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Prenatal Development
Biosocial: Brain development, physical development, as the gestation period comes to an end, distinction of gender differentation and distinct physical features become apparent. -
Birth
Psychosocial: attachment to parents, in particular my mother, and others I closely interacted with, such as my grandparents. -
First year
Biosocial: Growth in physical size apparent, as well as increased muscle strenght and bone growth Cognitive: Increase thought processes and awareness of myself. Also modeling of others and mimicking. By my first birthday, first words were apparent. -
Second Year
Biosocial: Continue to grow physically, both muscularly and bone structure. Able to crawl and walk with assistance. Cognitive: Continue to increase thought processes, awareness of others, speaking abilities increase. Psycosocial: Increased interaction with others and curosity of others and thier actions. Still showing attachment to parents and close relatives and household cat. -
Started pre-school
Biosocial: physical deveolpment apparent, able to walk and talk very well. Cogntive: Able to think about others and consquences to my actions more so than previously. Psycosocial: Now in school, interacting with my peers much more, which includes their influences on my behaviors and thoughts now. Emotional attachement to parents sitll evident, in particular when they leave for work or drop me off at school. This attachment becomes less so as the school year progresses and I enjoy school. -
Start Kindergarten
Cognitive: increased thinking abilities, including language and counting and compartamentalizing ideas. Psycosocial: increased social interactions with others, better understanding of "right" and "wrong" behaviors. -
Fourth Grade Detention
Detention (not able to go outside for recess for one week) because I turned in a project two days late. Psycosocial: Better understanding of actions and consquences. Also, starting to worry/care about what peers think of me. -
Started Middle School
Biosocial: Growth spurt starting Cognitive: Able to process multiple things at once easier, able to understand more complex thoughts and ideas. Psycosocial: More concerned with appearance and impressions of peers, starting to be interested in boys other than just as friends. -
Started High School
BIosocial: Evening out in height with classmates, slight start of female physical develpment, started running as part of the high school cross country team. Cognitive: The stress and pressure of increase class work demands and extracurricular activities made the first semester very hard, but with a routine and better understanding, the second semester and subsequent years were easier. Psycosocial: Greater peer interactions and pressures, including pressure to date boys. -
High School Graduation
Cognitive: Excited but also nervous thoughts about the future and college experiences. Psycosocial: Happy to be moving on from high school, not feeling as emotionally attached to the experiences during high school as many of my classmates seemed to be. -
Started College
Started classes at Alma College, also running cross country for the school, and working as a research lab assistant. Biosocial: Female physical features now strongly apparent, increased muscle and bone structure from running high mileage with the team. Cognitive: Much higher demands of classes, as well as learning to balance the classes along with varsity athletics and resarch lab work. Psycosocial: Increased interactions with peers in close settings of dorms and cafeteria. -
Graduated from College
Cognitive: After many college experiences, I am able to think in a broader perspective and approach problems in multiple ways. Also able to relate different topics to each other. Psycosocial: Social interacitons are much easier, able to meet new people without feeling self concious, better self conficence, formed many strong emotional attachments to close friends during college. -
Started Job at Dialysis Clinic
Biosocial: Hired as a patient care technician at a dialysis clinic, and working the first shift which was very hard on my body at first, waking up at 3am each day. Cognitive: Meeting patients from much different backgrounds than people I knew growing up or throughout college has lead to very different approaches to my thought processes. -
Accepted into Graduate School
Biosocial: Physically similar to the past few years. Still training for and running marathons on a regular basis to stay in shape, also incorporating cross training methods as my body gets older and becomes injured more easily. Psycosocial: Excited and nervous anticipating what graduate school will have to offer, and what moving to a new city (Boston, MA) will also involve. -
Anticipated Graduation from Graudate School
Cognitive: After graudate school, I hope to have a better grasp on psychological aspects and treatments, as I will graduate with a masters degree in Art Therapy and as a Certified Mental Health Counselor. -
Enter Medical School
My long-term goal is to become a psychiatrist, who utilizes Art Therapy, working in particular with geriatric patients. Psycosocial: Excited and nervous about starting a new part of my life, and more school. Also nervous about mounting student debt from graduate, and now medical school tuition. -
Start Family
By my late 20's, I hope to be married and starting a family with my husband. Biosocial: Hopefully still in good shape and able to run long distances, not as physically fit due to ageing and stresses of school. Cognitive: Focused on school as well as other, less selfish, aspects of my life such as my aging parents, my husband's needs, and having a baby. Psycosocial: Assuming I have children, there will be a distinct attachment between me and my new baby. -
Starting Practice as a Geriatric Psychiatrist
Cognitive: Understaning the great responsibility of having my own patients, and completely being their care provider will be a great challange, but hopefully something that medical school, and previous experiences helped me be prepared for. Psycosocial: balancing my work, family, and marrige will be hard to do, and not let one slip. -
Children move out
Empty nest occurs
Biosocial: not as fit as early years, but still active, especially now that I have more time to myself. Cognitive/psyscosocial: able to spend more time developing my maturing relationship with my husband, as well as a more adult relationship with my children as they move out. -
Grandchildren
Assuming I have children, and assuming they have children. Biosocial: At this point in my life, I hope to still be physically active and enthuiastic, but my body will not be at the same strength level it was earlier in life.
Cognitive: Much, much less focused on selfish things, such as career development, and more on interests of others and family.
Psycosocial: Emotionally attached to my children and new grandchildren. -
Retirement
Hopefully after a long and successful career, I will be able to retire happy and satisified.
Biosocial: older and not as able to move easily, but still active. I would still like to be running 5k races at this point, and camping/hiking with my husband.
Cognitive/psycosocial: After many varied experiences, hopefully able to teach others some of the things I have learned, and help them through their life experiences and struggles, such as my grand children. -
Time spent during retirement
While retired, I would like to be able to spend my time doing medical volunteer work in countries/communities that need it.
Cognitive: Focusing even less on myself, and more on others who benefit from the skills and experiences I have had. Psycosocial: As mychildren and grand children are older, and not in need of me, I will still be as attached to them, but at a more distant setting since they will be living their own lives. -
Health starting to decline
As I get much older, my memory and overall health will decline.
Biosocial: With the aging process, my memory will start to decline, as well as my decision-making abilities. Cognitive/Psycosocial: Instead of taking care of others and helping them, I will have to be cared for at this point, which will be hard for me to accept after being independent for so long. -
Anticipated Death
My family on both sides has a history of females living very, verly long and healthy lives, so my hope is to continue with that traditon. Biosocial: physically more decrepit than ever before, but hopefully still able to function fairly independently.
Cognitive: Forgetful about some things, but able to still function well.
Psycosocial: Hopefully feeling satisified about the life I have lived and help I have given to others.