1. The Life and Times of Tracee Fletcher
Concordia University, Nebraska
HS555: Life Span
Professor Cheryl Durheim
The Life and Times of Tracee Fletcher
“The lord is my light and my salvation. The lord is my strength and my life.”
~Psalm 27:1~

2. Objectives Who is Tracee Fletcher
Processes that effect a person’s development
Different stages/processes of personal development in Tracee’s life span
References

3. Who is Tracee Fletcher? Born in the summer of 1973 Rome, New York
Child of Willie and Elmora Fletcher
Younger sister to Venita Fletcher
Twin sister to Terrance Fletcher
Family originates from Louisiana and Alabama

4. Processes that effect Development
According to Santrok (2016), there are three processes of development that begins at birth and continues throughout life.
Biological process- produces changes in the body. Such as the development of brain, height, weight, changes in motor skills, hormonal change and cardiovascular decline (p. 10).
Cognitive process- changes in a persons thought process, intellect and language skills (p.10).
Socioemotional process- involves changes in relationships with other people, emotions and personality (p.10).
Biological, cognitive and socioemotional processes are intertwined to create the phases of the human life span (Santrock, 2016).

5. Tracee’s Personal Development Birth to Twenty-four Months
Biological process:
Fraternal twin, born 4 minutes apart
According to Medical-Dictionary (n.d.), fraternal twins means “non- identical twins produced by the simultaneous fertilization of two different eggs by different sperms.” Twins can be male/female, male/male or female/female.
Preemie- 4 lbs. 2 oz., 19 inches long
Stayed in hospital for 7 additional days to gain weight.

6. Tracee’s Personal Development Birth to Twenty-four Months
Cognitive process:
Increased brain activity, gross and fine motor skills increased, and reflexes
Learned a lot following her brother’s lead, sister’s behaviors and parent’s teachings. Santrock (2016), would describe this cognitive type of learning through the Vygotsky’s sociocultural cognitive theory
Started walking at 11 months of age by pulling up on her brother, who was already walking by 10 ½ months

7. Tracee’s Personal Development Birth to Twenty-four Months
Socioemotional process:
Used to scratch and bite her twin brother all the time to the point her parents put socks on her hands.
Cried a lot when she could not get her way
A difficult child, according to Chess and Thomas Temperament Classification is a child that reacts negatively, cries a lot and is slow to accept change (Santrock, 2016).
Grew out of that stage, became what Rothbart and Bates would classify as extraversion/surgency. Smiled and laughed more (Santrock, 2016)

8. Tracee’s Personal Development Two to five years old
Biological process:
Began to form complex sentences. Influenced by the Boca area. An area of the left frontal brain that helps forms words (Santrock, 2016).
Sleep is considered an important part of development. “Sleep efficiency was found to be associated with impairments in cognitive functioning” (Vriend, Davidson, Corkum, Rusak, McLaughlin & Chambers, 2012, p. 218). It also helps restore/replenish the body and brain after daily activities (Santrock, 2016, p. 103).
Parents ensured she got at least got 9 hours of sleep a night. This habit continued well into adulthood. This practice has been passed down to her son.

9. Tracee’s Personal Development Two to five years old
Cognitive process:
Started Kindergarten at 5 years old
Intuitive thought stage. According to Santrock (2016), this means children start to use primitive reasoning (p.183).
Became the “why” child. Why did that occur? Or Why did you do that?

10. Tracee’s Personal Development Two to Five years old
Socioemotional process:
Brother was placed in a different Kindergarten classroom, so they could not rely on each other
She was shy without him
School helped with social play. Social play is “play that involves interaction with peers” (Santrock, 2016, p.500). In time she came out of her shell

11. Tracee’s Personal Development Six to Eleven years old
Biological process:
Hit the side of her head at 9 years old and loss consciousness.
Ninth birthday party, was running with friends to the playground, tripped over her feet and head landed on a rock
The temporal lobes in the brain play a role in memory, hearing and processing language (Santrock, 2016).

