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Birth
I was born! -
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My life so far
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Infancy: Cognitive Development
As a baby, I was obsessed with playing peek-a-boo and found it extremely entertaining. This is because I was still in the sensorimotor stage and had not yet established abject permanence. So every time my mother would pop out from behind her hands, I would laugh in surprise. -
Infancy: Physical Development
I began walking at about 11 months. -
Infancy: Emotional Development
As a baby, my temperament was a little shy and timid as I would often cry while meeting strangers. In this aspect, I was difficult but I often loved being with my parents. -
Infancy: Emotional Development
As a baby, I think I was definitely insecurely attached based on the stories my mother told me. She would drop me off at daycare and I would cry all day and the workers were never able to comfort me or stop me from crying. Even when my mom came back to get me, I would still be very upset and cry for a while until I actually went back home. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
I used to be obsessed with the television show Blues Clues. I also loved the color blue and it was always my favorite color. It is interesting to see if the color blue became my favorite due to the concept formation idea. -
Brother was born!
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Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
I loved to play pretend with my friends when I was a little kid. I was in the preoperational stage, so pretending and using symbolic thinking, using other objects to symbolize other things was a big deal. My friends and I would hide underneath tables and say it was our fort. We would also use pencils as swords. -
Sister was born!
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Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
To improve language acquisition, my parents would continuously encourage me to read and would purposely incorporate different words when speaking to me so I would learn new words. I remember always complaining to my dad that I did not know what he was saying because I did not know what some of the words he said meant. However, now I know that my parents did it help me learn new words. -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
In my early childhood years, I was definitely a lot more social and I was very eager to learn. I loved going to school and spending time meeting new people in my class, soccer team, or girl scout troop. So I think my behaviors and attitude had a huge shift especially compared to my shy temperament in infancy. -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
I first truly understood the difference in intelligence and the comparison of it in school when I became part of what was considered the "gifted" program in elementary school. Many of my peers called me and the other students in the program 'nerds' which made me realize that we were considered above average in terms of intelligence. This was an interesting realization because I think since this experience, I was a lot more motivated to do well in school and maintain this image of being "smart." -
Middle/Late Childhood: Physical Development
I played soccer throughout my childhood so I got physical exercise quite often. I would typically ride my bike with my friends after school. I loved playing soccer as a kid, it was my favorite sport. Also, I loved getting to play with my friends. -
Middle/Late Childhood: Physical Development
Playing soccer required a lot of gross motor skills to run and kick the soccer ball. I would also play keeper, so catching and punting the ball would also require gross motor skills. Riding my bike required gross motor skills to pedal the bike. -
Middle/Late Childhood: Cognitive Development
In elementary school, my favorite subject was math. The basic addition and subtraction made sense since it is extremely logical. The logical concepts were perfect for my brain in the concrete operational stage. Basic math requires logical thinking, but algebra was a little too difficult for my brain to handle. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
I quit playing soccer once I got to high school so my physical activity definitely dropped in that aspect. However, I was in the high school marching band which practiced everyday. So I was still able to receive a decent amount of physical exercise. I really enjoyed being in band. However, this was only in the fall so I definitely had a lack of physical activity in the spring. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
Marching band required a lot of gross motor skills and fine motor skills. The actual marching aspect is mainly the use of gross motor sills. However, I play the piccolo which requires fine motor skills to use the correct fingerings to play the correct notes. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
My most important relationship in adolescence was my friendship with my best friend, Megan. Considering Sternberg's Theory of Love, I think it could be considered an affectionate love. However, it was a friendship it may seem different from a dating relationship. Plus, neither of us had significant others, so we spent majority of our time together. A lot of people considered us inseparable. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
When I was a senior in high school, I was in the formal operations stage. At this time in my life, I was really focused on deciding where I would go to college. I was able to think abstractly and hypothetically about the future and figure out which college would be the best fit for me. -
Graduated from James Clemens High School
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Early Adulthood: Physical Development
I am currently a member of the UAB Marching Blazers. On the days we have practice and on gamedays, so about 4 days a week, I get a good amount of physical exercise. I do not regularly work out besides this. However, most of the time I walk a lot to get to all my classes and try to take the stairs. I enjoy the activities I do now, but I probably should get more exercise. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
Similar to my high school marching band, being in the UAB Marching Blazers requires gross and fine motor skills. Marching around the field uses gross motor skills. Playing my piccolo requires fine motor skills to move my fingers to play the music. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
Since coming to college, my relationships have not been as connected or deep. I think they are intimate but are really lacking other aspects of Sternberg's theory of love. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
As a college student, I spend a lot of my time thinking about the future and hypothetical situations. For example, I ponder what my career will be like or if I will attend graduate school. Since I am in the formal operational stage, I am able to think in this abstract way about the future and things that have not occurred. -
Early Adulthood: Emotional Development
My closest relationship right now is with my best friend. I would say it is a secure attachment because we are both able to provide support for each other pretty much all the time. We find comfort in our friendship and it is a relationship I cherish a lot.
