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Circular Behaviors
For example, I repeatedly began to grasp toys while sucking on them and staring while touching objects around the house these. In the third substage secondary circulation reactions I began to make noises and see if others would respond. Around 9 to 10 months of age I began to exhibit goal-directed behavior which aloud me to solve problems like move my toys around to get another. According to third substage, I gained the ability of object performance to realize that people and objects exist even when I could not see them. I achieved substage 5 around 19 months of age. The tertiary circular reactions became insightful as I began to explore and wonder about the world. Lastly, in substage 6, I began to have posses mental representations of …show more content…
My mom contained high expectations of me seeing as though I was the first born. My parents expected me to be mature, well behaved, and to excel academically. My mom's expectations primarily were realistic and typically attainable. However, when I made a mistake my mom was okay that I learned from my mistakes. After my parents divorce I started to realize my father adopted the authoritarian style to parenting me and my younger siblings. My dad was extremely strict he enforced tough rules and incredibly high expectations. For instance, I received a bad report from school and my dad took away television, video games, and sweets from me for two weeks. In elementary school, I developed new skills like reading, writing, learning to write in cursive, and mathematical skills. I attended a Christian school so I also gained knowledge on the Bible and Christian values. Since I excelled in Erik Erikson's industry vs inferiority stage it helped build my self esteem and confidence. My academic performance pleased my parents and therefore encouraged me to continue to put forth effort in school. According to Erikson I believe that I conquered the industry stage because my productivity throughout the years has led me to

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