Developmental stages

Human development focuses on human growth and

changes across the lifespan, including physical,
cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality
and emotional growth.

The study of human developmental changes is

essential to understanding how humans learn,
mature, and adapt. Throughout their lives, humans
go through various stages of development.

The human being is either in a state of growth or

decline, but either condition imparts change. Some
aspects of our life change very little over time, we can
better respond and plan ahead effectively.
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 a. Pre-natal stage
(conception to birth)

Age when
hereditary
endowment and
sex are fix and all
body features
both external and
internal are
developed.
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 B. Infancy
(Birth to 2 years)

Foundation age
when basic
behavior are
organized and
many ontogenetic
maturation skills
are developed.

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 c. Early childhood
(2-6 years)

Pre-gang age,
exploratory, and
questioning.
Language and
Elementary
reasoning are
acquired and
initial socialization
is experienced.
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Late childhood
(6-12 years)

Gang and creativity

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skills, social skills,

school skills, and
play are developed.

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 Adolescence
(puberty to 18 years)

Trabsition age from

childhood to adulthood
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development occur
resulting to changes in
ways of feeling, thinking
and acting.

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 Early adulthood
(18-40 years)

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Age of adjustment
to new patterns of
life and roles such
as spouse, parent,
and bread winner.

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 Middle age
(40 years to retirement)

▸ Transition age
when adjustments
to initial physical
and mental
decline are
experienced

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 Old age
(Retirement to death)

▸ Retirement age
when
increasingly
rapid physical
and mental
decline are
experienced.

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 HAVINGHURST’S DEVELOPMENTAL TASK
DURING THE LIFE SPAN

▸ Robert J. Havighurst elaborated on the

Developmental Task Theory in the most systematic
and extensive manner. His main assertion is that
development is continuous throughout the entire
lifespan, occuring in stages where the individual
moves from one stage to the next by means of
successful resolution of problems or performance in
developmental task.

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▸ Havighurst proposed a bio
psychosocial model of development,
wherein the developmental task at
each stage are influenced by the
individual’s biology, psychology and
sociology.

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 The developmental tasks summary table
Infancy and Early
Childhood
(0-5)
Learning to walk
Learning to take solid
foods
Learning to talk
Learning to control the
elimination of body wastes
Learning sex differences
and sexual modesty
Acquiring concepts and
language to describe social
and physical reality
Readiness for reading
Learning to distinguish
right from wrong and
developing conscience.
Middle Childhood
(6-12)
Learning physical skills
necessary for ordinary
games
Building a wholesome
attitude toward oneself
Learning to get along with
age-mates
Learning an appropriate
sex roles
Develop fundamental
skills in reading, writing and
calculating
Developing concepts
necessary for everyday
living
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Adolescence
(13-18)
Achieving mature
relations with both sexes
Achieving a a masculine
or feminine social roles
Accepting one’s physique
Achieving emotional
independence of adults
Preparing for marriage
and family life
Preparing for an
economic career
Acquiring values and an
ethical system to guide
behavior
 Early Adulthood Middle Adulthood Later Maturity
(19-30) (30-60)) (61-up)

Selecting a mate Helping teenage Adjusting to

children to become decreasing strength and
Learning to live with a happy and responsible health
partner adults Adjusting to retirement
Achieving adult social and reduced income
Starting a family and civic responsibility Adjusting to death of
Rearing children Satisfactory career spouse
achievement Establishing relations
Managing a home Developing adult with one’s own age
Starting an occupation leisure time activities group
Relating to one’s Meeting social and
Assuming civic spouse as a person civic obligations
responsibility Accepting Establishing
physiological chnges of satisfactorily living
middle age quarters
Adjusting to aging
parent
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Activity #8 : developmental task of being grade 11

Instructions: Using the developmental task Summary task assess

your own level of developmental as a grade 11 student.
What are the What are the What are the
expected expected task you expected tasks you
developmental tasks have partially have not
you have successfully accomplished accomplished yet
accomplished

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Processing questions:

1. Being grade 11, what are the developmental tasks

expected of you? Rate yourself from 1-10 (10 as the
highest) on whether you have accomplished those
expected tasks.
2. As you are in grade 11, you are in transition from
high school to college, from being an adolescent to
young adult. How do you feel about this transition?
3. Do you think you are ready for this transition which
may mean more responsibilities and greater
accountability? If no, what are the expected tasks
you need to work on? If yes, what are the ways to
take so you can better plan for the future?
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 “
Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of
forces working together”

-W.E.B Du Bois

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 Thanks!

any
questions
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