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7.2: Exosystem
My father's father died tragecially in a plane crash when my father was 12 years old. My grandmother was left with my father, an 8 yr old, and 4 yr old daughter. My dad then became the man of the house. From that point on he had to take care of and look after the family. Everything he learned how to do at that young age was taught to me at the same ages he learned it. I was always shadowing my father in everything he did so he could teach me what he was doing. -
1.1 Birth
Fun fact about baby Brett: I was born with my two front bottom teeth! -
2.4 AGPAR
Nicolai seemed to be a very healthy baby. I gave him a 9/10 on the according the Agpar Scale. Heart Rate: 2, nurse did not mention anything out of the ordinary when taking it so I assume it was good. Respiratory Effort: 2, good strong crying. Muscle Tone: 2, he was moving his arms and legs well. Reflex 2: he reacted differently to the different things that the nurses were doing. Color: 1, his feet were a little blue, the nurses mentioned this as well. He is a very healthy bouncing baby boy. -
6.3: Foreclosure
According to Marcia's ego-identity status I experienced the foreclosure stage. I was born to Lutheran Parents who are conservative Republicans. By no means did I choose to become a Lutheran or a conservative Republican but did so rather through foreclosure. I chose this identiy becuase both of my parents and my extended family were of this identity as well so beginning at birth I was engaged in a life of Christianity and conservative thinking. -
2.2 Active Gene Environment Correlation
From the very beginning I was a very active and athletic child. I began running at only 6 mo. old! My parents saw my love for all my toys that were balls. So they began to buy me any toy that had to do with sports to keep me active. I was always on the move so the best way for my parents to focus this action was by giving me sports to play. I credit this to why I thrived as an athlete during my childhood which has continued on into my life today. -
1.2 Theories
Christmas of the year I was born I was given my first baseball bat and ball. Baseball has been my mantra for my whole life. It brought me to Pacific where I continue playing everyday for the University. My expereinces with baseball can be applied to the contextual approach brought up by Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model because the circumtances that I was introduced to by my family, friends, and environment at a young age took hold and shaped me into who I am today and also where I am today. -
4.2: First Word
My first word was "ball." My dad being the sports fan he is, he naturally surrounded me with every kind of ball there is. This word is a nominal and I, like the text describes, used my first word as label for a dynamic object that I was able to use on my own. I was always playing with a ball of some kind so it was easy for me to learn this word. -
4.1: Memory
I remember a scene in the first house I ever lived in back in Mission Viejo, CA. I was 3, and I remember not being able to reach something so I went to find my mom so she could get something down for me. I went to the kitchen to get her but she was on the phone so I waited for her to finish talking. I also remember her tapping her fingernails on the counter while she talked. I attribute this memory to elaboration and script. I remember the images of the house and my mom talking on the phone -
5.1 Kohlberg's and Gender
I believe that Parker is about 4 years old. According to Kohlberg's gender stability theory the responses given by Parker would qualify her to be in this stage. She knows that there is a difference between boys and girls. However, she is not always correct when diciphering between boys and girls. So there must be something about each person that is telling her that the name she hears is either a boy a girl. -
8.1 Children and Television
When I was younger one of my favorite movies was Disney's Fantasia. I loved all the different scenes and the music. The scenes always intruiged me. However, there were only two scenes in the movie I really liked. I would watch the dinosaur scene and the broom scene over and over. Just like the book suggests, I would lose attention when the other parts of the movie played. I was only interested in those two scenes and all the other scenes I wouldn't pay attention. -
7.1 Parental Strategies
My parents control theory was to be calm and rational. They were not yellers. If my parent yelled I knew something was seriously wrong. My parents would talk to me and let me know that I was either misbehaving or acting appropriately. I was told how to act and held to a strict set of standards that I was made aware of. My parents also followed these standards so it was easy to follow in their footsteps and knowing how to act. (committed compliance) -
3.1 Preoperational Magnetism
In order to explain magnetism to a child I would tell them to pretend that they were a magnet. I would tell them that they would "stick" to anything that was made out of metal since magnets are attracted to metal and vice versa. This is developmentally appropriate becuase the child can pretend as well using itself as the center of the idea since their world is egocentric. -
6.1 Self-conscious Emotions
I remember during the summer before 1st grade I broke a window in my house. My parents were in the front yard doing yard work while I was in the back playing ball. I made an errant throw and the ball crashed through the window of our kitchen. I remember feeling sick to my stomach with guilt and scared of how angry my parents would be at me. I tried to act like I didn't do it at first but my shame and guilt was apparent on my face and through my nervous and anxious body language. -
6.2 Self-control
