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Infancy: Emotional Development
My attachment to my parents as am infant was a mixture of securely attached and insecurely attached. This being because I was very close to my mom and found security in her, but not as much in my dad. -
Infancy: Cognitive Development
As an infant, to memorize things I would look at them over and over again, so i used visual memory -
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Infancy: Language Development
My first word was tractor. My mom has told me that we would pass a house with a tractor every morning, and apparently I found it interesting enough to make it my first word -
Early Childhood: Language Development
To help me increase my vocabulary my mom would read books to me every night. I can remember being able to read at a young age all by myself because of this. The first book I remember being able to read was "The Princess and the Pea" -
Infancy: Emotional Development
As an infant, I obviously did not have much stress, but anything to distract me always helped. When I was sad or upset, my mom would read me a book or let me watch tv to distract me from what what stressing me out -
Infancy: Emotional Development
As an infant, my temperament was similar to high surgency and effortful control because I loved to explore the environment. -
Adolescence: Language Development
Slang words that were used in my family were "beebop" and "tagger". My name is Bailey and my older sister is Taylor and these were the nicknames our parents gave us. They are very random and only my family and close friends knew what they meant. My mom was say, "Beebop, come eat" or "tagger, your favorite show's on." -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
To discuss emotions, my mom would talk to me when I calmed down after being upset and would assess how I was feeling. She would make me feel better by telling me that everything would be ok and that tomorrow is a new day -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
As a child, I love playing with my stuffed animals and this helped me release stress. It allowed me to forget about my worries and just have fun -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
As a young child, I become more attached to both of my parents which allowed me to have more slightly more confidence at age 4 and 5 then I did around age 2 and 3. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
At age 5, I would use stories to remember thing since this made it easier to relate information to what I already knew -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
All throughout elementary school I played soccer. Playing the sport really helped release stress from family or school related issues -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
In elementary school, I became a little less securely attached to my parents after they divorced. During this time, I clung to my older sister much more than either of my parents. -
Middle Childhood: Physical Development
By playing soccer in elementary school, I increased my motor skills -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
In elementary school, to memorize things I used repetition to help me study new information -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
During middle school and the beginning of high school I got about 7 hours of sleep a night, which is much more than I currently get -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
Around age 11 My grandfather passes away which my very difficult for my family and I. I dealt with this by turning to my faith and my close friends for comfort -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
Similar to soccer, in middle school I was on dance team. By dancing and having fun with my friends at football and basketball games, I was able to release stress and forget about my worries -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
In middle school, I was pretty secure in my emotions which helped my developmental throughout the somewhat tough times in puberty. Because of dance team, I had a good amount of friends which allowed me to be social and happy. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
Similar to middle childhood, I used repetition to recall information when studying for test to help with my memory -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
As an adolescent, I got about 6 hours of sleep every night -
Early Adulthood: Identity Development
My current identity status is identity foreclosure because I have made my mind up about what I what to do in my life and I am not exploring other options -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Currently my favorite way to release stress is by listening to music. I love loud music since it helps me drown out my stress and focus on happiness. When I am really stressed I will lay in my bed, put my headphones on, and listen to music for a long time. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Nowadays, I feel as confident and secure as I ever have in my life because of my faith and stable relationships -
Early Adulthood: Identity Development
My results from the Big 5 Personality Test are somewhat accurate since my temperament has remained thew same but I don't explore my environment as much as I used to -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
Today, the memory strategy I use is repetition and re-writing information until I know it