12. Tracee’s Personal Development Six to Eleven years old
Cognitive process:
Due to head injury, memory still hazy
Assumed gender schema theory was learned during this timeframe. Learned what is gender-appropriate and gender-inappropriate in her culture (Santrock, 2016, p. 374).
Accommodated to loss of some memories. According to Piaget process of development, accommodation occurs when children adjust their way of thinking to take in account new information and experiences (Santrock, 2016, p. 175).

13. Tracee’s Personal Development Six to Eleven years old
Socioemotional process:
Memory still unclear for this time period.
Self-aware, understanding of others.
Santrock (2016), called the understanding of others, perspective taking
Relied on family to provide past memories

14. Tracee’s Personal Development Twelve to Fifteen years old
Biological process:
Asthma during this time period. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways and the most common, chronic childhood illness (Cleveland, 2013).
Joined the track team. Ran the 100, and 200 relay race.
Improved cardiovascular system and lung capacity

15. Tracee’s Personal Development Twelve to Fifteen years old
Cognitive process:
Dreamed of becoming a Veterinarian
Discouraged by grandparents due to severe allergies
In the “midst of a crisis”, and goals were lacking or unclearly defined (p. 352). Santrock (2016) called this identity moratorium phase

16. Tracee’s Personal Development Twelve to Fifteen years old
Socioemotional process:
Average child
Santrock (2016) explained, average children receive an average number of both positive and negative from their peers (p. 490)
Did not hang in cliques, felt everyone was a friend/associate

17. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixteen to Nineteen years old
Biological process:
Hormone raging
Dating at 16
Sexual Identity: Heterosexual

18. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixteen to Nineteen years old
Cognitive process:
Graduated High School
Joined the Air Force. Emphasizing the need to need to serve a group instead of self. Santrock (2016), would labeled this as Collectivism.

19. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixteen to Nineteen years old
Socioemotional process:
Cousin found murdered by the serial killer Jeffery Dahmer
Grief: emotional numbness, and disbelief (Santrock, 2016, p. 579)
Tried to make sense out of this world
Went to prom

20. Tracee’s Personal Development Twenties
Biological process:
Drinking alcohol
Poor eating habits
Developed Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as a result
GERD: is a digestive disorder that affects the ring of muscle between the esophagus and stomach, due to the return of the stomach's contents backing up into the esophagus (WebMed, n.d.).

21. Tracee’s Personal Development Twenties
Cognitive process:
Received Emergency Management Technician Certificate
Completed Associate Degree in Health Sciences from Community College of the Air Force
Finished combat weapon, biological and chemical training

22. Tracee’s Personal Development Twenties
Socioemotional process:
Single Adult
According to Santrock (2016), more than 5,000 single adults 21 years of age and older were not in a committed relationships (p.447).
More assertive and adventurous

23. Tracee’s Personal Development Thirties
Biological process:
Injured back on deployment. Could not do work duties for months
Attended physical/water therapy
Pregnancy
Gained weight, pressure to be fit.

24. Tracee’s Personal Development Thirties
Cognitive process:
Completed Bachelor Degree in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Became more spiritual- Spirituality “living in a way that benefits others and society” (Santrock, 2016, p.431).

25. Tracee’s Personal Development Thirties
Socioemotional process:
Chronosystem; motherhood, marriage
Chronosystem affects development through sociohistorical events, and changes in a person’s life circumstances (Santrock, 2016).
Authoritative style of parenting. Urges kids to be independent, but at the same time place limits on their actions (Santrock, 2016, p. 461).
Euthanatized dog. It is an act of ending a life to avoid suffering (Santrock, 2016, p.568). “R.I.P. Ebony 2014”

26. Tracee’s Personal Development Forties
Biological process:
Routine age-related health check ups: Mammogram
Hormone fluctuations
Perimenopause: the in between stage of having a menstrual cycle to no menstrual cycle (Santrock, 2016, p 399).

