NAME: TAMONEA WRIGHT

GRADE: 10C2

DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TEACHER: MS. PIERRE

TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF AN INDIVIDUAL

The different developmental stages of an individual are just as you see in the above picture. An
individual, during his/her lifetime, passes through a number of stages, each of which has its special
characteristics. These stages are as follows:
 STAGES OF AN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH STAGES OF AN
INDIVIDUAL
The prenatal period – the period prior to birth The child experiences continuous rapid growth at
infancy.
Childhood – the period from birth to about the As the children grow older, they progressively
age of 10-13 years when the individual reaches learn to,
puberty  Walk
 Talk
 Control movements of bladder and bowel
 Forming ideas of people and things
 Learning to differentiate between right
and wrong, good and bad
 Learning physical skills necessary for
ordinary games
 Cooperating with peers, parents and
associates
 Developing basic skills in reading, writing
and arithmetic
 Developing a sense of values and
morality
Adolescence – the period between puberty and For boys:
adulthoo  The testes begin to produce testosterone
d (usually from 12 or 13 to 19 years) –the male sex hormone;
 Sperms are produced by the testes;
 Hair appears on face, chest, pubic region
and under the arms;
 Height is gained;
 Muscles develop;
 Voice changes.

For girls:
 The ovaries begin to produce sex
hormones –estrogen and progesterone
 Eggs are produced by the ovaries;
 Hair appears under the arms and in the
pubic region;
 The breasts develop;
 The hips widen.

Adulthood –from the time when an individual Individuals become independent, responsibilities
attains social and psycho-logical maturity (usually for work.
from about 20 years) to old age
Senescence- old age They become senile.

This shows a table of develop stages and characteristics l