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Infancy/Emotional Development
Were you securely or insecurely attached to your primary caregiver? I was securely attached to my mother. -
Birth
I was born! -
Infancy/Physical Development
When did you start walking? I was around 11 months -
Infancy/Emotional Development
What was your temperament like as a baby? I was a very quiet baby. -
Infancy/Cognitive Development
Tell a story from your life that demonstrates one concept of Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development. I was a huge fan of peek-a-boo when I was in the sensorimotor stage -
Early Childhood/Cognitive Development
What sort of interests did you have as a young child? Does this fit within researchers ideas of conceptualization and categorization? I loved coloring with my grandmother. -
New Sister!
My little sister, Anna Claire, was born -
Early Childhood/Emotional Development
How did family and friends describe you as a child? Was it the same or different from infancy? I got progressively louder the older I got. When I was a child I was silent, and by the time I turned five I was singing Shania Twain in Sunday school class -
Move
I moved from Atlanta to Birmingham -
Early Childhood/Cognitive Development
What is one way you remember your parents and/or teacher acting in a way that you know helped your language acquisition? I actually went to a speech therapist when I was young because I couldn't correctly pronounce my R's. So, I remember having to repeat R words a lot. -
Early Childhood/Cognitive Development
Tell a story from your life that demonstrates a concept from Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development. I really started to love to tell stories. However, at this age I was creative, but I couldn't tie the stories down to any specific meaning or make them at all cohesive. -
Middle and Late Childhood/Cognitive Development
Tell a story from your life that demonstrates one concept of Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development. I continued to love to tell stories, but at this point they began to actually have a timeline. Instead of just creating imaginative characters, I was able to have them actually do things. -
Middle and Late Childhood/Physical Development
How often did you get physical exercise? What sort of activities did you do? How did you feel about physical activity? I was on the swim team which I loved. During the school year, I was in PE at school and we would play sports which I hated. -
Middle and Late Childhood/Physical Development
Did you use gross or fine motor skills for these activities? I used gross motor skills. -
Middle and Late Childhood/Cognitive Development
Describe an experience that made you aware of a certain concept of intelligence. I became very away of divergent thinking. I didn't know the term for it, but I understood that some people were better at doing work like math tests and I was better at creating stories -
Adolescence/Physical Development
Did you develop early or late compared to your peers and do you think that had an effect on you? I developed around the same time. I honestly didn't really pay that much attention. -
Adolescence/Cognitive Development
Tell a story from your life that demonstrates one concept of Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development. I continued writing stories, but now they began to have metaphors and more abstract meanings. -
Adolescence/Physical Development
How often did you get physical exercise? What kinds of activities did you do? What was your attitude towards exercise? I hated exercise so I honestly didn't do much of it during this period. -
Adolescence/Physical Development
Did these activities require gross or fine motor skills? they didn't really require either because I didn't do anything. However, I learned to knit which used fine motor skills -
Adolescence/Emotional Development
How would Sternberg have described your most important relationship in adolescence? My most important relationship was that with my grandmother. It had a high level of commitment and passion. -
I came out
I told my family that I was gay. -
Early Adulthood/Emotional Development
How often did you get physical exercise? What sort of activities do you do? What are your feelings towards exercise? I now like running and swimming. I regularly exercise by running outside.
