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Lifespan Psychology - Coggle Diagram
Lifespan Psychology
Physical
Prenatal - conception to birth
Germinal - weeks 1 to 2
Conception and fertilisation
Zygote
Embryonic - weeks 3-8
Implantation to from embryo
Blood vessels grow
Organs begin to form
Heart begins to beat
Neural tube forms along back turning into spinal cord and brain
Foetal - weeks 9 to 40
Known as foetus
Sex organs differentiate
Looks more human-like
14 weeks
curl toes
suck thumb
move arms and legs
small muscles in face, smile and grimace
24 weeks
hearing develops
more internal organs
Preemie birth can occur
Brain continues development from 16-28 weeks, almost doubling in size
Infancy - birth to 1 year
Motor development - enables physical coordination
Nervous and muscle systems form - more complicated skills emerge
Minor exceptions - physical development sequence universal
Gross
Hold head up
Lying on stomach
Crawl
Roll over
Stand up
Fine
Facial expressions
Grasping
Picking up small objects
Childhood - 1 to 12 years
Body shape slim down, trunk lengthens
Head appears to large for the body
Lose baby fat of infancy
Brain develops to about 90% of adult weight
1-2 years of age
Fine
Use spoon
Scribbling
Zipper up and down
Gross
Climbing
Kicking a ball :
Walking up steps
5 years
Fine
Turning book pages
Using scissors
Turning door handles
Gross
Riding a tricycle
Hop
Swing
Catch a ball
Body growth slow but consistent until adolescence
Increase strength, coordination, lung& heart capacities
Fine motor skills develop slowly but more refined by end of childhood
Adolescence - 12 to 20 years
Reach physical peak - 25-30 years - but decline by end
Early Adulthood
Middle Age
Old Age
Cognitive
Prenatal
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle Age
Old Age
Social and Emotional
Prenatal
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle Age
Old age