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4.1- Memory
My first memory would be of the death of John Belushi in 1982. I was four years old at the time, and I remember watching it on the news. This would most likely be as a result of what Howe and Courage called "understanding self as a psychological entity" -
7.2- Exosystem
My mother and father seperated shortly after I was born for religous reasons. My biological father had converted to the muslim faith some time after he and my mother had married. He was a graduate of UCLA, and he says those days being a muslim, for a black man, was popular. After he converted he tried to convert my pregnant mother. She would not convert. As such ,I grew up Catholic with my mother and step-father as opposed to growing up muslim with my biological father. -
Nicolai's Apgar
Skin color & complexion appear normal . Body temp is normal.
Grimace is quite obviously normal :)
Flexed arms and legs after birth
From the sound of things, breathing is normal.
8lbs 5oz sounds nice and healthy. -
1.1 Birth
I was born on a Friday in Los Angeles, California! -
4.2- First Word
Like most children, my first word was a nominal word, mommy. Obviously this is because my mother was the most important part of my life at that time, and this fits perfectly into what the theory describes. -
6.1- Self Conscious Emotions.
As a child I showed self conscious emotion through my head down smile. My mother told me that whenever I was embarrased or shy, I would put my chin towards my cheast, head down and smile. -
5.1- Kohlberg's & Gender
I would say that Parker is at or less than 4 years of age. Parker shows that she understands gender, but gets confused with some people being male or female, especially friends. Kohlberg says that Gender Identity comes frist, then Gender Stability, and lastly gender constancy. Parker is not quite at the top of stage 1 -
3.1- Preoperational Magnetism
I would teach young children that magnetisim was momy and the object was the baby. And like two objects that are magnetic come together, so do a momy and her baby. -
6.3- Forclosure
I told everyone that I was going to be go to Stanford, be an Olympic Swimmer, and become a Civil Rights Attorney, because my mother and father liked that path for me. I had committed to their world view and identity, but I hadn't explored the other options available to me to chose. -
7.4- Friendship
My first rough and tumble friend was also my first best friend, and a major factor in my development, because this person was also white, and up to that point my exposure to white people had been limited. We would chase each other in either my backyard, or his, as well as riding bikes, rollerblades and skate boards. He had a little sister that had a really big crush on me, according to their mom, and I thought it was really cool. -
6.2- Self control
I had the choice of moving to another state to live with a family and swim for one of the best teams in the country, but I would have to leave home, and everything I was comfortable with. My coach told me that if I trained hard in Southern California that I had a chance, in a few years, to make the Junior National Team. I held off my desire to be a better swimmer right now fr the opportunity being a better swimmer in the future could provide. Not quite like the anal stage. -
1.2 Theories
My mother asked me if i wanted to become my stepfather's son officially. I had always considered my father so i didn't understand what my mom ment, but when she explained that my biological father Frank was still technically my father and if i wanted Michael that way I would have to approve his request for adoption. In Erikson's theory of development this would be the stage known as identity versus identity confusion. Because my mother and stepfather helped me navigate earlier stages I accepted. -
2.3- Evocative Gene Environment
My parents weren't prepared for my athletic success at a young age. I became a nationally ranked USS swimmer when I was 13. My life became really weird shortly after that. Because swimming was going to provide me soo many opportunities I had to do it more than ever before. Twice a day, early in the morning before school, and in the evening after school I swam. Saturday mornings I swam, that is when I wasn't at a swim meet. The restrictions on my teenage years caused me to burn out by 17. -
3.2 Concrete Magnetism
I would teach that magnetism is like wi-fi, we can't see it but it's there working". A magnetic attraction would be a personal computer logging onto wi-fi and talking to another computer over instant messenger. -
7.1- Parental Strategies
Committed compliance is somehing my mother does not believe I displayed as a teenager. According to my mother I was somewhere in the middle. Compliance with my parents request depended on the situation. My mother recalls the choice to let me attend a public high school, as opposed to the all boys private school, Loyola High School, I had attended for 2 year. Apparently, I was critical of them for forcing me into an environment that I did not fit into, so i was allowed to go to Santa Monica High. -
7.3- Crowds and Cliques
By the end of my junior year in high school I found a peer group that I was comfortable with. We were the "north-side" kids. We all grew up North of Wilshire Blvd. In Santa Monica, CA. The group mainly consisted of about 20 or so guys and girls that enjoyed partying together and dating each other. My crowde identification was with a group of athletes, brains, and elites that all shared their attractiveness, personality, and ownership of cars at age 16 as our common bond. -
2.1- Passive Gene Environment Correlation
I am an epicurian. I love to cook almost as much as I love to eat. Some of this had to come from my mom. She married my dad for many reasons, but I'm sure his ability to cook was one of the biggest. It looks like my love for cooking came from my dad, and my love for eating came from my mom. I wonder if my son will be the same way, seeing as I'm married to a foodie. -
3.3- Personal Fable
I used to believe that I was an Atlantian (from Atlantis). I was a pretty good swimmer when I was young, and I had a string of really good luck, bordering on uncanny, that led me to believe I was different. It also helped reading an article that said some Atlantian descendants still exist. -
6.4- Moratorium
After I graduated from high school I spen some time trying to be a musician, writer, producer, comedian, and club promoter. I even picked up boxing for two years, and ran with a rough croud for a few years trying to find "me". I was exploring the many possible alternatives for my identity. Funny, I ended up choosing something close to what my parents had envisioned. -
2.2- Active Gene Environment Correlation
After I quit swimming I realized that I missed that competitive environment that swimming brought me. I found myself soon joining the debate team so that I could participate in a competitive activity once again. I had no idea that I would end up having as much success as a debater as I was able to have, My career as a debater ended in 2010 with my graduation from UOP. -
5.2 Encouraging Gender Schemas
Arts and crafts tended to be gender schematic. There was a box of arts and craft supplies that had projects for oys and projectsfor girls. The division of groups into girls and boys prevented individuals from working on something they like, regardless of gener. Some girls like race-cars and some boys like jewel boxes. -
1.3 Methods
In issues of child abuse it would be crucial to get accurate data from kids, but the psychological power most abusers have can prevent the kids from being honest. I think interviews and Questionnares would be the least effective. I would possibly consider conducting a structured observation and look for "symptoms" of child abuse.
