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As Kohlberg had said about moral development, I'm in the preconventional stage. I think about myself, and what will affect me.
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I start crying when my mom hides my favorite toy, I haven't developed object permanence yet.
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I trust my father, mother and grandmother. If anyone else tries to cuddle me, I start crying because I do not trust them. Even if it is my aunt who is trying to make me sleep or feed me, I don't trust them.
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Leaving my home country, I start living in a different community, and get used to living with people with different nationalities.
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I'm still in the oral stage. I like to put things into my mouth.
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mama in this case means food in Turkish. I can tell my parents my concerns and desires by saying phrases.
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Motor Development: I can finally walk without the support of my parents, the neurons in my brain connect with one another and become myelinated
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I have finally developed object permanence.
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I only want to eat what I want, not what others are trying to feed me with. I don't like when people are trying to make me sleep I can sleep when I want to!
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My mom has trained be well for the toilet. I control myself and tell when I really have to go to the toilet.
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As Jean Piaget had describe in his theories of cognitive
development from saying easy phrases, I began to talk about myself and others. My imagination is very strong. I begin to think I can do anything, from flying planes to knowing how the world will end... -
I want to discover the World independently. After a while, I miss my parents and start crying. An Indian man brings me back to the market. I develop a schemata that all Indians are nice and I can trust them
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When she asks who did this, I think about myself and therefore I blame it on my father. I am reasoning preconventionally
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I start questioning things and find the reasons why something happened.
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As theorized by Sigmund Freud, during this stage, I feel jealous of my father. I am so close and attached to my mother that I follow her everywhere she goes. Due to my oedipus complex, I cannot get along with my father.
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I get a hammer and try to fix my car. It takes me a whole day to find a solution, but I never get bored of discovering
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I meet and become friends with many other kids
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In KG, I learn how to eat usng a fork, knife and a spoon.
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I push my mother down the water so I could stand up on the sea. I regret for thinking so preconventionally and making such a terribly choice for myself. Fortunately, nothing serious happened to her
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There are only 2 students in my class. Therefore, we learn how to read and write and how to do math quicker than many other classrooms. This also marks the beginning of Industry vs. inferiority stage, as my work here is evaluated. I get used to competing with my classmates.
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By going to school I begin my academic life, I realize the work I do here is evaluated. I compare myself to my friends and try to be better than them
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By doing simple experiments and solving mathematical questions, I realize that characteristics of objects are conserved
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This was one of the first times I had introduced myself to the concepts of conservation and began to do concrete operations. Soon, I was asked to do many similar questions in my math class.
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During this stage, I feel like I am not interested in the opposite sex.
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I try to look good in front of others, and listen to my friends, teachers, and parents' advises to look better.
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I was asked this question My first answer was iron, however I had then realized that 1 kg feather and iron weighed the same. Now, I could do concrete operations. However, as Vygotsky mentioned, I could not do concrete operations like this without guidance from a knowledgeable person, therefore this is in the zone of proximal development
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I try to fit into groups with common interests
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Coming from Turkey, the environment seems very different. It takes me a long time to make friends.
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After few months of loneliness, I began sitting with a group of people who have similar interests as me, especially those who I share classes most.
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My parents tell me that I look more handsome if I comb my hair backwards; I think conventionally and I start doing so in order to look good in front of others
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This commences the Genital Stage for me
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I hit puberty. Soon, I get more interested in the opposite sex, this interest continues for the rest of my life
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This was an unusual experience for me. For the first time in my life, I was away from my parents for such a long time.
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I have begun to think in a different way about stories. Before, I thought they were written to entertain the readers, now I search for meanings and symbolism in different places.
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Prior to this, I had felt secure attachment to my parents, now I feel like it is better for me to explore new places without them. This is one of the first times I begin to show avoidant attachment towards my parents (Mary Ainsworth) and the desire to leave them.
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I start to reason abstractly, compare and contrast different ideas, and look for the nuances when examining artworks, books, etc.
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I don't do my same old mistake of waiting for people to be friends with me, I instead try to make friends. Soon, I decide ones I can build strong relations.
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I never thought I could miss them so much. Now, I can only see them once 3 -4months, this is also my longest detachment from them so far.
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Like Erik Erikson had shown in his theory, during this stage, unlike what I did in high school, I try to form orm strong relationships with people whom I find closer to especially
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During this time, I began to think what is more important for my life. I start to think more about my future, my family and my career, and I realize my family and future comes before everything.
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After graduating, we've still held a strong relationship and we decided to marry each other. to continue this relationship Our parents, did not want us to marry so we've decided to do a secret wedding in Rome
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After entering as an intern, BOEING is satisfied with my work and they decide to hire me. My salary is 30,000 dollars.
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This is such an important moment in my life. Now I am a father
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This is one of my most important accomplishments. I made Boeing 888 becomes the least fuel consuming jet airliner in the world due to my wing design
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I now see them once a year because we're living in different countries, I focus more on my work and wife
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I think postconventionally that relationship with my son is more important than my job although I get payed a lot.
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My intimate relationship with some of my friends from college continued. One of them had started his own business. He offered me a home-office job. I accepted his offer, because I could take care of my son and do work at the same time
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I became the general manager of my friend's company. I did not know if this was the correct thing to do but at least I could make money for my son's education and to pay the bills
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I decide to pursue my dreams and with all of my money, I join the space crew going to Mars.
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I looked back at my life, and I saw that I hadn't done what I wanted to do. Therefore, I decided to pursue my dream live in Maldives. Now that I am in the the final stages of my life, I want to accomplish something meaningful that my son was an adult, I don't need to worry about him, he can come visit me if he wants
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It was so calm and quite, when I jumped on the water. While swimming in this Paradise, I get attacked by a great white shark. Despite my mistakes, I smile back at the choices I have made in the past. I think my life was meaningful, I was finished with my duty on Earth
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I am so proud to raise a son like him. I walk around the island with my grandsons and granddaughters, and I think to myself I have finished my duty on Earth.
