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Beau Easton Johnson

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-10-20 14:16:17 UTC

Summary

tborden0329_ — 2023-10-20 14:17:17 UTC

Beau Johnson is a baby born in Orlando in South Florida on October 20th 2023. He is Black, White, and Mexican and is Christian. He was born at 1:13 PM and is about 10 pounds, and 22 inches tall. His mother Lea is 31 and half white and half Mexican. His father Jayden is 33 and African American. He has a 9 year old brother named Ben.

Life Event

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-10-27 13:39:33 UTC

Lea struggles with miscarriages, she had one son named ben before beau. After Ben, lea wanted to have babies close in years but couldn't because she struggled with miscarriages, after 9 years she had her miracle baby.

The development prenatally

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-10-27 14:05:04 UTC

Germinal: Jayden and Lea have sex and the sperm and egg meets.

Embryonic Stage: Beaus heart begin to beat and his organs and brain forms during his 8 weeks in mother’s stomach.

Fetal Stage: Beau is growing and his lungs begin to form. 9 to 40 weeks

Effects of genes on development:

Shapes the way our child brain form, which impacts their natural tendencies across many behavioral traits

Risks and Fetal health:

Jayden and Lea both have diabetes
Beau was born with trouble breathing and low blood sugar

Developmental Theories

tborden0329_ — 2023-10-27 14:14:07 UTC

The two most important theories right now are Erikson's Psychosocial theory and Vygotsky's Sociocultural theory.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Erikson - Psychosocial theory

tborden0329_ — 2023-10-27 14:17:08 UTC

The baby will develop through life stages, and the first stage is Trust vs Mistrust, which is typically from birth to one year old. The baby must trust its parents to provide his needs. If not, the baby will struggle with trusting people.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Vygotsky - Sociocultural theory

tborden0329_ — 2023-10-27 14:29:38 UTC

The theory that children don't develop unless they have support from adults, who teach the child the best way to do what they are trying to accomplish. This child's parents are teaching them how to perform basic tasks like eating at this stage

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Infant Development

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-03 13:31:09 UTC

The child is rapidly developing in all 3 of the human domains. It will go through major changes physically, cognitively, and socially.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Physical Changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-03 13:45:49 UTC

The amount of neurons in the body and brain are growing rapidly and myelinating, which improves the infant's reflexes, improves the senses, and improves motor skills like walking. Eyesight also improves in the first year, going from 20/200-20/400 to hopefully 20/20 vision.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Cognitive Changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-03 13:46:20 UTC

Our child is developing very rapidly in the brain. His brain will develop more quickly during his infancy than any other part of his life. The child will develop more motor skills, concepts like object permanence, be able to imitate others, and most importantly language.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Social Changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-03 13:46:29 UTC

The infant develops his attachment styles depending on his temperament, his parent's parenting styles, and the environment he grows up in. Ideally he will have a secure attachment, but if the parents encourage unhealthy behaviors such as too much screen time, not enough social stimulation or human interaction, or other problems, it could cause him to develop an insecure attachment style.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Influences of heredity

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-11-03 13:53:33 UTC

Infant Stage: Beau is now 1 years old. He started to crawl, sit up at 4/5 months. He started clapping at 9 months.

Toddler Stage: Beau is now 3 years old. He start walking, waving bye-bye, and recognizing the names of familiar people and objects

Height: 3ft ( 91.3 cm)
Weight: 30 pounds

Language

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-03 13:56:29 UTC

The child is developing his verbal and nonverbal language skills. He will cry, then coo, babble, understand others' words, then finally start saying his first words during infancy. He is able to understand other people's nonverbal gestures like pointing, and will be able to gesture on his own. Late in infancy, he will be able to create simple two-word sentences.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Middle Childhood development

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-10 14:42:52 UTC

The child develops cognitively, physically, and socially. He is closer to becoming fully capable, but still has a long way to go.

life event

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-11-10 14:46:17 UTC

His type 1 diabetes disappeared over night. He didn't need insulin anymore and his diabetes was cured.

