C3 Stages in Human Development

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Order of development Stages

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Prenatal> Infancy> babyhood> early childhood> middle childhood> puberty> adolescence

Question 2

refers to age-related changes that occur from birth, throughout a person’s life, into and during old age.

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Lifespan development

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Conception until Birth

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Prenatal Stage

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This stage is when the human embryo or develops during pregnancy, from fertilization until birth.

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Prenatal Stage

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Birth to 2 weeks

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Infancy

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While the infant is dependent on adults for most things, many psychological characteristics are rapidly developing. During this stage, the bond that develops between the infant and their primary caregiver is important in terms of the infant’s later emotional development.

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Infancy

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2 weeks to 2 years

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Babyhood

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this stage is the true foundation age. A time of rapid growth and change and of decrease dependency, increased individuality, and the beginning of socialization

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Babyhood

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2 years to 6 years

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Early Childhood

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in this stage, the helplessness and dependency of a child are replaced by his growing independence. He gradually becomes aware of some simple concepts of social and physical realities.

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Early Childhood

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6 to 10-12 years

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Middle Childhood

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During this stage, children become increasingly independent from their parents as they learn to do things themselves and gain more self-control. During this stage, children’s cognitive skills develop and they also begin to develop an understanding of what is right and wrong.

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Middle childhood

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This is the stage where the child’s body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction to enable fertilization.

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Puberty

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12 years to 20 years

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Adolescence

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The onset of puberty marks beginning of this stage. It is dominated by seeking independence from parents and developing one’s own identity. Compared to the child, an adolescent’s thought processes are more logical complex and idealistic.

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Adolescence

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65 and older

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Late adulthood

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The period of considerable adjustment to changes in one’s life and self-perception. For many older people, this is very liberating time when they no longer have the day-to-day responsibility of looking after their children or working

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Late Adulthood

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Aspects of Development

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Cognitive Development
Language Development
Social Development
Emotional Development
Physical-motor Development
Moral Development

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is something to do with movements: gross motor, fine motor and perceptual motor development. It depends on the growth of the body and nervous system so that messages from the brain can be carried to the muscles to stimulate them to move.

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Physical-Motor Development

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This includes curiosity, the ability to perceive and think, memory, attention span, general knowledge, problem-solving, analytical thinking, beginning reading and other cognitive processes.

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Cognitive Development

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This includes children’s utterances, pronunciation, vocabulary, sentence length, and the ability to express ideas, needs, and feelings. It includes receptive and verbal language.

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Language Development

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Is the child’s ability to interact with people in an effective, responsive and appropriate way.

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Social Development

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Is the ability express and control feelings, form relationships and develop feelings towards other people, and develop a self-image and identity

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Emotional Development

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focuses on the emergence, change, and understanding of what is right and wrong from infancy through adulthood. In the field of moral development, morality is defined as principles for how individuals ought to treat one another, with respect to justice, other’s welfare and rights

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Moral Development

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he defines developmental task as one that arises a certain period in life, the successful achievement of which leads to happiness and success with later tasks; while leads to unhappiness, social disapproval, and difficulty with later tasks. He uses lightly different age groupings. He identifies three sources of developmental tasks.

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Robert J. Havighurst

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Proponent of Developmental Tasks

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Robert J. Havighurst

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For example, learning to walk, talk and behave acceptably with the opposite sex during adolescence; adjusting to menopause during middle age.

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Tasks that arise form physical maturation

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Those that emerge from the maturing personality and take the form of personal values and aspirations, such as learning the necessary skills for job success.

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Tasks that arise from personal sources.

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A good example is learning to read or learning the role of a responsible citizen.

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Task that have their source in the pressures of society.

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Developmental Task: Task that...

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- arise from physical maturation - arise from personal sources. - have their source in the pressure of society.

Question 31

Developmental Tasks Infancy and Early Childhood:

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Learning: - to walk - to take solid foods - to talk - to control the elimination of body wastes - sex differences and sexual modesty -- Forming concepts and learning the language to describe social and physical reality -- Getting ready to read

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Developmental Tasks Middle Childhood:

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Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games Building wholesome attitudes toward oneself as a growing organism Learning to get along with age-mates Learning an appropriate masculine social role Developing fundamental skills in reading, writing, and calculating Developing concepts necessary for everyday living Developing conscience, morality and a scale values Achieving personal independence Developing attitudes toward social groups and institutions

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Developmental Tasks Adolescence

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Achieving new and more mature relations with age-mates of both sexes Achieving a masculine or feminine social role Accepting one's physique and using the body effectively Achieving emotional independence of parents and other adults Preparing for marriage and family life Preparing for an economic career Acquiring a set of values and an ethical system as a guide to behavior; developing an ideology Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior

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Developmental Tasks Early Adulthood

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Selecting a mate Achieving a masculine or feminine social role Learning to live with a marriage partner Starting a family Rearing a children Managing home Getting started in an occupation Taking on civic responsibility Finding a congenial social group achieving socially responsible behavior

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Developmental Tasks Middle Adulthood

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Achieving adult civic and social responsibility Establishing and maintaining an economic standard of living Assisting teenage children to become responsible and happy adults Developing adult leisure time activities Relating oneself to one's spouse as a person Accepting and adjusting to the physiologic changes or middle age Adjusting to aging parents

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Developmental Tasks Late Adulthood

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Adjusting to decreasing physical strength and health Adjusting to retirement and reduced income Adjusting to the death of a spouse Establishing an explicit affiliation with one's age group Meeting social and civil obligations Establishing a satisfactory physical living arrangement