DE psychology timeline

  • BIRTH

    I was born
  • The first two years body and mind

    The first two years body and mind
    Gross motor skills: Deliberate actions that coordinate may parts of the body, producing large movements
    Ex: I used to jump around a lot when I was 2
  • The first two years: the social world

    The first two years: the social world
    separation anxiety: Clinging and crying when a comforting caregiver is about to leave.
    Ex: I used to cry a lot when I was 1 when my mother would leave
  • Early childhood: The social world

    Early childhood: The social world
    Rough and tumble play: play that seems to be rough, as in wrestling and chasing but in which there is no intent to harm.
    Ex: me and my brother hitting each other with foam noodles.
  • Early childhood: Body and mind

    Early childhood: Body and mind
    mentor: Someone who teaches a person, like peers, relatives, teachers, and parents
    Ex: My teacher in preschool
  • Middle childhood: Body and mind

    Middle childhood: Body and mind
    Concrete operational thought: Piaget's term for the ability to reason logically about direct experiences and perceptions.
    Ex: I understood that jail cells are not typically places of joy, remembering the way they were described hence my reaction in the picure
  • Middle childhood: the social world

    Middle childhood: the social world
    Family Structure: The legal and genetic relationships among relatives living in the same home.
    Ex: I have a Nuclear family, which is 2 biological parents and biological siblings
  • Adolescence: the social world

    Adolescence: the social world
    Identity vs role confusion: Erikson's fifth stage of development, when people wonder who am I? but are confused about which of many possible roles to adopt
    Ex: I still don't have set in stone what I'm gonna do when I'm older or what my role is
  • Adolescence: Body and mind

    Adolescence: Body and mind
    Puberty: The time between the first onrush of hormones and full adult physical development
    Ex: when I started to grow in height, and started to have psychological changes caused by such as mood swings