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BIRTH
I was born -
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
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
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
mentor: Someone who teaches a person, like peers, relatives, teachers, and parents
Ex: My teacher in preschool -
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
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
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
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