I was told my biological development was normal during this period. I started walking when I was around 1 year old. My cognitive development at this stage could have been affected because my dad worked long hours and came home and had to raise three children, so my school work was never focused on. School work was never really something I was told to do. My social development was impacted during this stage because I was raised by a single parent, my dad. When my dad was at work I was mostly raised by my aunt and my great grandma. This affected my social development because not many children get to have this strong of relationship with their great grandparents and my grandma’s values and calmness had an impact on my development. My aunt also had a great impact on my social and emotional development. She treated me as if I was her own child. She and my grandma, from this point and throughout my life, taught me to be a kind and respectful individual. This goes along with Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. This theory “focuses on culture-values, beliefs, customs, and skills of a social group- is transmitted to the next generation.”(Berk) He believed adults made a big difference on children’s cognitive …show more content…
In this stage of development my dad got divorced from his wife. This had an impact on my emotional development. I created a strong bond with her and her family and then when they got divorced, I was cut off from most of them. Him getting divorced also affected my social development, because it went back to just my dad, my two siblings and me. There wasn’t really anything significant in this stage that affected my cognitive development. I started playing AAU basketball and continued with soccer. This affected my biological development by improving my balance and coordination. Playing AAU basketball and soccer also impacted my emotional development because it increase my self-esteem because I was good at them both. “Self-esteem rises for the majority of young people, who feel especially good about their peer relationships and athletic capabilities.”(Berk) The adolescent stage of development is 11-18 years of age. The three stages within adolescence are early adolescence, middle adolescence, and late adolescence. Early adolescence is 11-12 to 14 years old, “this is a period of rapid pubertal change.” (Berk) Middle adolescence is 14 to 16 years old, pubertal changes are now almost complete. Late adolescence is 16-18 years old, “the young person achieves full adult appearance and anticipates assumption of adult