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I was born
After twenty four hours of labor, my mom gave birth to me. -
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Hunter's Life Development
I would say conception to now but only doctors would know what happened then, so from birth to present. -
Infancy: Language Development
My first word was "Cracker." Don't ask me why, I honestly thought it would be something completely different. But my mom said it was "Cracker," so maybe that's a first? -
Infancy: Physical Development
When I was 18 months old, I would grab at any object I could hold, which is something that aids in fine motor skills. Gross motor skills were not developed much in infancy. -
Little Sister
My younger sister is born -
Infancy: Cognitive Development
My first memory is of when I was around 3 years old. My family lived in a house in Chalkville, and we moved out very early in my childhood. I remember the red paint on the house, and that it was only one story. -
Infancy: Cognitive Development
I had a habit of using a pacifier in the sensorimotor stage of development. I was very attached to it, and my parents had to trick me in order to get me to stop using one. -
Childhood: Cognitive Development
At age 3 I learned how to ride a bicycle, and at age 5 I started playing baseball. These continued through and beyond the preoperational stage of development, especially baseball. -
Little Brother
My younger brother is born. -
Childhood: Physical Development
In childhood I played sports to encourage gross motor development, and I honed my handwriting until I was satisfied with it, aiding fine motor skills. -
Childhood: Language Development
My mother is a teacher so there are a million ways she might have helped increase my vocabulary. The most prominent that I remember is that my parents got me interesting books and encouraged me to read. -
Childhood: Emotional Development
As a kid I would shut myself off from others to cope with stress. Fortunately I was blessed with a mostly stress-free childhood, and this never developed into a bad lifestyle, which might still affect me today. -
Childhood: Cognitive Development
During the concrete operational phase of development I continued to play baseball, and began taking an interest in video games, which would become a hobby of mine until the present. -
Childhood: Physical Development
Due to a strictly enforced bedtime I got 10 hours of sleep every night, between the hours of 9 P.M. and 7 A.M. -
Childhood: Cognitive Development
In my childhood, I don't think I used many memory strategies. The most prominent one that I remember is that when I hear certain songs by bands I enjoy, memories form in my head. -
Childhood: Emotional Development
My parents were always emotion- coaching, making sure that I knew what was wrong about my actions and telling me how I could fix it. I still got whooped though, or punished in some form. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
During the concrete operational stage of development I continued to play baseball until I was 15, and I picked up a guitar when I was 13. Guitar is now my main passion, and I will play whenever I get the chance, especially at church. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
My sleep duration varied greatly during adolescence. In my early teen years I got around 8 hours a night, but as I aged that number became less certain. It would usually fall between 6 and 9 hours per night. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
In adolescence I started to use the infamous "cramming" strategy that everyone knows about. I am blessed with a great memory, so luckily I did not have troubles in high school. -
Adolescence: Physical Development
I first noticed a decline in my senses in 10th grade when the white board looked a little blurry. Now I wear glasses to help me read small writing, but my vision is decent overall. I think this occurred because my eyesight is naturally inclined to worsen, as my parents and grandparents both wear glasses. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
I'm not sure if this is considered a true loss or not, but in 2016 my little sister was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, the worst case that children's hospital had ever seen. An emergency Colostomy surgery was performed, as she would not have lasted another week. After the surgery, she died in recovery for about ten minutes before her heart started beating again. While not a permanent loss, this has affected how I treat my siblings greatly, in that I try not to take them for granted. -
Adolescence: Emotional Development
The way that I coped with stress in adolescence was joking around. I would shrug anything off as a joke, pretending it wasn't a big deal. I guess it wasn't really dealing with it, but pretending it wasn't important until I actually solved the problem. -
Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development
In college I try my best to stay on top of things, doing assignments as soon as I get them. I try to lay my work out in a plan instead of cramming it all at once, but that doesn't work out sometimes. Each class assigns so much work!! I am starting to really need to study in order to do well. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
Currently I get 9 hours of sleep on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and about 6 on Mondays and Wednesdays. On weekends I get varying amounts of sleep, ranging from 8 to 12 hours a night. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
My family has a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer. Much of this can be prevented as long as I live a healthy lifestyle, but can be a threat to me if I am not careful. -
Early Adulthood: Physical Development
Today I still play guitar, but much more proficiently than before. Finger stretches and exercises along with practicing continue to aid in fine motor skill development. It especially helps with making the brain work differently, as my fingers are doing completely different things with each hand as I play. -
Early Adulthood: Identity Development
If I had to decide which identity status I am, I would say I identify with identity foreclosure. I have been raised in the church, and I love the church to the point that it is my second home. I am very involved, often going up there multiple times a week just to help or practice guitar. -
Early Adulthood: Language Development
I don't use much jargon around my friends, but at work we say "heard" to acknowledge that we are doing what someone asked us to do. I also accidentally misspelled the word "babe" one time when texting my girlfriend, so now we call each other "bab" and no one knows what it means until we explain it.
