DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE

GROUP 7

Infancy (birth to 2 years)

An infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless") is the very young offspring of a human or animal. The term infant is typically applied to young children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions may vary between birth and 1 year of age, or even between birth and 2 years of age.

Developmental Tasks of INFANCY

• learning to trust their environment and people around them•believing that their needs are important•feeling loved and worthy of being cared for•establishing a bond with their caretakers•exploring their world

Developmental Tasks of INFANCY• forming an effective attachment with at least one primary parent who consistently and promptly responds to their needs

•becoming comfortable with others who interact with them

•making their needs known through crying or other signals

•dependent upon adults for meeting all their needs

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Developmental Tasks Early Childhood (ages 3-5)• continue to increase their sense of individuality

•they make significant gains in their verbal skills and become more likely to express their feelings

•Preschoolers also develop a greater sense of curiosity and exploration, and increase their abilities to imagine and fantasize

•Sex-role Identification

•Early moral development

•Self-esteem Group play

•continuing to explore and acquire information about their world and how it works

•learning how to use power

•learning that behaviors have consequences

•acquiring socially appropriate behavior

Developmental Tasks Early Childhood (ages 3-5)

Developmental Tasks Middle Childhood  (ages 6-12)

• Learning physical skills for playing games

•Developing school-related skills such as reading , writing, and counting

•Developing conscience and values

•Attaining independence

•develop skills for building healthy social relationships and learn roles that will lay ground work for a lifetime

Developmental Tasks Middle Childhood  (ages 6-12)•Friendship•Concrete operations•Skill Learning•Self-evaluation•Team Play

Developmental Tasks Adolescence (ages 13-18)

•Physical Maturation

• Establishing emotional independence from parents

•Equipping self with skills needed for productive occupation

•Achieving gender-based social role

Developmental Tasks Adolescence (ages 13-18)

•Establishing mature relationships with peers of both sexes

•Sexual Relationships

•Learning to get along with friends of both sexes.

Developmental Tasks Early Adulthood (ages 19-29)

•The young adult is also faced with career decisions.

•Choices concerning marriage and family are often made during this period.

•Such alternatives to marriage as “living together” (cohabitation) have become more common.

•Work/career choice affects not only socioeconomic status but also friends, political values, residence location, child care, job stress, and many other aspects of life.

Developmental Tasks Early Adulthood (ages 19-29)

*Selecting a mate. * Learning to live with a partner. * Starting family. * Rearing children. * Managing home. * Getting started in occupation. * Taking on civic responsibility. * Finding a congenial social group.

Developmental Tasks Middle Adulthood (ages 30-60)

•Nurturing the marriage relationship•Management of household•Parenting•Management of a career•accepting and adjusting to physiological changes, such as menopause

Developmental Tasks Later Maturity (ages 61 and over)

•Adjusting to decreasing physical strength and health•Adjustment to retirement and reduced income•Adjusting to death of a spouse•Establishing an explicit affiliation with one’s age group

Developmental Tasks Later Maturity (ages 61 and over)•Adopting and adapting social roles in a flexible way

•Establishing satisfactory physical living arrangements

•Developing a point of view about death

•Coping with physical changes of aging

•Developing a psycho historical perspective