I really enjoyed playing with Legos as a child. I remember there was one particular set that I really wanted. It was part of the Safari series at the time. My parents bought it for me but told me that I would have to wait until the weekend to open it and play with it because otherwise I would be too distracted from my school work. It was pretty hard for me to look at the unopened box for that whole week but I persevered and was eventually able to open the Legos on Saturday morning. -
2.3 Active Gene Environment Correlation
There were a lot of children in my neighborhood growing up. Naturally, I became close friends with several of them. Those I was closest to were the friends that would play sports and be active with me. I didn't play video games -- I was outside from sunrise to sunset playing with Christopher and Justine. The three of us played every sport known to man. We even invented a few of our own. Scraped elbows and bruised knees were a daily occurance for the three of us. Thanks mom for all the band aids. -
6.2 Self-control
I really enjoyed playing with Legos as a child. I remember there was one particular set that I really wanted. It was part of the Safari series at the time. My parents bought it for me but told me that I would have to wait until the weekend to open it and play with it because otherwise I would be too distracted from my school work. It was pretty hard for me to look at the unopened box for that whole week but I persevered and was eventually able to open the Legos on Saturday morning. -
5.2 Encouraging Gender Schemas
There is one thing I remember and have seen yet again during fieldwork in the classroom. It's the assumption that the boys are physically stronger. When something needs to be lifted, pushed, moved, carried, or pulled the teacher and students always seems to assign these tasks to the boys. They are percieved as being stronger and more fit for these types of jobs so they are given them. There may be girls who are perfectly able to do these jobs but regardless the boys are still chosen to do them. -
8.2 School Transitions
My family moved from Orange County to the Bay area when I was 9 years old. Although I had been a student for a long time, I felt like I was starting over. The book talks about the familiarity of peers in the kindergarten classroom making the transition an easier one. Being in a new city I obviously knew nobody and was very nervous about my first day of school in this new setting. I definitely would have been more comfortable even if I only had one friend or recongnized one face. -
1.3 Methods
If a child goes to the doctors office the doctor must be able to accurately assess how the child is feeling. The doctor can use various methods to ask the child how they are feeling. One way is to give them a number scale from 1-10, 1 representing little pain, 10 representing the worst pain of their life and the child can mark where they are feeling by choosing a number. Another option available is to present the child with a image of a human and have them mark where they are feeling discomfort. -
3.2 Concrete Magnetism
I would explain to this child to imagine or pretend that they are a magnet. The next step I would tell them is that if they walk by something made out of metal they would stick to it. However, I would also tell them that if they stood still and someone brought a piece of metal close to them that the metal would also stick to them. This would call upon the reversability that is developing at this age. -
7.3 Crowds and Cliques
Growing up I found myself associated with certain groups of people. I was definitely part of the "athlete" crowd my whole life. I'm a sports junky and have always hung out with kids with similar athletic interests like me. As far as cliques go I would usually hang out with the same 5 or 6 people most of my childhood. I called us the "church gang." The small group of us grew up going to church together and became close through that. Several of them were part of the "Athlete" crowd as well. -
7.4 Friendship
From 4th to 8th grade I had a very close group of friends. I went to a private school so we were all in the same class for those 5 years. Brandon, Matt, Curt, Doug, Patrick, Max, Harry, and I did everything together. (It drove our mothers crazy.) It was just like the book describes boys having larger networks of friends in comparison to girls who had much smaller networks. It was fun and pandemonium all at the same time. -
3.3 Imaginary Audience
For the three years I was in middle school I was required to do a project for the Science Fair. Science was not a strong subject for me at the time and this project caused me a lot of anxiety. Not only did the subject intimidate me but the presentation is what always gave me the most fear. Explaining my project in front of judges from the laboratory is what I hated doing. I always tried to fake being sick on that day so I wouldn't have to face the audience of judges and embarrass myself. -
2.1 Passive Gene Environment Correlation
This is the date I was confirmed by the Lutheran Church. I confirmed the faith that I recieved on my baptism day. My father is a minister and my mother is a grade school teacher at a parochial school. I am a very spiritual person to begin with and my family raised me in a Christian environment where religion was the basis by which I was raised. My parents introduced me to the church early on and instilled Christianity in me, which only bolstered the already spirtual and religous side of me. -
6.4: Moratorium
I began college at Pacific. I was the first member of my family to attend a non-parochial university. Both my parents and older sister attended Concordia University. I made the decision that Pacific was the right choice for me and I would not fall into foreclosure about this decision. Instead I was in the moratorium stage because I made this conscious decision on my own based on what I thought was best for me.
