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The First Two Years: Psychosocial
I was a happy baby. I smiled and giggled a lot. I absolutely hated being caged in because all I wanted to do was eplore everything. I was extremely curious. -
Prenatal Development and Birth
My mom was just finishing up school to become a nurse when she was pregnant with me. She was under a lot of stress during that time but she still managed to take great care of her health. I was born later then expected and was almost a cesarean baby. My mom ended up not having to get a C-section and she gave birth to me on June 11th, 1993. I was a healthy baby girl. I weighed about 7 and a half pounds. -
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Timeline of My Life
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First Two Years: Cognitive
My parents talked to me a lot when I was a baby. They used child-directed speech meaning that they talked to me using a higher pitch, simpler words, and repetition. -
First Two Years: Biosocial
As a baby I slept a lot. I rarely cried and overall I was a happy baby. I was considered average weight. My mom breast-fed me and gave me all the nutrition I needed in order to be a very healthy baby. -
First Two Years: Cognitive
When I was six months old I was able to babble. About six months later when I was one I could say a few words. -
First Two Years: Biosocial
When I was 8 months old I was able to hold myself up and crawl on all fours across the ground. Soon after I was able to stand up on my own and then when I was one year old I took my first steps on my own. -
First Two Years: Psychosocial
Attachment is a lasting emotional bond between people. At age one I was securely attached. I was curious and loved to esplore new things, however I still would look back to see where my parents were while I was exploring. My mom said that anytime I saw a new toy I could play with I would go towards it and pick it up to see what it was then I would look at her to make sure it was okay for me to play with it. -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
As I became more aware of the taste of the foods I was eating I became more and more of a picky eater. I only liked to eat certain foods and that worried my mom because she thought I was not going to be able to get the proper nutrition that I needed to grow and develop properly. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
I loved to play when I was little. I was always shy at first but once I felt comfortable I was very outgoing and had no trouble making friends. I was active as a child, I played all different kinds of sports. My parents encouraged me to be active and have fun. I tried dance, gymnastics, swimming lessons, and played on a baseball team with other boys and girls that were about the same age as me. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
My parents had an authoritative style of parenting. They had rules that I had to follow and set limits. They were very encouraging and never punished me if I failed at something. My parents explained to me why they had certain rules for me and were willing to answer any questions I had for them and explained to me anything that I was confused about. -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
I preferred to use my left hand for everything I did. I grabbed for my toys, spoons, and other objects with my left hand. My parents never tried to force me to be right-handed, -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
When I was six years old I began first grade. During first grade at shcool I was taught basic vocabulary words, what they meant, and how to pronounce and spell them. I learned the grammar of the english language and learned how to communicate better. -
Middle Childhood: Biosocial
I had good hygeine as a child and good health habits. I never missed any dentsist or doctors appointments. I could take care of myself by brushing my teeth and washing myself reguarly. I exercised regularly and loved to play outside as much as possible. I used to go to the park all the time and play tag and hide and seek with other kids in the neighborhood. -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive
I learned things quickly as a child. I actively built on knowledge I had everyday. I processed informaiton well and had a pretty good memory. I always participated in class learned was a visual learner. -
Middle Childhood: Psychosocial
I wasn't a popular child but I did have some very close friends as I was growing up which made me very happy. I had two best friends as I was growing up and we are still best friends today. We were always there for eachother no matter what happened. One time some people were making fun of one of my best friends and made her cry. I stood up for her and then comforted her by asking her to come over after school. -
Middle Childhood: Psychosocial
I had good moral reasoning as a child. In the 5th grade some of my friends wanted to climb on top of the roof of our school when the day was over. I knew it was against the rules and that it could be dangerous so I told them I did not want to do it. They kept pressuring me to, but I still said no. They ended up climbing the roof and got caught as one of the teachers was leaving the builidng. They ended up getting in trouble and had to help pick up garbage around the school for the next 2 weeks. -
Middle Childhood: Biosocial
I had no issues with the development of my brain as I was growing up. I never had trouble paying attention in school. I was always able to concentrate on what I needed to get done and could ignore most distractions easily. -
Adolescence: Biosocial
I hit puberty when I was in the 7th grade. It was a very awkard time for me. Everything was changing and I was becoming more aware of my body changing. During that time I had a very low self-esteem because I did not like the way I looked. I had poor nutrition because I thought I was fat and ate less than I should have for that reason. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
