Stages of Development

Question 1

is the period before birth.
A woman’s nutritional needs are high during
this time. Because a woman may not know
that she is pregnant, she may be poorly
nourished. She may also consume alcohol or
caffeine in excess, which may affect the
growing embryo or fetus

Answer 1

PRENATAL PERIOD
(CONCEPTION TO BIRTH)

Question 2

● Fertilization to 2 weeks.
● The period of zygote

Answer 2

GERMINAL

Question 3

2 weeks to 2 months.
● The period of embryo

Answer 3

EMBRYONIC

Question 4

2 months until birth.
● The period of fetus.

Answer 4

FETAL

Question 5

is the earliest stage in
life, typically lasting from birth to about 2
years old.During this stage, infants learn
to develop their abilities to think, feel, and
move. They also learn how to interact with
the people and things around them.

Answer 5

INFANCY TO TODDLERHOOD
(BIRTH TO 2 YEARS)

Question 6

TASK OF AN INFANCY /
TODDLERHOOD

Answer 6

1.Can lift and turn their head.
2.Infant raised up.
3.Able to sit alone without support.
4. Infant rolls from back to stomach.
5.Infant may pull into.
6.Infant takes steps.

Question 7

is a period of rapid and critical development
from conception to 8 years. Quality
nurturing care during this period-adequate
nutrition, good healthcare, protection, play,
and early education is vital for children’s
physical, cognitive, linguistic and
social-emotional development.

Answer 7

EARLY CHILDHOOD
(2 TO 5 YEARS OLD)

Question 8

TASK OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Answer 8

1. Can walk upstairs one at a time.
2. Can kick a ball.
3. Draw simple strokes with a pencil.
4. Writing some lower case and
   upper-case letters.
5. Can dress and undress themselves.

Question 9

MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD

Answer 9

(6 TO 12 YEARS OLD)

Question 10

is a stage where children move into expanding roles
and environments.

Answer 10

● Middle childhood

Question 11

extends from the age of six years to the time the
individual becomessexually mature.This period is
marked by conditions that profoundly affect a child’s
personal and social adjustment.

Answer 11

● Late childhood

Question 12

TASK OF AN MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD

Answer 12

1.Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary
games
2.Building a wholesome attitude towards oneself.
3.Learning to get along with agemates.
4.Learn about self.
5.Learn about values.
6.Learn about morals.
7.Learn about personal independence.

Question 13

is a transitional stage of physical and
psychological development that generally
occurs during the period from puberty to
adulthood.

Answer 13

ADOLESCENCE
(13 TO 18 YEARS OLD)

Question 14

TASK OF AN ADOLESCENCE

Answer 14

1.Establishing a peer group.
2.Develop social intelligence.
3.Assuming the rule of one’s sex
4.Separating from parents
5.Developing a world view.
6.Accepting bodily changes.

Question 15

The life stage called early adulthood defines
individuals between the ages of 20 and 35,who are
typically vibrant, active, and healthy, and are
focused on friendships, romance, childbearing, and
careers.
- Yet serious conditions, such as violent events,
depression and eating disorders, can negatively
impact young adults.

Answer 15

EARLY ADULTHOOD
(19 TO 29 YEARS OLD)

Question 16

TASK OF AN EARLY ADULTHOOD

Answer 16

1.Selecting a mate.
2.Achieving a masculine or feminine social role.
3.Learning to live with a marriage partner.
4.Starting a family.
5.Rearing children.

Question 17

The late thirty through the mid-sixties is
referred to as middle adulthood. This is a
period in which ageing, that began earlier,
becomes more noticeable and periods
are at their peak of productivity in love
and work.

Answer 17

MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
(30 TO 60 YEARS OLD)

Question 18

TASK OF AN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

Answer 18

1.Having/Securing a Stable Job
2. Launching their own children into their own
lives.
3.Losing parents and experiencing associated
grief.
4.Becoming grandparents.
5. Can provide needs to their families/children.

Question 19

This period of life span has increased in
the last 100 years, particularly in
industrialized countries. Late adulthood is
sometimes subdivided into two or three
categories such as the “young old” and
“old old” or the “young old”,”old old” and
“oldest old”.

Answer 19

LATE ADULTHOOD
(61 YEARS AND ABOVE)

Question 20

TASK OF AN LATE ADULTHOOD

Answer 20

1.Healthy and Active Lifestyles
2.Have an adequate income.
3.Establishing well identity and social
status.
4.Experiencing different kinds of diseases
for getting old.
5.Leisure Time