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Diving into the one-word stage!
I was just 4 months old when I spoke my first words, "line one" at the bank with my mom. During this time I only repeated what the bank teller said, but my outburst of coherent language showed that I was in the one-word stage of language development because I was able to convey my needs in one-word phrases. In this picture I tell my dad, "up" so that he will lift me up. -
I can walk!
I started walking when I was 9 months old. In this picture, I am exactly one year old and I am able to support my own weight and move around on my two legs showing the maturity of my muscles helping me to walk. -
My first kiss!?!?
My best friend when I was a toddler was a girl named Rachel. In this, picture she is shown trying to kiss me. I was only faintly aware of what kissing was at my young age and I reflected the preconventional stage of moral development because I was acting in my self interests by resisting the kiss. -
Wanted for Stealing!
When I was a toddler, I was obsessed with the Wild West. I was so into it that I sometimes acted out the role of a cowboy. In this picture I pose as a guilty cowboy who is running from the law, exhibiting my experience of fantasy play that is involved with Piaget's preoperational stage of cognitive development. -
Winning a chess tournament!
I used to be a really good chess player but I stopped playing competitively when I was 10 years old. In this picture, I have just won another chess tournament at the age of 8. Chess requires the understanding of conservation and valuation of the pieces. Since I was so good at chess, I showed a competence for the idea of conservation, thus I was in Piaget's concrete operational stage of cognitive development. -
First Day of Third Grade!
When I was 9 years old I just started the third grade. I was able to cope with the new academic demands suggesting that I was a more industrious child in the industry vs. inferiority stage of Erickson's psychosocial development. -
Friends in Mexico
In this picture I was just finishing childhood at 13 years old and I was on my annual winter break vacation to Mexico with my four friends. My ability to create everlasting social relationships showed my sense of self in the identity vs. role confusion stage of Erickson's psychosocial development. -
Improvisation in Paris!
This is a picture that my dad took of me last summer when we were visit the Army Museum in Paris. I am seen taking a selfie in front of a cannonball. I make sure to angle my phone and my head that makes it seem that I am about to be blasted in the face by a cannon. My ability to abstractly determine which angle of my head and camera will most likely cause my desired effect showed that I was in Piaget's formal operational stage of cognitive development. -
Staying Classy 3,000 miles from home
This picture was take just this last New Years Eve. My parents have instilled in me that for special occasions, such as New Years, I had to dress extra fancy. I was also developing this value of the need to dress well. My understanding of the value placed on dressing nice in my specific group of close friends and family shows that I was in the postconventional stage of moral development. -
Do you even lift bro?
This picture was taken just this past winter break in Mexico. I was working out constantly before I went to Mexico which is why my arms are so built up. However, I also have to thank my physical development in the form of puberty for increasing my production of testosterone and allowing me to get much stronger.