When I was 13 I constantly used to worry about what others were thinking about me. I was self-conscious and always felt like people were looking at me a judging the way I looked. I began to wear make-up and always looked in mirrors to see if I looked okay. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
Switching from middle school to high school was a very stressful time for me. I was just getting used to the changes that were going on with my body and then I had to adjust to a new place. Eventually I got used to everything and became more confident with myself and was able to relax. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
I had a pretty good relationship with my parents. Sometimes we would argue because I didn't think that they really understood me or anything I was going through but they were always there for me. If it weren't for them I probably would have gotten into a lot of trouble. I was also very close with the rest of my family. We connected well and talked openly with each other. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
During adolescence I never quesitoned my identity. I always felt comfortable being the gender that I am and knew what I belived it. I had figured out what I wanted to do with my life by the time I was a senior in high shcool. I wanted to become an athletic trainer and pursued those studies to become one. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
When I first began college I stuggled a lot with time management. All of my professors announced due dates for all of the assignements at the beginning of the semester. My plan had been to get everything done early. That did not happen. I worked and when I would get home I would go hang out with my friends because I had weeks to get all of my assignments done. At the end of the semester I was in a panic because I did not mangage my time well and had a lot of assignments to finish at once. -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
As an emerging adult I have decent health habits, however they could be better. I am a healthy weight for my age group. I try to exercise as much as I can. I love to run outside whenever it is nice and I also go enjoy going to the gym with some of my co-workers at night. Although I get plenty of excercise I don't have the best nutrition. I eat pizza on almost a daily basis and I also drink a lot of pop. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
I have intellectual fleixbility. I have the ability to listen to others and consider other people's opinions, even if their opinions are way different than mine. I work well with others for this reason. If there is a problem it is easy for me to be open with others and think things through. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
As an emerging adult I have noticed that I have a much more positive outlook on life. I am not as worried or anxious as I used to be. I also have a much higher self-esteem then I used to have. I feel a lot better about myself and I am generally a much happier person. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
Since I have turned 18 my parents still give me some financial support. They let me live at home rent free and they also help me with my medical bills and phone bill. They help me with some of my expenses so I can afford to pay for my school and start saving up as much as possible to move out on my own one day. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
I do not plan to have any kids until I am about 30 years old. I am hoping that I will still be fertile at that age. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
As an adult I plan on keeping up good health habits. I will never start smoking cigarettes because of the amount of deaths in my family that have been caused because of lung cancer due to smoking. I also will not abuse alcohol since alcoholism runs in my family. I want to live a long and healthy life. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
By the age of 30 I plan to be married. My marriage will hopefully be very happy and last. I do not want it to end in divorce. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
During my adult life I will have stong family ties. I never want to lose the great bond that I have with my family. I want to be close with my parents and also stay close with my siblings. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
As an adult I plan on becoming an athletic trainer. As I work more at my job I will become more of an expert at it because with time comes expertise. In addition to having good job skills I will also have great family skills. I will be patient with my children and do whatever I can to ensure that they have a happy childhood. -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
When I am 60 years old I will hopefully still be very happy and healthy. I will still be independent and able to do things on my own. I will also still be active, getting out and about as much as possible. I plan to continue traveling and going on as many vacations as possible. I will also be with my family as much as I can and stay involved in their lives. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
I will be happy when I look back at my life with the decisions I have made. I will still be happily married to the same person. Our children will have children of their own. I am going to be a compationate grandparent. I plan on spoiling my grandkids as much as I can. -
Late Adulthood: Cognitive
My memory will begin to deteriorate and my memories will beging to fade. My brain functioning will also begin to slow down. As I get older it will be more difficult for me to remember things that I have just learned. -
Death and Dying
When I am about 90 years old I will have lived a great, long, and happy life. At that age I will have come to terms with the fact that I will pass away soon. I hope to pass away peacefully in my sleep of natural causes when my time comes.