DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
STAGE
1. Pre-Natal Age when hereditary endowments
( Conception to Birth ) and sex are fixed and all body
features, both external and internal
are developed.
2. Infancy Foundation age when basic
( Birth to 2 Years ) behavior are organized and many
ontogenetic maturation skills are
developed
 DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
STAGE
3. Early Childhood Pre- gang age, exploratory,
and questioning. Language
and elementary reasoning are
(2 to 6 years) required and initial
socialization is exeperienced.
4. Late Childhood Gang and creativity age when
( 6 to 12 years ) self-help skills, social skills,
school skills, and play are
developed
5. Adolescence Transition age from childhood to
( puberty to 18 years ) adulthood when sex maturation
and rapid physical development
occur resulting to changes in ways
of feeling, thinking and acting.
6. Early Adulthood Age of adjustment to new patterns
( 18 to 40 years ) of life and roles such as spouse,
parent and bread winner.
7. Middle Age Transition age when adjustments
(40 years to retirement) to initial physical and mental
decline are experienced.
8. Old Age Retirement age when increasingly
( Retirement to death ) rapid physical and mental decline are
experienced