Aynoa Rincon

Mrs. Katerina Salini

PSY 1100
December, 11 2015
My significant learning
When I chose this class I thought it was not going to help me with my knowledge about
life, but through this semester I had learned a lot of significant things that I did not know before.
In my personal experience one of the most relevant things that Ive learned was how important is
to be raised with a secure attachment pattern. It is amazing how this step in your life will
influence the life stages to come and how it will mark your whole life, making you a better
person with principles and values that will make easier your adaptation in the society.
I am so impressed in how infants developmental environment is a really important part
of infancy, Mom and dad will build our personalities, in addition our environment will influence
our characteristics as humans and our preferences. I consider this stage as one of the most
important (cognitively) of all. First, a sensorimotor stage is developed in the infancy, which is
about how external stimulus can make us move or go directly to it and get it. The sensorimotor
stage lasts from birth to about age 2. In this stage, infants construct and understanding of the
world by coordinating sensory experiences (such as seeing and hearing) with physical motor
actions (Mc Graw Hill Connect 24). For example, A child who sees his or her mothers earrings
and he or she will move towards his or her mom to get the earrings. This simple idea makes me
ponder about how since we are babies we are always directly affected by external factors and
how we move as a reaction to them.
This sensorimotor stage will be the beginning of our life movement and this is why it
must be secure and safe for the children. When I think about it, I feel so lucky to have been in a
secure house. With Authoritative parents who helped me and supported me at every moment,
even though we went through difficult times in my childhood and my adolescence they were and
are always my secure base. But, not everyone has had the same story, some children had gone
through difficult experiences with their parents and some of them have been abused. When I
think about it I can just imagine how these children will be in the future? Is this what we want for
our children? Studying this material had made me reflect about how important is to b e a good
parent and this is what I want to be in the future with my children. Also, try to advise those who
are guiding their children in a wrong path because they will be the future for this country and we
must give them a good life and a secure base to start their dreams.