Cognitive development

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-10 14:48:51 UTC

In middle childhood, the child enters the concrete operational stage. According to Piaget, this is when children develop skills like decentration, reversibility, and different forms of logic. They also develop a lot in language, and are almost at an adult level by 9 years old. Our child had no cognitive difficulties or deficiencies.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Physical development

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-10 14:53:01 UTC

Our child is growing in both height and weight. His motor skills are close to an adult's level, and their BMI is as low as it ever will be. Since our child had diabetes, he is still having trouble adjusting to his diet. He is interested in sports, specifically baseball, which will help tremendously with his fine motor skills and his exercise habits.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Social development

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-10 15:03:14 UTC

Our child is making major developments in his social domain. He is able to self-regulate his actions (somewhat) and developing morals. He can think about why he does things, but the most important development is that he is making friends at school. He spends around 1-3 hours a day playing video games with his friends online.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

References

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-10 15:03:43 UTC

Boyd, D. and Bee, H. (2014). Lifespan development. Pearson.

Bifulco, A., Kagan, L., Spence, R., Nunn, S., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Hosang, G., Taylor, M., & Fisher, H. L. (2019). Characteristics of severe life events, attachment style, and depression – using a new online approach. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(4), 427-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12221

Middle & Late Childhood

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-11-10 15:06:54 UTC

Middle childhood:

Beau is now 6 years old.
Beau has the ability to pay attention and their use of memory strategies are strong.
Beau can dress himself a little bit and he is fully potty trained.

Late Childhood:

Beau is 12 years old.
His writing speed increases and handwriting becomes more fluid, automatic, and less of an effect.
Beau start playing baseball and love spending time with his friends.

Show increased in his own physical skills and how they appear to others.

Height: 60 inches by 12 years old
Weight: 68 pounds by 12 years old

Adolescence

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-11-17 14:24:26 UTC

Beau is now 16 years old
Height: 5 feet 8.5 inches
Weight: 130.0 Ib
Gross motor: increased coordination, motor ability together with greater physical strength, puberty bring about these physical changes
Fine motor skills: Beau has became very competitive when it comes to him playing baseball , he is leaving how to drive a vehicle.

Beau is very good at baseball and he is only a sophomore in high school and he has been receiving D1 scholarships.

Adolescence

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-11-17 14:32:53 UTC

physical- Beau is on track and in the "normal" range for both his weight and height.Baseball has really encouraged him into working out and getting stronger for his season.

social- Beau stays away from drugs and getting in trouble because he doesn't want to ruin his baseball career. Because he made the varsity team as a sophmore he is very popular and has lot of friends. He does have a girlfriend now, asia is 16 as well. Beau is very confident in his baseball abilities but is insecure and has low self esteem because he doesn't have as much facial hair as the other boys.Beau just got his drivers license so he got a part time job at mcdonald's.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014).

Adolescence- Cognitive development

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-11-17 14:40:51 UTC

During this period, the brain became to develop even more. At the age of 16 the is about 80 percent developed. The child brain working on reasoning and awareness of themselves and the world around them. Children/teens find their interest in school and begin to practice better judgement in situations.

Unused connections in the thinking called grey matter.
Parietal lobe, frontal lobe, and temporal lobe activity mature during adolescence.

Early Adulthood~ Tyler

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-22 14:54:11 UTC

This stage is considered the prime of a persons life, and involves some of the biggest lifestyle changes. You go from being dependent on someone else to survive to becoming independent and doing everything on your own.

Early and middle adulthood

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-11-22 14:56:34 UTC

Early adulthood:

Beau is now 20 years old
Beau has reached his full height
Gained all of his muscle mass
He increased some body fat
Reached full reproductive maturity

Middle adulthood:

Gained verbal memory
Spatial skills
Launching children into their lives ( they had one child Violet)
Adjusting to home-life with children
Future generations
Beau is now 40 years old

Cognitive changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-22 15:04:49 UTC

The brain is finally fully developed and matured, and is in its prime. Some things that are learned/repeated over and over again become "crystallized" which just means that it will be nearly impossible to forget.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014)

Early Adulthood

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-11-22 15:14:03 UTC

cognitive-Beau is a 20 year old christian man living in ATL. He's playing baseball at GA state. He choose to work at the ritz carlton. Which pays very good money.

physical- He has now gained lots of muscle from working out everyday and going to the gym on his own. His health is very good due to the diet he has with baseball as well.

social-Beau is now engaged to his girlfriend asia, but they are waiting to get married for when he graduates. Sense of individuation, developing the ability to share intimacy.

