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Prenatal Development: The Germinal Period
The first 14 days after conception the one cell zygote divides and becomes a blastocyst. -
Prenatal Development: The Embryonic Period
The 3rd to 8th week after conception, the blastocyst is now called an embryo ( the developing human). -
Prenatal Development: The Fetal Period
The ninth week after conception to birth, the embryo is now called a fetus and dramatic growth changes occur. -
Birth
It's a healthy baby girl! I was born to LaTanya Campbell at 5:40 p.m., I weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces. -
First Two Years: Biosocial
I am a chubby toddler weighing 30 pounds and I am just about 2 feet tall. I learn to walk at 9 months old. By the age of 2 unable to walk unassisted. -
First Two Years: Cognitive
I am bottle fed and my sucking reflex is good. By the age of 2, I am able to say many different words, according to my mother eat was my favorite. -
First Two Years: Psychosocial
I sleep in a toddler bed next to my mom and dads bed. I don't like the dark, my mom buys me a glow worm to light up the darkness, it gives me much comfort. I spend a lot of time with my dad, when he goes to work I cry a lot. -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
I'm taller and no longer a chubby toddler, I've become a thin girl. I can climb my bunk bed with ease and I love to run. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
When I was 3 I swallowed a penny because I wanted to know what it taste like. In preschool I learned lots of rhymes and songs like three blind mice and where is thumpkin. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
At 4 years old my mom and I leave Mississippi to move to Detroit, I did not want to leave my dad. We lived with my aunt and uncle, and my cousin became like a sister to me. When I was 6 my mom moved into her own place and I cried because I had to leave my cousin; I felt lonely at our new home. -
Middle Childhood: Biosocial
I am thinner than the average child my age. I have long slim fingers, which make playing the flute an easy task. -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive
My third grade teacher tells me I have very good comprehension skills. In the fourth grade I join academic games; a math program for children who excel at math. -
Middle Childhood: Psychosocial
My best friends are my friends from preschool and I love hanging out with them. I'm not interested in boys just yet. At 11 years old I joined the marching band, I like socializing with everyone and going on our various field trips. -
Adolescence: Biosocial
My menstrual cycle begins at the age of 13. I have become every interested in the opposite sex, I kiss a boy for the first time. I am still a thin girl, but my breast are larger than most girls my age. I worry about gaining weight and try not to over eat. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
To avoid being bullied, I have become an introvert. I don't have many friends outside of church and often times feel lonely. I didn't have a boyfriend until I was seventeen. I did not like taking my mother's advice and wanted very much to not be anything like her. I drank a couple of times, but never smoked or did illegal drugs. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
At 14 my grades fall due to me focusing more on boys than my grades. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
At 15 I begin to focus on my studies and staying out of trouble with girls (bullies) and boys. My grades have greatly improved and I maintain staying on the honor roll until I graduate from high school at the age of 17. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
At 18 I decide to take a break from school and get a full time job, I feel it will give me time to really know what I want to do with my life. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
At 18 I attend Wayne State Univesity. I chose Engineering as my major; as my mother insturcted. I'm taking five classes and I'm feeling mentally and emotinally overwhelmed. I begin to think college is not for me. -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
I am feel health and strong. I'm 19 and I've become pregnant with my first child. I'm eating well and taking vitamins. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
I am almost 19 and pregnant, I'm worried and consider giving the baby up for adoption. I love the idea of having a family and being a stay-at-home mom, but I also feel I'm too young for these thoughts. -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
At the age of 23 I begin to lift weights in hopes of gaining more muscle mass, my body acculmates to it very well. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
I have my second child at the age of 26. I have put on a consideral amount of muscle after 3 years of weight-lifting. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
I am 26 and I love the idea of staying at home and raising children, I want to have seven children.I like being physically fit, it is the one thing I feel I can control. I'm 65 years old and retired fromthe nusing field; I have had 4 children who have given me many wonderful grandchildren; I find comfort in family. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
At the age of 33 I attend Schoolcraft College in hopes of obtaining my Nursing degree. I have reasoned that the medical field is both finacially lucrative and provides job security. I maintain a 3.6 G.P.A., allowing me to stay in the honor's society; I graduate in 2017. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
I'm 50 years old still lifting weights and eating healthy, all in the hopes of avoiding the health issues my mother faces due to poor exercise and diet habits. I am also going through menopause. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
At the age of 50, my husband is my best friend; we have made it through many ups and downs. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I've been a nurse for 14 years; my vocabulary skills have greatly changed and imporved; I am a good communicator. -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
I love to work in my garden, making meals from the fresh produce I grow. I am still lifting weights (LInda Wood-Hoyte is my roll model) to fight the effects of aging on the body. I also eat a healty diet that helps me to avoid high blood pressure, which is common in my family. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
I socialize often with my friends. I teach children's church at the church I attend weekly. My husband and I like talking to and counseling our children and grandchildren. I still love to dance. I also love going on family trips. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I wear glasses consistently now, my vision is not what it was. I have gained wisdom thourgh many life experiences. I have a pretty good memory, mostly because I don't like being wrong. Cardio has helped me to avoid stress and depression due to the release endorphins, it has also helped me to keep my brain in a healthy state. -
Late Adulthood: Dying
I have lived a full and joyful life. I die at the age of 92 years olds. I pass away in my sleep at home with my husband. According to my faith I will rest until I'm ressurected upon the return of Jesus Christ; I will then live eternally in his heavenly kingdom. -
Adulthood: Death
I will be cremated, my family will scatter my ashes, and hopefully remember only the good times they had with me.