15 Aug Autobiography
Please be sure to read rubric and instructions carefully, as this is 20% of my final grade. I have attatched an example of a developmental autobiography. Each stage should have 250 words. Please make a blank powerpoint, as I will be adding to my orginal powerpoint. All bullets should be included in slides. I need the following (6) stages completed:
Early Childhood (Approx. 4-7)
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- Emotional regulation and attachment
- Language development
- Cognitive development
- Gender identification
- Sense of right and wrong; spiritual growth & development
- Social comparison
- Motor skills (fine & gross)
- Friendships
- Play
- Other Relevant Information: Developmental and behavioral disorders, Child maltreatment, Asthma and other chronic conditions, Obesity, Dental caries, Unintentional injuries
Middle Childhood (Approx. 8-12)
- Emotional/Social changes
- Independence from parents/family
- Consideration of future
- Self-image and place in the world
- Self-esteem & self-concept
- strengths & weaknesses
- Friendships & Teamwork
- Desire to be liked/accepted
- Cognitive development
- development of mental skills
- Increased language around experiences, thoughts and feelings
- Increased concern for others
- Handwriting & fine motor development
- Moral reasoning & Spiritual Development
- Physical & sexual development
- Body changes, height/weight
- Growing pains
- Losing baby teeth
- Sexual identity & puberty
- Other Relevant Information: screen time, impactful events from these years, healthy/unhealthy lifestyle, activities, medical concerns or considerations, etc.
Adolescence (Approx. 12-18)
- Emotional/Social changes
- Increased pressures
- Search for self/purpose in life
- Increased emotional stability
- Self-reliant
- Serious relationships
- Consideration of future
- Pride in own work
- Cognitive development
- Increased decision making
- Can think ideas through
- Set goals
- Moral reasoning & spiritual growth
- Physical & sexual development
- Body changes, height/weight
- health problems
- Sexual identity & puberty
- Other Relevant Information: obesity, drug/alcohol use, smoking, etc.
Young Adulthood (Approx. 18-35)
- Emotional/Social changes
- feeling "in between" childhood and adulthood
- identity exploration
- instability
- self-focus
- feeling of endless possibilities
- Serious relationships
- Consideration of future
- adult relationships with parents (increased comfort with interactions)
- feel empathetic
- Cognitive development
- career exploration & future planning
- Set goals
- move into adult roles/responsibilities
- understand abstract concept
- consequence awareness
- personal limitations
- decision making skills
- autonomy
- develop new skills, hobbies, & interests
- Moral reasoning & spiritual growth
- complete values framework
- Physical & sexual development
- evolving sexuality
- complete process of physical maturation
- Other Relevant Information: loss, atypical development, relationships, etc.
Middle Adulthood (Approx. 35-60)
- Emotional/Social changes
- Losing parents and experiencing associated grief.
- Launching children into their own lives.
- Adjusting to home life without children (often referred to as the empty nest).
- Dealing with adult children who return to live at home (known as boomerang children in the United States).
- Becoming grandparents.
- Preparing for late adulthood.
- Acting as caregivers for aging parents or spouses.
- Generativity vs. Stagnation
- Cognitive development
- Some improve while others decline.
- Crystallized intelligence (judgment and accumulated knowledge ) often increase.
- The ability to reason peaks.
- Middle adults tend to forget episodic (day to day things like where the car keys are) memories and remember semantic memories (like how to change a tire).
- Adults can continue to improve their language, memory and reasoning skills.
- Develop new skills, hobbies, & interests
- Moral reasoning & spiritual growth
- postconventional morality (Kohlberg)
- more interested in establishing and living by personal values
- Physical & sexual development
- gradual loss of bone density
- gray and thinning hair
- wrinkles
- sight and hearing loss
- some decline in the major organs, including the lungs, heart and digestive system
- menopause
- change in body shape as pockets of fat settle on the upper arms, buttocks, & other body parts
- muscle mass and strength is reduced and fat tissue increase
- increase in health issues
- Other Relevant Information: loss, atypical development, chronic disease, etc.
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Late Adulthood (60+)
- Emotional/Social changes
- more dependent on others
- feelings of guilt, shame, or depression
- loneliness or isolation
- confronting death (grief)
- integrity vs. despair
- Cognitive development
- lower intellectual functioning
- memory loss
- loss of brain plasticity
- neurodegenerative diseases
- Moral reasoning & spiritual development
- postconventional
- Physical & sexual development
- skin elasticity
- muscle strength
- mobility
- hearing and vision
- immune system
- Other Relevant Information: illness
Reminders:
- Throughout your own descriptions of development during these years, you must directly tie in research and incorporate relevant developmental theories.
- Any experiences of atypical development should be covered in the appropriate developmental stage(s) in which they occurred or impacted.
