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Prenatal Development and Birth
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The First Two Years
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Biosocial Development
By this time, my body was beginning to become more proportioned, and was half of what my adult body would be. My fine motor skills were beginning to develop and movement and reflexes were coming easier than ever. My senses were becoming much stronger and I was beginning to be able to tell other's voices from my mother's. -
Psychosocial Development
My parents always showed me a lot of love and affection. I was very comfortable in my own environment, as well as other environments. I always found a way to keep myself busy if my parent's weren't able to interact with me at any point in time, but always got attention when it was needed. -
Cognitive Development
By this time, I have begun learning how to pinpoint words with actions. Language is coming easier to me and I am able to put a meaning onto certain words. With learning these things, I am started to see what is right and what is wrong. My parent's are interacting with me, and I am starting to do things on my own. -
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The Play Years
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The School Years
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Cognitive Development
By this time I am able to look at a picture, and take some sort of meaning from it. I can do the same while looking at an object or person. I can tell certain people from others, but have not yet been able develop a thought according to logic. -
Psychosocial Development
By this time, I am aware of the things I am capable of, and the things I am not capable of. I know the things that I enjoy, and the things I do not enjoy so much. I am aware of the things that I am afraid of and the things that make me upset. I learn from what others teach me, and I am influenced by experiences whether they are negative or positive. -
Biosocial Development
During these years, I am starting to grow in both body fat and height. I have lost a couple of teeth and my adult teeth are starting to grow in. My brain is developed to ninety percent by the age of six. It is easier for me to maintain good posture on my own. -
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Adolescence
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Biosocial Development
By this time I have grown to almost my adult size. My brain is fully developed by the end of my senior year and I am ready to take on the world. My physical strength is just about as strong as the average young man. -
Cognitive Development
By this time I am fully capable of solving problems on my own and coming up with good scenerios for certain situations. I know what I like and don't like and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill these needs. I have a good sense of self confidence and I am ready to become an adult. -
Psychosocial Development
By this time I am aware of my surroundings, and the things that are happening in the world around me. I know what is right and what is wrong, and I know the consequences and rewards I get for doing these "things". -
Biosocial Development
By this time, I am starting to notice many changes in my appearance and the way I think. My body is growing taller, and I'm getting my first blemishes. My hormones are through the roof and I'm extremely touchy on almost every situation. -
Cognitive Development
At this point in time, I'm beginning to wonder how others are percieving me. No matter what I do, I am constantly taking others feelings into consideration before making any moves. I feel as if I am always being judges or looked at as something I am not. -
Psychosocial Development
At this moment in time, I am unsure of who I am as an idividual. I'm paying close attention to what others are doing, and I see some things that I may be interested in doing. But taking a leap to do these things is sometimes the hardest decision I've had to make. I'm learning about sex, drugs, and other crisies kids my age go through. -
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Emerging Adulthood
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Adulthood
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Biosocial Development
By this time I am extremely self conscious about my weight and am constantly trying to better myself physically. I have been more educated about drugs and sex than I have throughout my entire life. -
Cognitive Development
By this time, I am having a hard time following my heart and I'm letting my head get the best of me. I may know what is right, but I'm having a hard time doing just that. Instead of worrying about what others are constantly thinking of me, I am wrapped up in my own head and conscerned merely with doing what I believe is right for me. -
Psycosocial Development
By this time, I am very involved in an intimate relationship. I am very focused on figuring out my life before I put another's life in my hands. I am commited to my partner, but until I have education and work figured out, I refuse to worry about someone elses future. This goes for both marriage and children. -
Biosocial Development
By this time my body is changing. For the most part, it is not for the best. My skin is beginning to wrinkle, I'm beginning to get bags under my eyes, my body is not as flattering as it was when I was twenty years old. Some of my eating habits may not be the best, but I still have some control of my health habits. -
Cognitive Development
By this time, my beliefs are set in stone for the most part. I know what I'm doing with my life, but I may have some strong opinions on some of the things I see others doing. I have a few hobbies in which I take very seriously, but I still try and have an open mind to learning new and exciting things. -
Psychosocial Development
By this time, I am more of a homebody than the social butterfly I was in my younger years. I enjoy spending my time home on the weekends rather than out on the town all night long. My intimacy level has decreased rapidly and a lot of the times it may not even phase me. -
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Late Adulthood
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Cognitive Development
By this time, many of my memories still remain, but things I may have learned or heard recently are easily slipping my mind. My brain is still functioning, but it is definitely functioning MUCH slower than it did when I was younger. Many of the things I never believed in, have become a huge part of my life. I'm more involved in religion and believing that there is in fact a higher power. -
Psychosocial Development
By this time, I have a steady family who takes good care of me. I am happily married and my husband and I both have retired and have enough money to get us by for the rest of our lives. We keep close contact with friends and family. They help my partner and I to stay active and get our daily exersize to make sure we have the longest life possible. -
Death and Dying
I took a life expectancy test in a previous psychology class and my expected year of death is when I am 95 years old. -
Biosocial Development
By this time, my body is aging on it's own no matter what I do to stop it. This is something that cannot be changed. Even though I may not enjoy that this is happening to me, I have learned to accept it completely. My brain is also slowing down and it is becoming much harder for me to complete most of my everyday tasks on my own.