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Conception
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Germinal period
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I am an embryo
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Period: to
Embryonic period
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I am a fetus
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Period: to
Fetal period
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I am born
I was born -
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I lived in Seoul South Korea
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Period: to
No personal experiences or information on development during this time
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Period: to
Sensorimotor Intelligence
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Binocular Vision - the ability to coordinate two eyes to see one image.
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Fine motor skills are developed
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The brain is 75 percent of adult brain weight
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I arrived in the United States to join my adoptive family
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I learned to walk again (I was temporarily unable to walk due to sickness)
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Preoperational Intelligence
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I could speak English
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I discovered I was creative (typical during play years of development)
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Period: to
Concrete Operational Thought
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I realized I was "different" than other children
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I started kindergarten
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I could write the alphabet
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I took ballet lessons
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Selective Attention
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Middle Childhood
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I learned to play the piano
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I learned to ride a bike
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Metacognition - thinking about thinking
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Self-Consciousness began
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I played soccer
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I took dance lessons
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Adolescence
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Period: to
Pubety
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I got eye glasses
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Body image changes - breasts and hips
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I got my first job
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Deductive reasoning
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I was on the school volleyball team
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I got my learner's permit
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Tried my first cigarette
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I started high school
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I got my first boyfriend
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I got my period
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Identity search begins
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Dialectical thought
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Period: to
Emerging Adult
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I graduated from high school
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Became less dependent on parents
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I started college
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Ethnic Identitiy devlops further
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I graduated from college
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Period: to
Adulthood
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I got shingles
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Decided to attend graduate school
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I started graduate school
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Physical appearance changes - age related changes in skin
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Marriage?
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Selective Expert - Become a Counselor
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Generativiity - Common during adulthood
Become a mother? -
Have a baby
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Flynn effect - Increasing average IQ
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Midlife Crisis ?
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Volunteer work
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Menopause
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Senses become less acute
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Late Adulthood
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Retirement
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Develop new hobbies
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Wisdom
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Disengagement theory - Traditional roles become unimportant
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Become a grandparent
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Decrease in practical itelligence
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Possible sleep patterns change; spend more time in bed
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Skin reveals first signs of aging; wrinkles and age spots
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Greater apprecition for nature and aesthetic experiences
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"oldest-old" of ederly adults - age 85 yrs old
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Dual-task deficit is evident
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Positivity Effect - Remember positive images over negative ones
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Become frail elder
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Assisted living
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My husband dies
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Experience Bereavement and Grief
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Become a Centenarian
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Death - Life Expectancy test predicted