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This paper addresses three events in the life of the author in relation to developmental psychology. In the first event, the death of the author’s mother, the author considers his development in light of Social Theory, specifically John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory. In the second event, the author relates experiences as an orphan begging in a train station to the Organismic Theory presented by Lawrence Kohlberg. In the third event, the author connects the effects of his step-grandfathers’ generosity on his psychological development as they relate to Environmental Theory, specifically Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. The author integrates the above theories into the events in question. The author relates the events in chronological order.