Social Changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-11-22 15:19:04 UTC

Beau is doing well socially. He has a solid group of friends and can trust them when he needs them. He gets along with his parents still and talks to them regularly. He never had any severe life events when he was younger, which according to research has an impact on attachment styles, and so he has a secure attachment style. This made it easy for him to find a solid intimate relationship.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014)

(Bifulco et al., 2019)

Middle to Late Adulthood overall

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-01 14:26:34 UTC

The second to last stage of human life. This stage is characterized by a decline in all three domains. In this stage, older age starts to take it's toll.

life event

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-12-01 14:34:18 UTC

Beau is now in his middle to late adulthood and is not as strong as he used to be.Hes now thinking of starting to go to the gym and running a mile a day, to stay in shape.

Cognitive changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-01 14:34:46 UTC

This domain is heavily impacted by aging. Beau has a lot of crystallized intelligence because he has a lot of experience. His fluid intelligence is slowing down because of aging. He is considered an expert in baseball, and can be considered an expert in other things due to his experience. His overall processing speed has slowed because of the decrease in brain density, but his regular exercise is helping slow the decline.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014)

Social changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-01 14:41:01 UTC

Beau has accepted the fact that he is now getting old. He has grandchildren that he now sees around once or twice a month. He enjoys their company. He feels like his life is somewhat dull now that he isn't playing baseball anymore and has retired early. This caused him to develop a mild depression. His mind is still relatively sharp for his age, and isn't experiencing any from of memory loss or dementia.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014)

Middle to Late Adulthood

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-12-01 14:42:01 UTC

Beau is now 60 years old and is retired from the MLB.Beau was inducted into the hall of fame after being in the MLB for 10 years.Asia and him are still happily married. His children are graduated from college and are starting their careers.

Physical Changes

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-12-01 14:42:32 UTC

Some changes are that your vision with change, vision very affects by this age. you will start losing your hearing. You will start to have some joint pains and weight gain. You start to get gray hair, hair loss, and wrinkles. Seven or more hours of sleep is needed or it would have a negative physical consequences. Motor skills - sensorimotor skills decline

Theories of aging

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-01 14:53:26 UTC

Some research shows that aging is caused by a culmination of damage on a cellular level that builds up over time, and accelerates in older age. Other research supports a theory called the Hayflick limit, which says that cells have a time limit before they start to become damaged when reproducing. This is because the telomeres on the end of the chromosomes are used to protect the genes from damage caused by reproduction, but they only last through so many reproduction cycles before they are gone and the important genes are at rink of damage.

(Boyd & Bee, 2014)

Late Adulthood changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-07 14:30:09 UTC

Beau is now in his mid 80's and his health is rapidly declining. He knows that his life is coming to an end. He is becoming reliant on others for support and it is hard for him to do activities.

life event-end of life

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-12-07 14:32:17 UTC

Beaus daughter Violet lost her job recently and when Violet lost her job ended up falling behind in house payments and lost her house. Beau is letting her live with him until she finds another job or until Beau passes away. Violet helps her dad with things around the house and go get things that her dad would need for the house. She also searches for jobs so it won’t look like she’s just living off of her dad.

Final changes

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-07 14:37:03 UTC

Beau has a lot of free time on his hands now because he has been retired for some time now. He has found a weekly routine of volunteering at his church, visiting family, and meeting up with friends, which keeps his life simple and engaging. His wife is still alive and well and is in better health than he is. He still lives at his own home with his wife and stays up to date with payments and other bills. His family has to drive him around because his vision and hearing are bad, but they don't mind too much. Him and his family have been preparing for his death, and he visits his doctor about 1-2 times every 2 months to monitor his declining health.

Death

tborden0329_ — 2023-12-07 14:53:18 UTC

When Beau retired, he wrote his will and made his daughter his power of attorney and his wife his healthcare surrogate. He died in his sleep at 86 at home. He wasn't suffering from any terminal illness or serious pain when he died, but he told his family to not keep him alive if it meant intense suffering if it got to that point. He and his family have seen professionals about his death beforehand in order to avoid unnecessary pain and grief when he passed. They were prepared for his death and his wife and daughter went through a lot of grief but were able to get through it in a healthy way. His daughter understands that her mother is likely to pass in the next few months as well and is unsure if she will be ready for it.

mcarruthers0627_ — 2023-12-07 15:04:52 UTC

Dying and bereavement

rjohnson0102_ — 2023-12-07 15:06:12 UTC

Age of 16: Beau was starting to understand what death was when he lost is dad. He wasn’t really close with his dad so it really ain’t hit him as hard.

Age of 40: Beau lost his mother and it look Beau a very long time to get over his mothers death. He was really close with his mom but his wife and daughter helped him get through everything.