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Babyhood
Childhood
Adolescence
Early
Late
Developmental Tasks
Relating emotionally to parents and siblings
Learning the foundations of speech
Achieving reasonable physiological stability especially in hunger rhythm and sleep
Learning sex differences
Having organs of elimination under partial control
Getting ready to read
Learning to walk
Learning to distinguish between right and wrong and developing a conscience
Learning to take solid foods
Physical Development
Social development
Emotional Development
The type of behavior babies’ show in social situations affects their personal and social
adjustments
According to Hofilena (1983), it is at feeding time that the baby receives the earliest lesson
in love, along with the earliest stimulation of his intellect.
Once established, social foundations tend to be persistent as children grow older
Babies may show profound disturbances in health and in motor, social, and language development as
found in a study by Rene Spitz ( 1983).
Developmental Tasks
developing independence
development of motor skills that allow him to explore and do things to
satisfy his curiosity
control of elimination
acquisition of adequate vocabulary
Height
Teeth
Weight
Physical Development
Body Proportions
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Development
Development of Understanding
Preoperational Phase
Mental image
Verbal evocation
Drawing
Symbolic play
Deferred imitation
Emotional Development
Social Development
heightened emotionality
pre-gang age
acquisition of skills for future socialization
Developmental Tasks
Mastery of early childhood developmental tasks
Physical Development
Slow uniform growth until changes of puberty
Cognitive Development
Concrete Operation
Social Development
The generalized others
Friendships
Emotional Development
Developed in the context of social groups
Developmental Tasks
Achieving independence
Establishing one's identity
Physical Development
Sex differences
Cognitive Development
Specialization
Cognitive spurt
Social Development
Preparation for adult patterns of socialization
Peer-group influences wane
Emotional Development
heightened emotional tension
Emotional maturity