My Developmental Timeline

  • Birth

    Birth
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor] At 8 p.m., I was born.
  • Rooting reflex

    Rooting reflex
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] Caused by a touch on the cheek or lips. I would turn my head in the direction of the stimuli.
  • Suckling Reflex

    Suckling Reflex
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] If something was put into my mouth, I would open my mouth and do a little suckle. This, combined with rooting, is vital to allow for breastfeeding.
  • Grapsing Reflex

    Grapsing Reflex
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] If something is put in my palm, I would clasp my fingers around it.
  • Sitting Unsupported

    Sitting Unsupported
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] Without support from my parents or any supportive object, I would sit up by myself by 6 months of age.
  • Stranger Anxiety

    Stranger Anxiety
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] By about 8 months of age, I displayed fear of strangers as I would cry when I saw somebody that I was not familiar with.
  • Object Permanance

    Object Permanance
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] If my mother placed a toy under a blanket, I knew that the toy was there and I could find it.
  • Crawling

    Crawling
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] At about 8-9 months, I could crawl.
  • Independent Walking

    Independent Walking
    [Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage] Without support from my parents, I could walk independently for a short distance at about 15 months.
  • Two-word Stage

    Two-word Stage
    [Piaget's Preoperational Stage] At about 18-24 months age-old, I started to speak in mini-sentences. I began to combine two words together to better convey my emotions, needs, and perceptions to others.
  • Wanting to choose what to wear

    Wanting to choose what to wear
    [Erikson's Stage 2- Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt] At about age 2, I wished to choose what clothes to dress myself.
  • Choosing which role to play in a game

    Choosing which role to play in a game
    [Erikson's Stage 3- Initiative vs. Guilt] I was capable of initiating activities and asserting control over their world through social interactions and play between 3 to 6 years.
  • Sense of Pride & Inferiority

    Sense of Pride & Inferiority
    [Erickson's Stage 4- Industry vs. Inferiority] During 6-12 years, I started comparing myself to my peers. I develop a sense of pride and accomplishment in schoolwork, sports, social activities and family life, or I would feel inferior and lacked confidence because I was not as good as the others.
  • Obeying classroom rules

    Obeying classroom rules
    [Kohlberg's Stage 1- Preconvetional Stage] Because of obedience and punishment orientation, I would obey the rules set by the teachers since I didn't want to punish by the teachers.
  • Raising up hands to answer questions in class

    Raising up hands to answer questions in class
    [Kohlberg's Stage 1- Preconventional Stage] Because of self-interest orientated reasons, I would like to raise my hands and answer questions in class because I wanted to earn teachers' praise.
  • Solving mathematical questions

    Solving mathematical questions
    [Piaget's Stage 3- Concrete Operational Stage]
  • Coming up with my dream of becoming a psychiatrist

    Coming up with my dream of becoming a psychiatrist
    [Erikson's 5th Stage- Identity vs Role Confusion] In adolescence, I started to think about my identity and asked questions like "Who am I?" or "What do I want to do in the future".
  • Avoid lying because my friends will think I am not good

    Avoid lying because my friends will think I am not good
    [Kohlberg's Stage 2- Conventional Stage] I valued highly of peers' ideas, so I will behave in a way that would win approval from friends or peers.
  • Thinking critically about the news

    Thinking critically about the news
    [Piaget's Stage 4- Formal Operational Stage] At this stage, I could systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodical way. This period lasts about 12 through adulthood.
  • Never drive

    Never drive
    [Kohlberg's Stage 2- Conventional Stage] I would never drive at this age because this would be against the national law to drive under 18 years old. At this stage, I would like to take actions that conform to the community customs or laws
  • Getting into a relationship

    Getting into a relationship
    [Erikson's 6th Stage- Intimacy vs Isolation] When I develop a sense of self, I can start to share my life with others by establishing an intimate relationship.
  • Participating in activities in promoting of human rights

    Participating in activities in promoting of human rights
    [Kohlberg's Stage 3- Preconventional Stage] At this stage, at the age above adolescence, I will take actions that follow socially accepted ways of making decisions.
  • Getting married

    Getting married
    [Erikson's 6th Stage- Intimacy vs Isolation] After developing a sense of self, I can start to share my life with others by establishing stable relationship.
  • Participating in community service weekly

    Participating in community service weekly
    [Erikson's 7th Stage- Generativity vs. Stagnation] At this stage, I will begin to make a positive contribution to society by contributing to the next generation or engaging in meaningful and productive work.
  • Sharing stories of my life to the young

    Sharing stories of my life to the young
    [Erikson's 7th Stage- Integrity vs. Despair] Integrity. Accepting my past in my life.
  • Accepting the success and failures in my life while celebrating my 70th birthday

    Accepting the success and failures in my life while celebrating my 70th birthday
    [Erikson's 8th Stage- Integrity vs. Despair] I would accept my whole life and reflect on that life in a positive manner.