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Birth
I was Born on 6/17/1999 in a hospital room in just ten minutes, after my mom barely is able to make it on time. -
Infancy: Physical Development
What types of activities did you complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills at infancy childhood adolescence and adult? As an infant, my parents gave me "tummy time" where they would put me on my back, and place several different toys on my stomach. By figuring out how to grab and play with these toys, my parents were encouraging fine motor development. -
Infancy: Cognitive Development
Provide an example of activities that you did during each of Piaget's stages. In the Sensorimotor stage, I would enjoy "tummy time" in which I would experiment with grabbing and manipulating several of the toys that were placed on top of me as a child. -
Infancy: Social
Across all developmental periods how would you define your attachment to your primary caregiver were you securely attached or insecurely attached. How did your attachment affect your development across all developmental periods? As an infant, I was anxious-avoidant attached. I showed little emotion whether my parents were there or not. It become habitual for me to act this way once I reached childhood. -
Infancy: Language
What was your first word? "Dat." "Dada." -
Early Childhood: Health
How many hours of sleep in each stage of childhood did you get? Early Childhood - 10 -
Early Childhood: Social
Across all developmental periods how would you define your attachment to your primary caregiver were you securely attached or insecurely attached. How did your attachment affect your development across all developmental periods? As a child, I was anxious-avoidant attached. I showed little emotion whether my parents were there or not. This began to cause a slight decline in my relationship with my parents, as they thought I was just not affectionate towards them. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
What were some of the strategies that your parents used to increase your vocabulary? Provide an example. My family would always have somebody read to me before bedtime, every single night. I remember I used to read books like "I love you stinky face" and "duck rides a bike". -
Early Childhood: Physical Development
What types of activities did you complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills at infancy childhood adolescence and adult? As a child, my father signed me up with a local little league baseball team. This encouraged my gross motor development. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
Provide an example of activities that you did during each of Piaget's stages. During the preoperational stage, I enjoyed simplistic movement based tasks such as running, jumping, and playing similarly with other children. -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
Across all developmental periods what were some strategies that you used to cope with stress? As a Child, I regularly threw temper tantrums to expel my excess stress. I would scream and flail around over the slightest issue, and although it wasn't healthy, it helped keep my stress in check. -
Middle Childhood: Health
How many hours of sleep in each stage of childhood did you get? Middle Childhood - 9 -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
Provide an example of activities that you did during each of Piaget's stages. During the Concrete Operational stage, I began to immensely enjoy video games. I played video games with an all consuming interest, and participated little in activities that didn't involve video games in some part. -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
Thinking back to your childhood what strategies did your parents use when discussing emotions? Emotion coaching or emotion dismissing? My mother and father differed in this. My father would largely teach me to ignore emotions, and not let them get in the way of my life. My mother, however, encouraged me to be open about my emotions, even going so far as to get me access to a therapist as a kid. In these regards, I would say my father was emotion dismissing while my mother was emotion coaching. -
Late Childhood: Health
How many hours of sleep in each stage of childhood did you get? 8 -
Adolescence: Emotional
Across all developmental periods what were some strategies that you used to cope with stress? I would play video games to relieve my excess stress. While certainly not productive, it wasn't as destructive as throwing temper tantrums on the regular. -
Adolescence: Formal Operational
Provide an example of activities that you did during each of Piaget's stages. As an Adolescent, I really began to enjoy engaging in my history and math classes. I always felt a sense of accomplishment when I was able to overcome a difficult math problem, and visualizing the struggles of history gave me enjoyment to no end. -
Adolescence: Social
Across all developmental periods how would you define your attachment to your primary caregiver were you securely attached or insecurely attached. How did your attachment affect your development across all developmental periods? As an adolescent, I began to become more securely attached to my caregivers. I would be more upset when I wasn't able to stay at home, and this set the stage for my current adulthood situation. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
What types of activities did you complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills at infancy childhood adolescence and adult? As an Adolescent, I developed an absolute addiction to video games. With all of the time I spent playing video games, I further developed my fine motor skills. -
Adolescence: Health
When did you first notice a decline in your senses, and what caused this? When I was a teenager, I began to notice my vision slightly declining. Although its not bad by any means, its not as good as it was before. The reason this happened is likely due to the obscene amount of time I spent on the computer every day. I've downloaded an app that tracks my screen time, and I'm currently averaging 8 hours a day on a school day. It was much worse back then, staying around 13 hours. -
Adolescence: Emotional
How did a loss affect you in development? When I was a senior in high school, I lost two close friends to suicide. Because of this event, I feel like I've become more able to appreciate friendships, and more accurately am able to evaluate the emotional bonds I have between people. For a time after this, I developed some anxiety, and my pre-existing depression got worse. Thankfully, I was able to get past the anxiety, and am able to manage my depressive symptoms much better than before. -
Loss of Two Close Friends
My personal loss of two close friends served a great deal in shaping my current day outlook on life. -
High School Graduation
I graduated from Oak Mountain High School on 5/23/2018, ready for new adventures. -
Adulthood: Social
Early adulthood what is your current identity status, do you identify with identity achievement identity moratorium identity foreclosure or identity diffusion. why do you identify with this identity status? I currently identify with Identity Moratorium. Right now I am taking place in several different pursuits. I'm learning how to program, I'm working as a freelance voice actor, and taking psychology courses in college. I have ample opportunity to experiment with my identity. -
Adulthood: Personality
Did the results of the big 5 test reflect an accurate representation of yourself? What are the characteristics that have remained consistent from childhood to early adulthood? I feel as if the big 5 test accurately reflected some parts of my personality, but I recognize that I might be biased in dealing with the scales I don't agree with. My low conscientiousness has stayed consistent throughout my life. -
Adulthood: Physical Development
What types of activities did you complete to encourage gross and fine motor skills at infancy childhood adolescence and adult? As an adult, I regularly go to the Campus Recreation center to keep myself in shape. This helps enforce and maintain my gross motor development. -
Adulthood: Social
Across all developmental periods how would you define your attachment to your primary caregiver were you securely attached or insecurely attached. How did your attachment affect your development across all developmental periods? As an adult, I am securely attached to both of my caregivers. I began to regret feeling so detached from people I've spent my entire life with, and resolved to get to know them better. This has significantly improved my relationships with my parents. -
Adulthood: Emotional
Across all developmental periods what were some strategies that you used to cope with stress? As an adult, I try to channel my stress for more positive use. Depending on the stress, I may try to clear my head and meditate, or use it as motivation for me to go out and exercise. -
Adulthood: Language
What were / are some dialect terms jargon/slang that you use among your friends? What do those terms mean and in what context would you use it? I currently use the word "Yeet." Yeet is a versatile word which is commonly used as an exclamation, but can also be used as a verb or noun. It is occasionally used as a way to show agreement to a particular idea, but it most commonly used as an exclamation shouted during a forceful movement.