27. Tracee’s Personal Development Forties
Cognitive process:
Working on Master’s Degree- Human Services concentration on Gerontology from Concordia University, Nebraska
Crystallized intelligence. Increased learning to increase knowledge. Accumulated information and verbal skill improve in middle age (Santrock, 2016, p. 199)

28. Tracee’s Personal Development Forties
Socioemotional process:
Completed a Life review: looking back on one’s life experiences, evaluating them, and interpreting them (Santrock, 2016, p. 341)
Retired from the Air Force
Involved in more leisure activities

29. Tracee’s Personal Development Fifties
Biological process:
Healthier diet/restrict calories
Menopause: menstrual cycle stopped (Santrock, 2016, p. 399)
Routine age-related health checkups-colonoscopy

30. Tracee’s Personal Development Fifties
Cognitive process:
Certification in Case Management
Took painting class
Learned how to crochet

31. Tracee’s Personal Development Fifties
Socioemotional process:
Second career as a case worker
New to the field, having issues at work
Ageism; discrimination against older workers in the work place (Hillier & Barrow, 2014)

32. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixties
Biological process:
Vision changes- reading glasses
Physical changes- back pain, cannot stand/walk for long periods of time

33. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixties
Cognitive process:
Decline in prospective memory: made list in order to remember to do things
Prospective memory: involves remembering to do something in the future (Santrock, 2016, p. 219)

34. Tracee’s Personal Development Sixties
Socioemotional process:
Empty nest syndrome. A decline in marital satisfaction after children leave the home (Santrock, 2016)
Activity theory. The more active an older adult is, the more they are satisfied with life
Cultivated friendships

35. Tracee’s Personal Development Seventies
Biological process:
Hearing loss- hearing aid
Physical changes, thinning/graying of hair, less muscle tone, need to walk with cane or walker

36. Tracee’s Personal Development Seventies
Cognitive process:
Favorite pass time to read fiction novels
Cognitive pragmatics linked to experience and culture improves in late adulthood (Santrock, 2016, p. 199).
Created advance directive. Santrock (2016), advance directives are legal documents that details a person’s end of life care choice (p. 568).

37. Tracee’s Personal Development Seventies
Socioemotional process:
Retired from second career
Activity levels slowed down. Socioemotional selectivity theory: more selective on what types of activities or social relationships get involved with (Santrock, 2016, p. 305).
Grandparent

38. Tracee’s Personal Development Eighties and Beyond
Biological process:
Less mobile, dependent on others
Arthritis. Arthritis is inflammation of one or more of your joints

39. Tracee’s Personal Development Eighties and Beyond
Cognitive process:
Facing Death
Kubler-Ross Stages of Dying: 5 stages of dying, denial/isolation, anger, bargaining/depression and acceptance (Santrock, 2016, p. 577)

40. Tracee’s Personal Development Eighties and Beyond
Socioemotional process:
Depression
Complicate grief or prolonged grief disorder- loss of husband
Despairing grief that remains unresolved over long time (Santrock, 2016, p. 581)

41. Summary
What is Tracee Fletcher’s legacy?
This handsome fellow: Myles

42. References
Arthritis Overview (n.d). Retrieved from:
Cleveland, K. K. (2013). Evidence-based asthma education for parents. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 18(1), doi: /jspn.12007
Fraternal friends (n.d.) Retrieved from
Heartburn/GERD Health Center (n.d.). Retrieved from: disease-gerd-1#1
Hillier, S. & Barrow, G., (2007). Aging the Individual and Society. 8th Edition. Belmont: Thomson.
Vriend, J. L., Davidson, F. D., Corkum, P. V., Rusak, B., McLaughlin, E. N., & Chambers, C. T. (2012). Sleep Quantity and Quality in Relation to Daytime Functioning in Children. Children's Health Care, 41(3), doi: /