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Human Development

Human development involves growing to maturity through cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development. It occurs through distinct life stages from pre-natal development through infancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age. Each stage is characterized by specific physical, cognitive, social, and emotional developmental milestones.

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Human Development

Human development involves growing to maturity through cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development. It occurs through distinct life stages from pre-natal development through infancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age. Each stage is characterized by specific physical, cognitive, social, and emotional developmental milestones.

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Human Development

Is the process of growing to maturity.


Cognitive Development
is primarily concerned with the ways that infants and children acquire, develop, and use internal mental
capabilities such as problem solving, memory, and language.
Social and emotional development
how individuals develop social and emotional competencies. For example, they study how children form
friendships, how they understand and deal with emotions, and how identity develops.
Physical development
Physical development concerns the physical maturation of an individual's body until it reaches the adult
stature.
Life stages of psychological development
Pre-natal development
germinal stage- conception until 2 weeks
embryonic stage- 2 weeks to 8 weeks
fetal stage- 9 weeks until birth of the baby
Infancy
From birth until the first year, the child is referred to as an infant
Infant Perception: Vision, Hearing, Smell, Pain, and Touch
Toddlerhood
during toddlerhood, babies begin learning how to walk, talk, and make decisions for themselves.
is a child between the ages of one and three.

Early childhood
Also called "pre-school age," "exploratory age" and "toy age."
Is a child between ages 3 to 9.
Adolescence
is the period of life between the onset of puberty and the full commitment to an adult social role, such
as worker, parent, and/or citizen.

It is divided into three parts namely:
1. Early Adolescence: 9 to 13 years (preteen),
2. Mid Adolescence: 13 to 15 years and
3. Late Adolescence: 15 to 18 years

Early adulthood
Early adulthood, according to theorists such as Erik Erikson, is a stage where development is mainly
focused on maintaining relationships. Examples include creating bond of intimacy, sustaining
friendships, and ultimately making a family.
is generally a person in the age range of 20 to 40.
Middle adulthood
Middle adulthood generally refers to the period between ages 40 to 69.
Physically, the middle-aged experience a decline in muscular strength, reaction time, sensory keenness,
and cardiac output.
women experience menopause and a sharp drop in the hormone estrogen.
Old age
This stage generally refers to those aged over 70.
Physically, older people experience a decline in muscular strength, reaction time, stamina, hearing,
distance perception, and the sense of smell.
They also are more susceptible to diseases such as cancer and pneumonia due to a weakened immune
system.

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