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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