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4.4 Childhood Attachment Experiences
Around this age is when I found out I was deaf. Ever since then, my parents have supported me in all of my failures and accomplishments (school, sports, etc). Because of that, it made our relationship secured. I have messed up a few times growing up, and my parents continued to love me the same. My home is and always will be my safe haven- my main secure base is there. -
2.2 Genetic Limits
Starting your 18th birthday, I would require all to receive telomere therapy. Telomeres are the timekeepers of life. The length of the telomere depends on the age of the person. The younger the person, the longer the length; the older the person, the shorter the length. There are also other factors involved. My goal is to stretch out the telemores to where it will prevent aging. -
7.2 Transitions
I began the transition of conformist to individualistic when I entered college. It started out as a slow progress, but is now moving pretty quickly as I learned how to stand up for myself. My transition involved in the restructuring of my identity away from my parents, evaluating my self-worth and meaning in this world, and reanalyzing my faith, which all seems consistent with the text. I believe that this is a conscious process because I attend therapy for assistance in figuring out who I am. -
1.1 The Beginning
This was the beginning of my journey to becoming an adult. I obtained my first job, and that alone had a lot of responsibilities attached to it. I also had to deal with some health issues regarding my back on my own, which involved going to the ER, doctor appointments two or three times a week. I also took out my first loan to pay for a study abroad trip. -
7.3 Major Life Event
Fall 2010 I started experiecing anxiety attacks. I was so stressed to the point where I made myself so sick that I couldn't eat. I lost about 20 pounds within a few months. I realized that this was a serious issue because my friends and family members were telling me that I didn't look healthy. So I took action. I began using instrumental support by going to MHC to figure out why I was having anxiety attacks. After a few months, I started eating better and my color and weight started returning. -
2.3 My current healthy lifestyle
Overall I am a healthy gal. I answered yes to most of the questions. The areas I said no were vegetables and sunscreen. Gallaudet cafe provides veggies, but I do not like how they're made and most often the veggie choices are very limited. I get my vegetable intake while at home. As for the sunscreen, I have fair skin and get burned easily. There were two times I got 2nd degree burns and I just never learn from my mistakes. I need to start being more responsible in taking care of myself. -
4.3 Adult Attachment Style
According to the quiz, my attachment style is secure which I agree with. I find myself mostly positive and optimistic towards relationships, even though I may be socially awkward. Although I struggle with expressing my thoughts & feelings, it's easy for me to become emotionally comfortable with a person. The relationships that I have with people, I don't worry about them leaving me because I might have messed up. I know they love me, flaws and all, and will support me when I need it. -
7.1 Fowler
The stage I most fit with currently is individuative-reflective faith. In the past year, I found myself walking away from God and questioning my beliefs and values. I have gained new perspectives since I entered college and they are not in accordance to what my parents taught me. This confused me. I am afraid that I may forever be stuck in this stage because of my family, however, as I continue to reflect my beliefs and become settled in them, I start to develop my own identity along with it. -
4.1 Young Adult Role Transition
May 17, 2013 is graduation day. That's the day I'm going to say goodbye to my family, in the sense of leaving home permanently. My partner lives in Canada so I will be moving there. I will be 21 by the time I graduate, which according to the book is the average age for one to leave home. This will be a hard day for me, but I know that this is part of life as a rite of passage. I know that I'm always welcomed back home, which is the nice thing about moving out if something doesn't work out. -
6.1 My RIASEC Type
According to the personality test, I am SCA (social, conventional, artist). According to figure 7.2, such personality traits in SCA contain understanding (social), orderly (conventional), and idealistic (artist). These sorts of traits do correspond with me. Such job types I'm interested in are in the human services field, which is why I'm majoring in Psychology. I like to help people, I like to organize things, and I like to share ideas, which is why I am not surprised with my results. -
6.2 Super's Stages (Establishment)
I'm aware that I have to start at the bottom and work my way up. I am hoping that by the time I'm 26, which gives me 3-4 years, I will have reached the position I want to obtain. Through these years, this gives me a chance to explore and gain experience in early intervention (EI) with deaf kids. By the time I reach the Establishment stage, I hope to have my own circle of families that I will help make an impact on their deaf child's life and perhaps be a coordinator of an EI agency for the deaf. -
4.2 Older Adult Role Transition
I'm expecting to have kids around this age. I will be kind of forced to grow up faster than the average mid 20s because my partner is six years older than me so I have to think about that as a factor in life decisions. My partner and I want to become foster parents, so I can imagine that will be stressful in the areas of attachment and accommodating the kids needs. We talked about the struggles we may face with the gender role theories but we decided to address that as we go and go from there. -
6.4 Intimacy vs Isolation
I saw in Gruetzner's video in the end that her grandmother mentioned that marriage was one of the hardest but most rewarding experience as opposed to motherhood because of the different kind of love experienced through marriage- the kind of love that has to be worked on everyday, no one day is easy and no one day is hard. Her grandmother explained why they are still together to this day is because of the same perspective on money and other things. Each day has their own challenges and rewards. -
3.1 Sensory Store
The sensory store refers to the initial step as information is picked up by the senses and processed briefly by the perceptual system. Most likely our senses (vision, hearing, smell, and taste) will decline between 40s-60s. Research has proven that once a sense is "not working" other senses will work harder to take over the nonworking one. An example of an IADL that could be affected is sewing which requires a good eye. Something to compesate for that could be glasses or a sewing machine. -
3.2 Prospective Memory
Prospective memory is remembering to do something later on or in the near future. Research has shown that older adults perform more poorly on prospective tasks than younger adults. A common IADL that may be affected is remembering to take medication or remembering a doctor's appointment. A strategy may be developed to help me remember by setting a reminder on my cell phone, or putting a post it on the mirror. -
2.4 Potential consequences of my lifestyle
Other than my back and arthritis deteriorating as I get older, I predict a healthy lifestyle. There is no family history of cancer, dementia or cardiovascular diseases, so my risk is low. I am currently on the swim team to stay active and keep my physcial endurance- to avoid the sedentary lifestyle, I will remain active, thru swimming and my kids. I avoid junk food, so I will carry that habit to older adulthood. With healthy eating habits and being active, my risk of obesity is slim to none. -
2.1 Oxidative Damage
Beginning age 60, all individuals are to change their diet to strictly pizza. What kind of pizza? Supreme with ham and pineapple. Why pizza? Because it contains all the food groups necessary for nutrition (antioxidants)- grain, dairy, vegetables, fruit, protein. How may this affect longetivity? This kind of pizza contains all the food groups and restricts calories, I think it will prolong aging. However, if you are looking for quality of life, such as sex hormones, this isn't the answer. -
6.3 Ego Integrity vs Despair
I saw in Culley's video that when her grandmother looked back on her life, she wasn't that satisified which is a sign of ego despair. During her 30s and 40s, she was not happy as she was struggling as a mother and as a wife. Her grandmother told Culley she would have titled her story as "The Boring Life of Gerry". -
8.1 The End
Katelyn Jurney, 79, of Edmonton, AB, CA, gained her wings on Oct. 1, 2070. Katelyn graduated and received a BA in Psychology from Gallaudet University. She was married to her soulmate Amber Jurney. She was survived by her children and grandchildren, and her sorority sisters of the Delta Epsilon Sorority. Katelyn was well known for creating changes in the Deaf community in Edmonton through advocacy. A memorial service will be given in the celebration of her life on Oct. 6 at 1:30pm at Evergreen.
