Significant Events That Have Influenced My Development Case Study
Final Project: A Timeline of Significant Events That Have Influenced My Development When an infant is conceived and takes its first breath of fresh air, many are under the assumption that they are free of possessing any predilections and that all babies begin their lives with a clean slate regarding any ponderings, outlooks or actions that may influence their functioning. This theory was first propose by Locke and Rousseau during the 1700’s and although may seem plausible, it has contrarily been found that genetic factors may also play a small role in inducing cognition and behavior (Duschinsky, 2014). However, when it comes to our primary influences of development, Life Span Development Theory elaborates that the interactions we receive as
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Though my parents were proud of my accomplishment, my father still perceived me as a boy, despite the fact that I was almost twenty-three years old, at the time. Approximately a year later I was deployed overseas for Operation Enduring Freedom and was fighting for my country, in the Horn of Africa. At the time of my deployment, I often pondered about my family, the valuable time that I wasted and finishing up education, in Psychology. After returning home from war, over a year later, my influences of industry encouraged me to continue my schooling, which left my father in shock. Though I did not return to FSU, I attended Miami-Dade College, where I received my Associate’s Degree in Psychology, at the age of twenty-six. In conjunction with achieving this milestone I was also Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps, as veteran with fourteen medals and a Meritorious Mast, for my exemplary efforts. I remember my father crying, as he saw my accomplishments and remember him informing me that he now considered me a man. This non-normative event was significant to my development because it was the first time I had really impress my father, which was no easy task. This impacted me psychologically because it was the first time that I ever felt truly accepted as well as respected by father. His perception of me influenced my identity development by allowing me to unequivocally perceive myself as a man as well. I was cognizant of the fact that from my father’s perspective age did not make a male a man but that his actions defined the acquisition of this title (Broderick & Blewitt,
Though my parents were proud of my accomplishment, my father still perceived me as a boy, despite the fact that I was almost twenty-three years old, at the time. Approximately a year later I was deployed overseas for Operation Enduring Freedom and was fighting for my country, in the Horn of Africa. At the time of my deployment, I often pondered about my family, the valuable time that I wasted and finishing up education, in Psychology. After returning home from war, over a year later, my influences of industry encouraged me to continue my schooling, which left my father in shock. Though I did not return to FSU, I attended Miami-Dade College, where I received my Associate’s Degree in Psychology, at the age of twenty-six. In conjunction with achieving this milestone I was also Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps, as veteran with fourteen medals and a Meritorious Mast, for my exemplary efforts. I remember my father crying, as he saw my accomplishments and remember him informing me that he now considered me a man. This non-normative event was significant to my development because it was the first time I had really impress my father, which was no easy task. This impacted me psychologically because it was the first time that I ever felt truly accepted as well as respected by father. His perception of me influenced my identity development by allowing me to unequivocally perceive myself as a man as well. I was cognizant of the fact that from my father’s perspective age did not make a male a man but that his actions defined the acquisition of this title (Broderick & Blewitt,