friends. The first class I took in which I became very interested in was Biology, where we first learned about the cell.
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Psychosocial I started hanging out with a few girls I met in my classes. We would spend the night at each other's houses, go to the mall, watch movies and study together. I am still friends with these girls today, five years after our high school graduation.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial I started hanging out with some new runners on my team and had fun during racing events. Enjoyed the camaraderie for team dinners. I was unfortunately made fun of by one of my team mates who I thought was my friend. I stood up to her politely and made sure to keep my distance from her. She had recently lost her mother in a tragic white water rafting accident and could have been taking out her frustrations on me.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial I first got my period and was scared and unsure about how I felt about this biological change. It made me feel better that my girlfriend got her period before mine so I could talk to her about it. My Mom tried to teach me about periods and other "girl things" but I was never very interested.
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Psychosocial When I was growing up in elementary and middle school, there was a definite "cool group" in my class. I believed I had to be friends with these people to fit in. However, my attempts did not succeed very well and so I ended up idolizing these girls and kept the same friends I had had since 6th grade.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial Beginning high school was a scary and challenging time for me. It was intimidating to be in school with students three years older than me. I was convinced to continue on the Cross Country team into college because of my prior performances. It was a good way for me to start getting back into running shape and meet some new high school teammates and future classmates.
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Psychosocial and Cognitive I remember attending orientation for high school and being very scared to be around people who were three years older than me and to begin a more rigorous academic schedule.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial Halfway into the season, my coach named me Co-Captain of our Cross-Country team, despite only being a sophomore. My coach liked my hard-work ethic, performance and dedication on our team. I established a close relationship with my coaches; it was a great feeling to have someone besides my parents who really believed in me and my talents.
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Cognitive Being an upper-classman, I knew it was time to start thinking about college and what I wanted to study. I took all the accelerated classes in high school to adequately prepare myself for college.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial Became Captain during my junior and senior years of high school. Being in this position, I tried to be a role model for my teammates and to be someone they could look up to, both on the field and off. I established closer relationships with my teammates. During the school day, I had a different set of friends. It was interesting and fun having two distinct groups of friends at school.
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Psychosocial Was asked to some high school dances by some guys and enjoyed dancing with a big group of people and getting dressed up. Also had fun going to some dances with my girlfriends without dates.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial I was accepted to Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN and went to school the August following my high school graduation. I did not know anyone else attending Saint Mary's but enjoyed the small class sizes and beautiful atmosphere of the campus. I had a very difficult time leaving my home and parents and had difficulties making friends because I was still quiet.
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Psychosocial After attending college away from home for a semester, I became more comfortable with myself and my "new home". I made my good friends during the second semester of my freshman year.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial Studied abroad in Rome with several others from Saint Mary's. It was an excellent cultural emersion and was a time in which I matured. I was able to establish closer relationships with my friends and learned a lot of independence along the way. My friends and I were able to visit a lof of European cities and learn a great deal about the history of Rome. Living in Europe was an eye-opener and I enjoyed learning about how other cultures live.
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Cognitive After being tentatively enrolled in biology as my major, I officially declared it as my major. I wanted to do biological research in a laboratory.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial After spending time in college pursing biology as a major, I was accepted into Notre Dame's biological research internship. I was able to learn about research work and made some great friends. This summer was a significant social time for me in which I established relationships with three friends in way I had never felt more comfortable being myself for the first time. We were the best of friends, although only being together for three short months.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial Did some dating around in college and attended dances with dates.
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Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial After spending time researching nursing and talking to family friends who were nurses while still out in LA, I decided that it is a better career path for me to utilize the skills I gained in biology with my desire to help people. I realized how important my immediate family was after living far away and that I would not be able to afford the beautiful CA sun until I have a good job.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial I decided to pursue a career as a Research Associate and was accepted to be a part of an Autism research effort at the University of California at Los Angeles. I wanted a huge change in which I would meet new people and explore a new part of the country. I lived with my aunt and uncle in the suburbs of LA.
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Psychosocial After being more comfortable with myself, I began to be more approachable to others as a result of my experiences in college. I met some friends through orientations at UCLA and hung out with them by going out, going to dinner and shopping. I was able to explore more of Los Angeles with these new friends who also relocated to the area to work at UCLA.
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Psychosocial and Cognitive After working in the research lab, I decided that conducting molecular biology research was not a career I could see myself doing. I did not enjoy being alone for extended periods of time (usually the entire work day) in which I did not interact with anyone besides my boss. I wanted to utilize my skills in biology to help make a difference in people's lives and did not see the long term accomplishments that my work would result in.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial I decided to give the field of physical therapy a try by working as an Aide in LA. I enjoyed meeting and interacting with a lot of people but could not see myself pursing physical therapy as a career. However, I met some friends my age and learned more about working in a privately-owned practice.
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Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial Begin an accelerated bachelor's program for nursing that will last approximately one year.
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Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial A fter completing the Nursing program, I will work towards getting a job as a nurse in a hospital, in which I will meet new coworkers and learn the necessary on-the-job skills of being a nurse.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial After working in the hospital, I will date some driven and ambitious guys in which I will learn more about myself, others and what is really important to me in a relationship.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial After dating for a couple years and talking about the future, my boyfriend proposes.
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Psychosocial and Biosocial My husband and I get married.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial Have first child with husband. Decide to be a stay-at-home mom, taking a break from nursing until daughter is older. Get used to having a child in the house. Although having a child is great, it changes the relationship with my spouse, friends and family. Decide to breastfeed.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial Have second child. Must adjust to the changes that a second child brings, especially the relationship with the older child. At first wonder how one can devote adequate time and attention between two child of different developmental stages.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial After first child goes to school, go back to work as a nurse, knowing it will be difficult to adjust to the workplace again and balance being a mother and wife.
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Cognitive and Psychosocial After being a nurse, I realize it is time to further my career in the workplace and get a Master's degree. I cut back on work to ensure I will have enough time with the children.
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Psychosocial
Psychosocial and Biosocial Celebrate 10 year wedding anniversary with husband by leaving the children with family and going to Cancun for a week. It is a time to reconnect and build our relationship further, especially due to the changes after having children. -
Cognitive and Psychosocial When my children are in school, I decide to help out in the classroom and by going on class field trips. I use this time as an opportunity to establish relationships with parents in my children's classes.
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Psychosocial After first child goes to middle school, I realize that the children have become much less dependent than before.
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Pyschosocial After becoming established in the hospital with my job, I devote time to volunteer work in which I help others in my community.
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Psychosocial After my first child graduates from high school, she attends college out of state. It is a difficult time without her in the house and changes the family dynamic.
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Biosocial and Psychosocial After having two children, I go through menopause at age 50. I do not like the symptoms that accompany this biological change.
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I die at 93 years of age; as predicted by the Age Calculator.