HELLO!

I am Luis Joaquin Martinez

Developmental psychology
Teacher: Maryeling Molina
August 13, 2019

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 1. Prenatal develoment to birth
My early physical development
included
• Germinal stage: I was only
a zygote.
• Embryonic stage: my basis
support systems formed.
• Fetal stage: the last 7
months of my
development.
• The pregnancy leading up
to my birth was normal but
free of complications.
• I was born in Cabrera, on
January 29th, 1999. I was born
a healthy child. Which has
allowed me to develop
normally.
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 New born to toddler years (Birth to 24 months)
• When I was a baby, I • My temperament • My parents divorced
constantly grasped and throughout this time when I was 2, I went
explored all objects in was good. I was not to live with my
sight. I enjoyed
putting things
a crying baby, I was grand parents.
(especially my own a calm and quiet • My grand father
hands and feed). My child because all of used to look after
parents would also my needs were met me and when I
peek-a-boo with me, by my parents and started to walk by
and I would giggle grand parents and I
because I had not myself I didn’t like
trusted them to care people to carry me
grasped the concept of
object permanence.
for me. on. 3
 Toddler to kindergarten (2 to 5)
• When I was 3 my • When I was 4 my • When I turn 5, they
grandfather grandfather took tried to register me
taught me to me to school with in kinder but I told
write, read and do him, so I were him I didn’t fit in
easily math by familiarized when there and I didn’t
playing. got there, I liked to like it, so as
already knew all
• As I was raised in be all afternoon at
the basic things of
the countryside I school and playing
with all those kids. kinder and 1st
used to be free grade I got direct
running around • I have always been into 2nd grade and I
safely. the shorter one. felt comfortable. 4
 Pictures flashback

5 YEARS OLD
2 YEARS OLD 5
(With my sister)
 Childhood (6 to 12 years )
• I remember I was • I was a not a social
shy, when someone guy, in this stage it
greeted me I used to is common to
look down, in my socialize but the
childhood I was not only thing I used to
very confident. At was trying to
8th we moved to understand the
Santo Domingo and homewotk at 6th
it was grade, cause I didn’t
uncomfortable fit in and my
during the school attention was not
for me. fully in there.
classroom.
• My grandfather
helped me and
when I went to 7th,
it was a little better
for me.
• I liked to play
alone.
• I was respectful
with adults.
• My grandmother
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was very protective.
Adolescence (13 to 19 years)
• In my early adolescence • At the age of 16, I
people told my voice
was deepen and started
laughing about my
facial hair.
• By this stage, I liked to
question a lot but some • I began to study
people never knew to
have deep answers.
• Some things my aunt
reminds me is that I
used to told her: I'm
going to sleep if not
I'm going to be hungry
again. I ate a lot.
• I got in the
got diagnosed with university in the late
epilepsy, it was a adolescence
hard time for me and beginning with
my family. medicine, then
advertising and
languages, I don’t finally education.
remember about • I was very confused
French but I about what I wanted to
do, but then trying,
continues with
socializing and
English. investigating in the
internet I got into what
I like physiology. 7
Don’t you know my
grandparents yet ?

Here they are

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 Emerging Adulthood 20’s to 30’s
• I found my inner peace and built • I began to do exercise and
my own personality. eating healthy.
• I finished my studies in education • I decided not to adopt but
at college.
educate and guide children.
• I went out of the country to study
psychology, languages and life
coaching.
• I found the intimacy I was
searching for and I got married with
a guy.

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 Middle adulthood (40’s to 50’s)
• Finally back in Dominican
Republic, hungry to apply my
knowledge in my country and
help young adolescences and
adults.
• I started my own business.
• I’ll be giving conferences,
teaching, doing new things in
vulnerable areas.
• Teaching camp to motivate
young people.
• Create a bilingual university
focus on languages, sports and
mental health and nutrition,
will evaluate by competences.
• At 50’s, I will start suffering
from blood pressure.
• There many physical changes
that came with my age, my
hearing started to decline but
my biggest change was my
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vision.
•
 Late adulthood (60’s)+
• Over the decades of my • After retiring from • My body couldn’t resist
life. I’ve experienced long years of hard any minute more at 65
loss many times. But years old, one day in
work, we (my
the hardest moment Barcelona, Spain.
were when the closest husband and I )
people to me began to decided to go take a
pass away, my parents, time to visit the • Around 16:02 PM, I
grands, my siblings, and word. was laughing a lot and I
I was not in the country. just passed away.
It was a emotional time, • I was recognized in
• Doctors said my blood
but my incredible some countries for pressure was ok, and I
husband were there to my incredible job died due to Sudden
support me. and I felt satisfied. unexpected death in
epilepsy (SUDEP).
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THANKS!

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