OUTLINE OF A STUDY OF THE SELF lo 



II. THE DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH OF THE SELF 

 'i. Conditions of Prenatal Life 



(a) Physical. Bring together all of the physical facts which have bearing 

 upon your prenatal existence: Age of parents; their health; their economic 

 status; previous children; habits of father and of mother (alcohol, tobacco, 

 drugs; work, rest, recreation). 



(b) Mental. Similarly, bring together all available information concerning 

 mental conditions which may have influenced your prenatal existence: Atti- 

 tudes of father and mother toward children; mental condition of father at this 

 time of life; mental condition of mother, immediately before and during preg- 

 nancy; any unusual experiences during pregnancy; intellectual occupations oJ 

 diversions of parents during this period of your life. 



2. The Self in Infancy (Birth to End of Second Year) 



(a) Circumstances of birth. Condition of mother physically and mentally at 

 this critical time; environmental circumstances; easy or difficult birth; instru- 

 mental; any known injuries at birth; behavior immediately afterbirth; environ- 

 ment during infancy; coimtry or city; playmates; sleep; exercise; food. 



(b) Physical characteristics. Weight, general physical condition, and be- 

 havior at birth; growth during first two years; special physical traits; defects; 

 precocious development; learning to walk, to talk, to feed the self. 



(c) Mental characteristics. Habits of personal cleanliness; likes and dis- 

 likes with respect to foods; temperament (good-natured, happy, cheerful, 

 playful or cross, fretful, peevish); easily angered, soon restored to cheerfulness; 

 fearless or fearful (timid or courageous) ; special fears, instinctive and acquired 

 (if any are thought to be acquired, give their history); interests, in animals, 

 dolls, other children, driving or riding, in water, in articles of clothing, in play- 

 things; imitative tendencies, — imitation of what and when. 



