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I am born
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Infancy: Emotional Development
My parents tell me that I was a securely attached infant and child. They claim that I was a strong willed toddler, but still securely attached. I am not sure if I believe this to be true. It seems to me that I was more insecure avoidant. This would make more sense to me in explaining the way I acted as a child and how I am today. My brother would definitely be more of a securely attached infant and child. -
Infancy: Physical Development
I began to walk 12 months after I was born. -
Infancy: Cognitive Development
At the age of 1 I had full entered Piaget`s Sensorimotor stage of Cognitive Development. I had developed a sense of object permanence.When my mom would take my bottle away from me I knew that it still existed and was just behind her back. This means that I had developed a sense of object permanence. -
Childhood: Emotional Development
My family, friends, and teachers would describe me as highly* independent as a child. They also would say that I matured very quickly. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
Around the age of 2-4 I was very interested in dolls, winnie-the-pooh, and coloring/painting. What I liked to play with as a child fits the research on child concept formations and categorizations for my gender. -
Childhood: Cognitive Development
I had entered the Preoperational stage of Piaget`s Cognitive Development by the age of 4. At this age I was able to pretends that ordinary objects were extraordinary, such as a blanket being a magic cape. I also had developed Egocentricism which means I though only of myself, without regards to others feelings. I know this because I would not take into account my actions, such as drawing on the walls, and how these made my parents feel. -
Childhood: Emotional Development
My childhood temperament stayed pretty much the same as my infant temperament. Although, I did like to explore more and was very outgoing. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
As a child I loved to read and be read to. We had a huge library in my house and every night my parents would read to me. I believe that this helped my language acquisition. -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
In the fourth grade I was tested for the “ gifted program “ at my school and was admitted. This was the defining moment that I remember feeling smarter than everyone else in my grade. I am sure I was very prideful and rubbed my “smartness” in everyone who was not a part of the program`s “face”.
This type of intelligence was general intelligence. It did not take into account my emotional or multiple intelligences. The test I took for gifted was more like an IQ test. -
Childhood: Physical Development
I got a good amount of physical exercise as a kid. I was involved in many sports and always had my little brother to keep me busy. I played soccer, softball, volleyball, and did gymnastics until I was in high school. In high school I dropped the physical activities and got more involved in the arts such as choir and theatre. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
By the age of 9 I had reached the Concrete Operations stage of Piaget`s Cognitive Development. I had a mature understanding of cause and effect relationships. For example, I knew when I did something bad it would result in my dad grabbing his belt and spanking me. I knew that I did not like to be spanked so I would avoid things such as harassing my younger brother. -
Childhood: Physical Development
As a child I used a lot of fine motor skills, but I was beginning to learn a lot about my gross motor skills. All of the sports I was involved in helped me to learn how to use my arms, legs, and core muscles. I used gross motor skills for many things such as cartwheels, swinging a bat, or kicking a soccer ball. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
I entered puberty early compared to my peers. I remember towering above all my classmates. This made me feel very self-conscious about my height, especially when it came to boys. -
Adolescence : Emotional Development
Sternberg would describe my most important relationship in adolescence as affectionate love. This love occurs when an individual desires the other person near and has a deep, caring affection for the person. This would have been my relationship with my best friend. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
When I was a Freshman in high school I was a majorette. I got a good amount of exercise from this. Sophomore-Senior year I got most of my exercise through theatre and show choir. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
I really enjoyed being involved in band, theatre, and show choir because it caused me to utilize my gross and fine motor skills. As a majorette you use gross motor skills to march and dance, but you have to use your fine motor skills to be able to twirl the baton through your fingers. The same goes for theatre and show choir where fine motor skills help to emphasize expression. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Every relationship I have tried to ever form has been avoidant attachment. I am hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships and then once I am in the relationship I start to distance myself from my partner for no apparent reason. I really don`t know what has caused me to become like this. It could be a combination of things, including how my parents never formed any type of emotional connection or relationship with me. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Sternberg would classify my most important relationship now as consummate love. This love combines passion, intimacy, and commitment. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
My current physical activity is limited aside from walking around campus for class and staying on my feet 5 hours a day at work. I try to go to the gym, but I just don`t have the time for it. When I do set my mind to it I can run up to 1 mile. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
It is said that some adult may not ever reach Piaget`s Formal Operational stage of Cognitive Development. I personally do not believe that I have fully entered this stage yet. I know that I have several abilities such as abstract reasoning, deductive reasoning, comparison, and classification. However, I do not know that these abilities are full adapt. I still reply on the input of my peers and mentors for ideas to bounce back off of most of the time. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
The majority of my physical activity now is Gross Motor skills. I am constantly running or walking to class or at work. I use fine motor skills at work to pick up plates and move utensils, but I use gross motor skills for all the heavy lifting I do.
