Developmental Psychology

By soensjl
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    My First Year

  • My Birth

    On Feburary 6th 1992. I was born in New york City
  • Psychosocial

    By early spring when I was about 7 weeks old. I have plenty of pictures of me smiling and laughing and crying.
  • Cognitive

    At 8 months I said my first words: Mama and kitty.
  • Bisocial

    At 9 months I began taking steps, by 10 months I was walking and after 11 months never sitting still.
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    The Play Years

  • Bisocial

    I have always been pretty independent and started picking out my own clothes and wanting to make my own rules about what I can wear.
  • Psychosocial

    I always enjoyed playing with sports and was really involved in child tots. I loved stufed animals and would take care of them if anything went wrong.
  • Cognitive

    By 5 years old I could read books that had lots of pictures and few words.
  • Biosocial

    I began playing sports. In the first grade I tried out sports like gymnastics and soccer.
  • Cognitive

    In third grade we began to learn french and spanish and were told to choose which language to continue.
  • Psychosocial

    I started my independence, my mother would let me earn an allowance and go to sleepovers and movies with friends.
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    Adolescence

  • Biosocial

    Started to hangout with friends more and my friends and I dressed like the star athletes trying to fit in.
  • Psychosocial

    Still depended on my parents for food and a few extra dollars, but I began to become an individual and make my own decisions.
  • Cognitive

    Began thinking with more abstract logic and thinking about what I needed to do for the future. My parents put in my head the importance of the ACT test and other placement tests.
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    Emerging Adulthood

  • Cogntive

    Started college and had plans for my future.Was lucky enough to only have to take out a few loans and think of ways to pay it off in the future.
  • Biosocial

    Exercised when I could and tried to keep healthy. I became a vegeterian this year in hopes to be healthier.
  • Psychosocial

    Plan to have a serious relationship with commitment to one another.
  • Psychosocial

    Plan on getting married and staying together for the rest of my life,raising a family together and keeping a healthy relationship.
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    Adulthood

  • Cognitive

    Plan to be working as a nurse already and going back to get my masters degree.
  • Biosocial

    Plan to work and have a family while still maintaing a healthy lifestyle.
  • Psychosocial

    Plan to retire and if still healthy and able, perhaps move to a foreign country and help out in some sort.
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    Late Adulthood

  • Biosocial

    Plan to stay active, getting a dog and walking the roads. Also moving upnorth to be with my family on the Traverse Bay.
  • Cognitive

    I will try to keep my mind strong, playing lots of games with my spouse and grand children.