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I was born on January 26, 2006, at Novant Health in Wilmington, North Carolina. My parents are Melissa and William Sherrod, they brought me into Christianity. I had one sister when I was born, but now I have two sisters and one brother. My earliest memory was during my 4th Birthday party when I took a sled into a tree, this taught me to listen to my parents who had prior to this warned me of this happening.
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Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage describes babies as they get to know the world through movements and sensations, along with discovering object permanence. During this time I learned to Cruise, I used my surrounding objects to assist me as I walked.
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Trust vs. Mistrust is the process carried out by infants where they learn who to trust, during this, they develop what it means to trust. During this time I would learn to trust my sister along with my parents and grandparents. This would be key to future friendships and family bonding. During Autonomy vs. Shame, children learn some independence. During this, I also learned to become more self-reliant and independent
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Preconventional morality is what deals with self-interest and focus. During the time that I was two, I started to potty train. I was always bad with this so my mom introduced me to better ways to follow rules. She would reward me for going to the bathroom and subtle stopped doing that so I would no longer rely on rewards.
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The PreOperational Stage describes when children begin to develop the idea of using words and pictures to express thoughts and feelings. At age 5 I started Kindergarten but I finished it while I was 6, after this time I had learned more proper communication skills.
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Industry v Inferiority is when people feel that they have to keep up with the new social norms, they might become start to feel inferior. When I turned 7 and attended school I began to realize that the community started to demand norms that were kept up with. I had to change myself with the trends that were created during my time in school.
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PreConventional morality is also Individualism and Exchange, there is no singular right view, they can vary depending on the adult personality. One has to learn to adapt. During this stage, I experienced my first time attending summer camp. I had to respect the rules of my counselors even if they are different than what my own parents taught me.
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The Formal Operational Stage describes many things, one of which is the development of abstract problem-solving. Within the few weeks, I've been 15 one of the problems I have had to solve was on my driving test. One of my questions involved the speed of farm equipment on roads, I had to problem-solve whatever made sense, so I could determine the proper answer and pass my test.
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The time of Identity v Role Confusion adolescents and young adults discover future goals, occupation, beliefs, and self. I already have a partial idea of my future and its goals. I plan to attend NCState and get a job in engineering. During this, I will also possibly get a girlfriend depending on school shows I've found some of myself.
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Conventional Morality describes the time where adolescents collect and determine social order along with interpersonal relationships. As I become older I will discover my place in the world along with hopefully finding a girlfriend to share my stories and feelings with.
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By this time I should have graduated college and am now either looking for a new job or I have one. This new job should reflect the Major that I studied during my time in college.
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Intimacy v Isolation describes the struggle of trying to form close relationships and gain the capacity to intimate love. During the time when I am 28 if I have not already I would be after or during the time most people propose to their future spouse. So during this time, I would tie the know between our families.
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PostConventional Morality is the time when people are starting to implement the new self-made practices into their lives. At this time I will hopefully be married to the love of my life, if I have children at this time I will be teaching them the ways I live life. They will be learning the combined practices of me and my wife.
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At this time I will most likely be deep into my jobs with children at home and a happy wife. If I have the engineering job I plan for I will be using different practices of problem-solving to solve and fix the problems of my designs. I will be using my skills to fix any of my upcoming issues.
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Generativity v Stagnation is the time in someone's life when people discover a sense of need to contribute in some way to the world. During this time I will likely be at the peak time in my career, this will be the time when I have contributed the most or be in the process of doing so. I will be hopefully contributing to society in the largest way I can.
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When I am at the age of 40 my view of the world will likely be at the point where I will defend them. At this time, I will have developed a solid idea and understanding of what I believe, so I will be actively defending them.
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By this point, I will likely be in the ending 15-year stretch to my job. So at this point, I will be a master at all things problem solving, I will be able to tackle any problem my job throws at me. I will have different ways of figuring out what's wrong and the proper methods of fixing it.
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At this time in my life, I will likely be completing or working on my contribution to the world. I will be roughly 10 years from retirement so this will be the prime time for me to finish whatever big project I am working on. This will be my official exit ticket.
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By this point, my ideas on life will likely not matter to me as much anymore. I will likely bend the rules that I made and branch off since I am getting quite old. But I will still likely follow many of the norms that I created for myself some 40 years previously.
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If I somehow make it all the way to the age of 65 I must have the ability to solve just about any problem. I will be likely teaching my grandchildren the many strategies I used throughout my life, the different methods that I showed my children will be passed down to my youngest grandkids.
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Integrity v Despair is the time in life where Senior Citizens like myself are thinking over the accomplishments and things they did with their lives. I will be debating, "was it all worth it", "did I really make a difference", "will my children carry on the legacy I created". I hope to feel a sense of satisfaction instead of a sense of failure.
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By this point, I likely won't care what I do and what someone does to me. My beliefs will still be held on to hopefully by my children and I will be comfortable with what I created. My beliefs will help sustain my legacy and hopefully, it will continue throughout my family even after my death.