Life Span Psychology

  • My Birth

    My Birth
    This was the day I was born.
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    Life Span

  • Birth weight doubled

    Birth weight doubled from 7 pounds to 14 pounds. This is a biosocial event that happened in the first two years.
  • Said my first word

    This is an example of cognitive learning during the first two years of life.
  • Poddy Training

    This is about when I started poddy training and that is an example of first two years psychosocial learning.
  • Body begins to slim down, growth spurt

    This is an example of biosocial in early childhood, ages 2-6.
  • First time in Pre-school

    First time I went to pre-school and did not cry when my mom left because I developed a relationship with me teacher (care giver). This is an example of early childhood psychosocial.
  • Middle Childhood: Biosocial. The loss of a baby tooth.

    An example of biosocial for middle childhood for me, was login my babyteeth. This was when I finally started to loose my teeth and let the permanent teeth start to grow in.
  • Learned how to use a number line

    This is an example of cognitive learning in early childhood.
  • Middle Childhood, psychosocial develoopment. Detention for not being friends.

    In third grade a friend and I got in trouble because we would not be friends with a girl because she was "unpopular" sending us to stay inside during recess. The ideas of kids being popular and not popular is a psychosocial delevoped idea that happens in middle childhood.
  • Middle childhood: Cognitive Development. Learning multiplication.

    I third grade I learned multiplication and what it can be used for in everyday life. This was an example of cognitive learning during my middle childhood.
  • Adolescence, biosocial development. Starting my period

    I started getting my period when I was thirteen years old, which is normal for adolescence and is an example of biosocial development. This is something that opften happens earlier in girls then boys, but during adolescence for all.
  • Adolescence, cognitive development. Addiction

    When I was 14 I was reall addicted to watching television. It does not soud like a big problem but it really took away from my school work and chores. This addiction started during my adolescence and id an example of cognitive development.
  • Adolescence, psychosocial development. Found a new mentor

    When I was 14 I did not exactly get along with my mom, so I looked up to someone else, my 20 year old clousin. She was my role model and I would have done anything to be just like her! This is an example of psychosocial development during my adolescence stage.
  • Emerging adulthood, biosocial development. Exercise

    When I was first entering the emerging adult stage, I began to relize my body was changing for the worse. This meant I would actually have to start going to the gym to workout to stay healthy. This is an example of biosocial during emerging adulthood.
  • Emerging adulthood, cognitive development. College

    Starting college was a very hard thing for me to do, like a lot of 18 year olds. It meant completely doing things on my own and figuring our who I am and what I want to major in. Going to college and facing these issues is an example of cognitive develoopment during emerging adulthood.
  • Adulthood, psychosocial development. Initmacy.

    choosing a person to initmate can be adifficult decision. However choosing who your partner is, is an exmaple of psychosocial development in the adult years of your life.
  • Emerging adulthood, psychosocial development. Choosing my major.

    Choosing a major means choosing where you want to go in life and what you think you will want to do for the rest of your life. For me choosing my major was a huge stress relief and made me a lot more confident in who I am and what I am looking for in life. The rising of my confidence is an example of psychosocial development during emerging adulthood.
  • Adulthood, cognitive development. Expert in my job

    The idea that I have become an "expert" in my job and can do it without really thinking hard about what I have to do is being an adult. This is an example of cognitive development.
  • Adulthood, biosocial development. Contraception

    When you decide to make a baby with someone else and that youre ready for another person to eneter this world under your care, it is called contraception. This is when the baby is actually made. Thisis an example of biosocial development in adulthood.
  • Late- Adulthood, cognitive development. Slower thinking

    As we get older our brains tentd to move a bit slower causing us to think slower. This effects everyone differently but will begin to happen over time. This is when people forget things easier or dont understand new concepts as well as they would have when they were younger.
  • Late- adulthood, biosociial development. Unable to drive a car

    Learning that you are unable to drive a car anymore because you are infact too old and have too many impairments can take a large toll on a person. Thie is an example of biosocial development in your late- adulthood.
  • Late- adulthood, psychosocial development. Becoming frail

    Becoming frail happens to many of the elderly population, this is when your body can not perform its regular daily activities anymore. This is completely normal and called psychosocial development.
  • Death and dying

    I think that I will live a long healthy life all the way to 82 years old. I know many people live older then this but my family has had a very big history with passing away early on and I think with my daily healthy habits I will in fact live a lot longer then that.