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Birth
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Sensorimotor Stage- Piaget
Sensorimotor stage starts when the child is born until he is about 2 years old. I will start wiggling my rattle becaue I find it pleasurable. This means I now use my sensory skills, as I use touching and hearing to understand what is happening. This is important because from this point on I will start gaining conscious of objects around me and thus, developing object permanence, which is awareness that objects continue to exist, even when not seen. A necessary skill for developmet and life. -
Infancy-Erikson
Children experience this stage up until their first year. They have to deal with trusting or not a person. They will develop this basic trust if their basic needs are dependably met. In this case, my mom is feeding me. This is important because it taught to trust and live without fear. -
Toddlerhood- Erikson
During toddlerhood, children start learning how to do things for themselves and have free will, or they might doubt their abilities and feel not able to complete tasks. For example, I choose the toy I wanted to play with. This stage happens between the first and third years of age and is important because this enables me to grow and exercise autonomy and independence. -
Preoperational Stage- Piaget
Children are in this stage from 2 to 6 or 7 years old. They start using intuitive rather than logical reasoning and use words and images to represent things. In this case, I am playing hide-and-seek with my friends, and I simply cover my eyes and assume that because I can't see anything, nobody can't see me. This helped me realize that people have their opinions and needs and that I shouldn't be egocentric. Furthermore, it helped me build a theory of mind and infer others' mental states. -
Preconventional Morality- Kohlberg
Children's morality before the age of 9 is focused on following rules to avoid punishment or gain a reward. In this case, I had to decide between watching television or following the rule, which was to do homework before watching television. I chose the latter to avoid being grounded. This helped me develop my critical thinking when it comes to making judgements, and laying the base for later on, creating a more advanced moral reasoning, needed throughout life in almost every instance. -
Concrete Operational Stage- Piaget
This stage happens between the 7 and 11 years of age. Children begin to grasp concrete analogies and understand arithmetical operations. Basically, they begin to think logically about concrete events. This day, I got an A on a math quiz about mathematical operations, something I hadn't been able to achieve the year before. This stage lays the foundation to continue acquiring knowledge through studies and life, but also, understand how the world works. -
Elementary School Stage- Erikson
This stage occurs between 6 years old ad puberty. During this stage, children learn to find pleasure in applying themselves to tasks or they feel inferior. In this case, I decided to join the gymnastics team even though I wasn't in the best shape. However, I learned to perform the movements and was able to present the routine to the school. Developing this self-confidence is key for my continous growth in life. -
Conventional Morality- Kohlberg
This stage starts in early adolescence. This not only provides the base for the development of your postconventional morality, but it also teaches you to care for others. According to Kohlberg, your morality focuses on caring for others and following rules just because they are rules. In this time, I decided to come forward to my teacher asked her to please sign me up, along with my classmates, for community service in the following school year. -
Formal Operation Stage- Piaget
The formal operation stage starts when you are around 12 years old and continues to develop all the way to adulthood. During this stage, you start to think logically about abstract things. For my math class, I had to do a big project which required for me to solve hypothetical situations and prevent possible future issues. Through this stage, I learn to apply logic throughout a variety of instances and become more mature. Both of these characteristics are necessary for daily life. -
Adolescence- Erikson
You start being an adolescent in your teen years up untill you are in your 20s. Throughout this stage, you struggle to find your identity, by trying different roles and combining them into one personality, or you are totally confused about who you are. During this year I interacted with different people and tried out different 'versions' of me. My personality changed. This is important because it enabled me to develop social skills needed for life, and to have a personality I'm happy with. -
Young adulthood- Erikson
People in their 20s until their early 40s, struggle to form close, intimitate relationships with other, or feel socially isolated. Around this time, I would like to get marry. This would help me have somebody to share my life with and develop my emotional side, needed for a balanced life. -
Post Conventional Morality- Kolberg
According to Kohlberg, actions are judged "right" because the flow from people's rights or from self-defined, ethical principles. I discover that my client is incriminating an innocent person. Although it may go against the norms, I exhort him to do otherwise and tell the truth. I do this because I believe what he's doing is wrong, but also, because an innocent person shouldn't be wrongfully convicted. This is essetial for my moral development and the world, as I would pass these notions on. -
Middle Adulthood- Erikson
People live this stage between their 40s and 60s. It is popularly known as the 'mid-life crisis'. People try to find a way to contribute back to the world, and not feel a lack of purpose. By this time, I plan to be taking many cases pro bono, as a lawyer, and defend those who need it the most. This is important because otherwise, people get stagnated and do not progress. -
Late adulthood- Erikson
Late adulthood starts in your 60s and continues until you die. Adults start reflecting on their lives and might feel satisfaction or failure. I would like to look back and see I raised a good family, helped a lot of people, accomplished my goals and enjoyed my life. This is important because it would help me go satisfy with what I did and also motivate my children to be good people in order to feel the same way when they reach my age.
