Human Development Final Essay

William Smith
                    Developmental Life
                        Rory Corcoran
                              4/30/12















                                                              Smith 1

  In this essay paper I will discuss what it was like in my life when I was growing up. I will go over different events I went through including temperament, peer influence and schooling. I will also mention events and actions that took place in all the different time periods of my life including ages 0-2, 3-6, 7-11, 11-18 and adulthood. In conclusion, what you will get from this paper is a personal inside look of my whole life and what I have done during my childhood.
  Starting from ages 0-2 I am going to go over what my temperament and attachment was. As far as my temperament goes, my activity level was mixed, sometimes I would sleep all day and other times I would be jumping around playing with other kids. My mood like many other babies and toddlers changed all the time, at times I would be happy because I was playing or sad because I was hungry and other times I would cry because of reasons I don’t know. When I dealt with the adaptability of being with other people I never liked it, I would get upset if I was with somebody I didn’t know or trust.
  Undoubtedly, attachment was the other big part of the early stages of me being a toddler considering the healthy and unhealthy emotional relationship connections I had. I felt soothing and comforted with my parents because if I needed something done they would do it for me plus they were always paying attention. The security attachment I felt was, I thought that nothing would hurt me because I believed my dad was big and strong and my mom always watched over me.
  Now going over ages 3-6 I am going to explain what my schooling, parenting style and home environment was like. Beginning with schooling, at the age of three I was in pre-...