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Significant Life Events

  • Conception

    Prenatal Development & Birth
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    Germinal Period

    Prenatal Development & Birth: Germinal Period
    The first two weeks of prenatal growth.
    Single cell multiplies into more than 100 cells that eventually form both placenta and embryo; travel down fallopian tube and implanted into uterus.
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    Embryonic Period

    Prenatal Development & Birth: Embryonic Period
    Third through the eighth week after conception.
    The heart begins to beat, and the eyes, ears, and mouth form. By the eighth week, basic organs and features present with the exception of sex organs.
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    Fetal Period

    Prenatal Development & Birth: Fetal Period
    Extends from the ninth week until birth.
    Sexual organs develop; all organs and body structures have formed; brain begins to regulate basic body functions.
  • Anatomy Ultrasound - I am a GIRL

  • Birth

    I was delivered via cesarean section
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    First Two Years

    From birth to 2 years of age Biosocial: Cognitive: Psychosocial:
  • Walking

    Biosocial
  • Feeding Myself

    Biosocial
  • Extensive Talking

    Cognitive
  • Potty Trained

    Psychosocial
  • Baby Sister Karina is Born

    Psychosocial
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    Early Childhood

    Ages 2 to 6
  • First Trip to the Dentist

    Biosocial
  • Started Playing Dress Up

    Psychosocial
  • Ride Bike Without Training Wheels

    Biosocial
  • Started Kindergarten - First School Experience

    Cognitive
  • Learned How to Tie Shoes

    Biosocial
  • Got Chicken Pox

    Biosocial
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    Middle Childhood

    Ages 6 to 11
  • Started Playing the Piano

    Cognitive
  • Baby Sister, Christina, is Born

    Psychosocial
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    Adolescence

    Ages 11 to 18
  • Started Playing Basketball

    Biosocial
  • Started Playing the Drums

    Cognitive
  • First Time I Smoked a Cigarette

    Psychosocial
  • Parents Divorce

    Psychosocial
  • Started My First Real Relationship

    Psychosocial
  • First Menstrual Period

    Biosocial
  • Started Smoking Everyday

  • Graduate High School

    Cognitive
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    Emerging Adulthood

    Ages 18 to 25
  • Graduate from Western Michigan University, Bachelors Degree

    Cognitive
  • Moved to California

    Psychosocial
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    Adulthood

    Ages 25-65
  • Moved Back to Detroit

    Psychosocial
  • First Son, Americo, is Born

    Biosocial
  • Get Engaged

    Psychosocail
  • Get Married

    Psychosocial
  • Go Back to College

    Cognitive
  • First Grey Hair

    Biosocial
  • Second Son, Michelangelo, is Born

    Biosocial
  • Quit Smoking

  • Start Wearing Glasses

    Biosocial
  • Get Accepted to EMU PA School

    Cognitive
  • Start Physician School at EMU

    Cognitive
  • Graduate from Physician Assistant School

    Cognitive
  • Have Third Child

    Biosocial
  • Family Vacation to Disneyland

  • First Child Starts College

    Psychosocial
  • Start Taking Care of Parents

    Psychosocial
  • Father Dies

    Psychosocial
  • Second Child Starts College

    Psychosocial
  • Third Child Starts College

    Psychosocial
  • Become a Grandparent

    Psychosocial
  • Second Grandchild is Born

    Psychosocial
  • Third Grandchild is Born

    Psychosocial
  • Mother Dies

    Psychosocial
  • Begin Retirement

    Psychosocial
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    Late Adulthood

    65 to age of death (87)
  • Fourth Grandchild is Born

    Psychosocial
  • Fifth Grandchild is Born

    Psychosocial
  • Travel to Europe

  • Take a Photography Class

    Cognitive
  • Take a Painting Class

    Cognitive
  • Need to Use a Hearing Aide

    Biosocial
  • Major Heart Surgery

    Biosocial
  • My Death