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Birth
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Infancy: Cognitive Development
What was my first word? Apparently, my first word was “bottle,” and my second word (which occurred only a few seconds later) was “hungry.” -
Infancy: Physical Development
How much did I sleep?
Not nearly as regularly as my parents wanted, naturally. But, on average, throughout one day, I would sleep about 15 hours. -
Infancy: Physical Development
What types of activities did I complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills?
I played with those bead toys a lot (see image). -
Infancy: Emotional Development
What was my temperament classification according to Rothbart and Bates temperamental classifications? How did my temperament affect my parent’s goodness of fit?
I was high surgency, low negative affect, and low effortful control. This worked very well because I was (in the words of my mom) “a very happy baby” and when I did get upset she was able to soothe me quickly. -
Infancy: Emotional Development
How would I define my attachment to my primary caregiver? Was I securely or I securely attached? How did my attachment affect my development?
I was definitely securely attached. I had what my parents called “Mama radar” because if my mom went a certain number of feet away from me, I started crying. As soon as she came back in my line of sight, I was happy again.
I talked early, but walked late, so I don’t know what that means. -
Early Childhood: Physical Development
How much did I sleep?
Usually about 12 hours, and I didn’t take naps very often. -
Early Childhood: Physical Development
What types of activities did I complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills?
I did a lot of coloring at this age. In fact, I have this one memory of sitting at my little white table next to my window and coloring while I waited for my dad to come home from work. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
What type of memory strategies did I use?
I’m going to be honest with you; I didn’t remember anything at this age. If I forgot my neighbor’s name, I picked a new one to call him. If I couldn’t remember where I’d put a toy, I asked my mom to help me find it. -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
How would I define my attachment to my primary caregiver? Was I securely or insecurel6 attached? How did my attachment affect my development?
I was securely attached, and since I entered preschool already knowing how to read, I think it had a definite positive effect on my development. -
I get glasses
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Middle/Late Childhood: Physical Development
How much did I sleep?
About 10 hours, usually -
Middle/Late Childhood: Physical Development
What types of activities did I complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills?
I remember riding my bike a lot, and I also enjoyed playing with things like Lincoln Logs.
I also would write my own stories based off these sticker packets where a cute looking rat did all sorts of fun things, like read books or go surfing. -
Middle/Late Childhood: Emotional Development
What were some strategies that I used to cope with stress?
I would start to hyperventilate and rely on my mom to both calm me down and fix whatever was stressing me out. (I know, this isn’t a good tactic, but I didn’t develop healthy strategies until, like, 2018.) -
Middle/Late Childhood: Cognitive Development
What were some of the strategies that my parents used to increase my vocabulary?
My parents always encouraged me to read, and since I loved reading, it wasn’t difficult. I remember this one time I was at school, and the teacher took us to the library and told us to pick out a chapter book. I wandered into the “big kids” section and picked up a book in The Chronicles of Narnia. My teacher told me it was too advanced, but my mom disagreed, so she ordered the whole series for me online. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
What were some strategies I used to cope with stress? As an adolescent, my only “strategy” was to ignore the situation causing me stress and hope that it went away. (This rarely worked.) -
Adolescence: Physical Development
How much did I sleep?
Around six hours was my average. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
What types of activities did I complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills?
I played a lot of video games and wrote far too many essays by hand. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
What type of memory strategies did I use?
Sometimes I wrote things on my arm (even though my mom told me not to), and sometimes I asked other people to remind me; when they inevitably forgot to remind me, I remembered that I had asked them to remind me of something, which helped me remember what I needed to remember. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
What were some dialect terms that I used among friends? What did the terms mean and in what context?
“Wicked” or “cool” meant that I liked the thing. “Whatever” meant you were bored or annoyed. “Chilling” means that you’re relaxing, but if you tell someone to “chill” they’ll probably get mad at you. “Legit” is kind of close to wicked or cool, but it’s different. I can’t quite explain how or why, but it just is. -
Diagnosed with migraines
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First Time Voting
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Early Adulthood: Physical Development
How much do I sleep?
Sometimes less than four hours, sometimes over 12.
If you average those two, you get 8. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
What type of memory strategies do I use?
I have a planner where I write my assignments, appointments, and deadlines. If I have something super urgent that I need to remember that day, I write it on my hand/arm. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
What are some dialect terms that I use among friends? What do the terms mean and in what context?
“Savage” is a compliment for a person. Calling someone “fam” means they’re like family to you. “Gucci” means good, and you’d use it to ask/say if/that everything is okay. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
Does knowing my IQ change how I think about myself? How did my IQ affect my schooling?
Not really because it’s around where I thought it’d be.
Well, in elementary school I was in the gifted program, and after we moved my parents put me in a college preparatory school. So, I’d say it had an affect.
(By the way, my IQ was tested when I was a child, so my parents knew, but they wouldn’t tell me what it was.) -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Which identity status do I identify with and why?
I think I’m in identity moratorium. I haven’t quite figure myself out just yet, but I’m open to discovering who I am and what my role in this world will be. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
Take the Big Five Personality Test. Do the results reflect an accurate representation of yourself? What are the characteristic that have remained consistent?
I think my results are very accurate. My neuroticism is higher than I predicted, but now that I think about it, the test is right.
My openness, agreeableness, and contentiousness have remained consistent over the years.
However, my extraversion and neuroticism have both totally flipped. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
What are some strategies that I use to cope with stress?
If I feel a panic attack coming on, I try to figure out why I’m anxious. If I can do that, I determine whether or not the anxious feeling fits the situation. If it does, I work on fixing the problem. If it doesn’t, I focus on soothing the feeling.
Having a planner has helped me prevent some anxiety attacks because I’m able to plan ahead. I also have a eucalyptus candle in my room that I can smell when I’m anxious for no apparent reason.
