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Sensorimotor Stage - Piaget
According to Piaget, from birth to 2 years, babies absorb the world through their senses and actions. In this picture, I was 8 months old and I was "experiencing" the world by touching and grasping my uncle's glasses. Events like this one helped me to develop object permanence and to create a bond with my close family members. -
Infancy Stage (Trust vs. mistrust) - Erikson
According to Erikson, if babies' needs are met, infants develop a sense of basic trust. This trust is attributted to early parenting (loving and sentitive). In this picture, my parents and I are together with a lot of love and care. This is important for me to live life with trust rather than fear, as my needs were satisfied in the past. -
Toddlerhood Stage (Autonomy vs. same and doubt) - Erikson
According to Erikson, in this stage children learn to exercise their will and to accomplish things for themselves. In this picture I was 3 years old and I had decided to paint my nails by myself. This was important to create my autonomy once I stated to believe in my abilities to do something. This autonomy is very important to me to become a capable and independent individual. -
Preoperational Stage - Piaget
According to Piaget, from 2 to 6-7 years old, children represent things with images and words using their intuitive reaoning. In this picture, I am about 3 years old and I'm playing pretend play. Events like this one helped me to develop theory of mind and comprehend my egocentrism enabling me to appreciate other's beliefs and to live/relate in a society. -
Preschool Stage (Iniciative vs. guilty) - Erikson
According to Erikson, from 3 to 6 years old children lean to do tasks and to carry out plans to not feel guilty. In this picture I was 4 years old and I wanted to help my grandmother to cook so I put a chair in the kitchen to work too. This was important to incentivate my iniciative and effort to be independent, both characteristics to be successful in life. -
Elementary School Stage (Industry vs. inferiority) - Erikson
According to Erikson, from 6 years to puberty, children learns to apply themselves to task or they feel inferior. In 2006 (6 years) my father encourage me to enter the music group from my school. I was the youngest one and I had to perform the same songs of the older students. This was important to create my self-confidence and my sense of competence, two necessary skills to progress in my development. -
Preconventional Morality - Kohlberg
When I was 7 (2nd grade) I did all my homework so that the school didn't need call my parents as the teacher did with my classmates who didn't turn in their work. According to Kohlberg, in the preconventional morality level, the child's morality focus on doing the right to avoid punishment or to gain rewards. Events like this were important to create my basic understanding that doing the right is important, allowing me to build up to a more advanced level of moral reasoning. -
Concrete Operational Stage - Piaget
According to Piaget, from about 7 to 11 years, children starts to think logically about the events that happened to them, understand analogies and perform arithmetical operations. In this picture, I was doing my homework which involved math and language. This is important to create my base for understanding how the world works and consequently to progress in my cognitive develoment. -
Conventional Morality - Kohlberg
I joined the JPM (a group in the school that did services for the community) to show to my friends that I cared for others. According to Kohlberg, in conventional morality, moral reasoning is focused on doing the right just because it is the right or to seek social approval. Events like this were important because they formed a base for the development of my postconventional morality. -
Formal Operational Stage - Piaget
According to Piaget, from 12 years through adulthood, our reasoning expands to abstract thinking and problem solving. This is a photo of a pop stick bridge my class and I were assigned to construct in 90 minutes. We used logic to quickly solve hypothetical problems with our bridge and to avoid any future problem. Events like this develop my abstract logic reasoning and increase my potential for mature moral reasoning, both essential elements to live in a society -
Adolescence (Identity vs. role confusion) - Erikson
According to Erikson, in this stage teenagers work to refine their sense of self and to create their identity. In this picture I was in the mall with my friends in the role of "friend". My interaction with them is important for me to test and integrate different roles to form my unique identity (for instance, finding a balance from the "me" at home and the "me" with them). -
Young adulthood (Intimacy vs. isolation) - Erikson
According to Erikson, in this stage adults struggle to form close relationships with other and to find intimate love. In my young adulthood, with 28 years approximatedly, I will marry the my love. This is important to fortify my emotional side so I don't feel socially isolated and I can progress in life. -
Postconventional Morality - Kohlberg
Someone depositted a large amount of money in my account unintentionally and I called the agency explaining the misplacement of the money and returned the it. I wasn't seeking for social approval or benefits from my action as I only did this because I believed that if the money isn't mine it's not my right to keep it. According to Kohlberg, in postconventional morality, the person do the right thing due to her own beliefs. This strengthen my moral reasoning, which is essetial for a society. -
Middle Adulthoodd (Generativity vs. Stagnation) - Erikson
In this stage, people need to find a sense that they are contributing to the world. With 45 years I will be building my second company that is destinated to help people in critical conditions. This is important to fulfill my need of accomplishment so that I don't feel a lack of purpose and stagnate in life. -
Late Adulthood (Integrity vs. Dispair) - Erikson
In this stage, people reflect on their life to feel like they succeded or that they failed. In my 90's I will be looking back and realizing that I have a great family and life and that I contrubuted to world. This feeling of accomplishment is important for me to be stable and strong to live some more years of my great life with youth and happiness.
