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Newborn: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during the newborn stage?
According to my mother, I slept approximately 4 to 5 hours each night due to the fact that I would get hungry during the night. -
Infant: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during the infant stage?
I slept approximately 5 to 6 hours each night. -
Infancy: Physical Development
The types of activities I did to encourage gross and fine motor skills include reaching, and grabbing objects. -
Sensorimotor: Cognitive Development
An activity I did during the sensorimotor development stage includes peek-a-boo. -
Preoperational: Cognitive Development
Activities I did during the preoperational stage include drawing, painting, and other arts and craft activities. -
Infancy: Language Development
What was your first word?
My first word was mom or mama -
Infancy: Emotional Development
What was your temperament classification? How did your temperament affect your parents' goodness of fit?
According to my mother, I cried a lot when strangers or people I was not familiar with tried to hold me. The temperament classification would be under negative affectivity due to the feeling of discomfort, or fear of unfamiliar people. My temperament classification made my parents become more careful of the people they chose to interact or hold me. -
Infancy: Emotional Development
How would you define your attachment to your primary caregiver? How did your attachment affect your development?
During Infancy, I believe I was securely attached. During development, I was confident enough to explore my environment while my parents were near. -
I was born
I was born April 10, 1997 at St. Vincent's Hospital around 7 in the afternoon. -
Toddler: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep in the toddler stage?
I slept approximately 6 to 7 hours each night. -
Preschool: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during preschool age?
I slept approximately around 6 to 7 hours each night. -
Elementary School: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during elementary school age?
I slept approximately 6 to 7 hours each night. -
Myles was born
My brother, Myles, was born January 21, 2002 -
Early Childhood: Physical Development
In order to encourage gross and fine motor skills I participated in the girl scouts where we went hiking, canoeing, took an archery class, and other activities like arts and crafts. -
Early Childhood: Memory
My first memory includes being in the girl scouts during the forth or fifth grade. Also, around the third grade I took taekwondo classes. -
Early Childhood: Memory
A memory strategy I used during early childhood included repetition. -
Childhood: Language Development
What were some strategies you parents used to increase you vocabulary?
My parents would read to me frequently when I was younger. I also had educational games, and read-a-long books. As I got older, we had a tradition to get books for birthdays, and Christmas. -
Childhood: Emotional Development
What strategies did your parents use when discussing emotions? Were they emotion coaching or emotion dismissing parents?
My parents were a combination of emotion coaching and emotion dismissing. My mom was sometimes emotion coaching, and would tell me to talk about my feelings to someone. While my dad was mostly emotion dismissing. -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
What were some strategies that you used to cope with stress?
In order to cope with stressful events, I would talk about the situation with my mom or close friends. -
Early Childhood: Emotional Development
During early childhood, I believe I was securely attached. During development, I was able to go to school, and complete my school assignments without my parents by my side during the day. -
Middle Childhood: Physical Development
I participated in band. I played the clarinet, and I also learned how to play the violin to encourage gross and fine motor skills. -
Middle Childhood: Memory
A memory strategy I used during the middle childhood stage includes reintroducing myself to the information frequently -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
In order to cope with stress, I would mainly talk to my close friends about the event. -
Middle Childhood: Emotional Development
My attachment during middle childhood was securely attached. During development I was able to go to school, and complete my homework without my parents assistance most of the time. -
Adolescence: Death, Dying, and Greiving
My grandmother passed away the summer before eleventh grade. It was difficult because it was the first death I experienced of someone I was really close to. My grandmother passing away made me reevaluate how I treat those around me, and cherish time with my family. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
When did you first notice a decline in your senses? What caused this to occur? I first noticed a decline in my eyesight in tenth grade. I was fifteen, and was taking a eye sight test as a part of the permit test. What caused this to occur may include too much screen time on the computer or television. -
Adolescence: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during the Adolescence stage?
I slept approximately 7 to 8 hours each night. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
To encourage gross and fine motor skills I mainly did moderate exercise. -
Concrete Operational: Cognitive Development
Activities that I participated in during the concrete operational stage include solving puzzles, and organizing objects. -
Adolscence: Memory
A memory strategy I used in the adolescence stage includes writing the information out, and saying the information out loud to myself or to others. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
In order to cope with stress, I would talk about the situation with my close friends, and I would also try to write down what I was feeling. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
My attachment style during adolescence was securely attached. During development I was becoming more independent with little assistance from my parents. I managed my school work, and grades. -
Graduated High School
I graduated from Hoover High School in May 2015 -
Young Adult: Sleep
How many hours did you sleep during the young adult stage?
I sleep approximately 7 hours of sleep, sometimes 6 hours of sleep each night. -
Ealry Adulthood: Health
Family Health History?
I have a family health history of hypertension and diabetes. My family history can affect me in early adulthood because hypertension and diabetes can lead to several other health issues including decreased cardiovascular health. In order to prevent the chance of getting hypertension and diabetes, I try to exercise as frequently as possible, and I watching how much sodium and sugar are in the foods I eat. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
To encourage gross and fine motor skills I participate in activities like yoga, and other moderate exercises. -
Formal Operational: Cognitive Development
Activities that I participate in during the formal operational stage include brain stimulating games, and puzzles that are a challenge. -
Young Adulthood: Memory
A memory strategy that I used during young adulthood includes rewriting the information that I want to remember in different colors, and saying the information out loud to another person or myself. -
Young Adulthood: Intelligence
Yes, knowing my IQ score did change how I thought about my intelligence overall. Knowing my IQ score made me want to work harder, and set higher goals for myself in the future. -
Adolescent/Early Adulthood
What were some jargon or slang that you use among your friends? What does those terms mean and in what context would you use it?
A few jargon or slang terms I used with my friends included LOL, BTW, TTYL. The terms mean laughing out loud, by the way, and talk to you later. I would only use jargon or slang words when I'm talking to my friends or close family members in a casual conversation. -
Young Adulthood: Emotional Development
In order to cope with stress, I will go to yoga to try to relax, and I would write down my emotions in a journal or notebook. -
Young Adulthood: Emotional Development
My attachment style is still securely attached. During development, I am becoming more independent without assistance from my parents. -
Early Adulthood: Identity Development
What is your current identity status? Why do you identify with this identity status?
My current identity status is identity moratorium. I identify with this particular identity status because I have not chosen an identity yet, and I am in the process of setting long term goals. -
Early Adulthood: Identity Development
Did the results reflect an accurate representation of yourself? What are the characteristics that have remained the same?
Yes, the results did reflect an accurate representation of my personality. My high conscientiousness, and low extraversion remained the same throughout my development.
