The 7 Stages of Human Development

Infancy is from the ages 0-3 years old. It’s a time of rapid growth. During this period of time most changes occur. At this age children develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills. When a baby is born they are helpless and depend on their carer in order for them to survive.

Infancy (0-2): At this stage the child is solely dependent on their parents for their safety

Inconsistency and selfishness from the “Catch-30” stage turns into rationality and order in the early thirties. This is the “Rooting and Extending” stage where one is known to mature. People lay out their future with settled

Infancy is the stage or period of early childhood this is where the kid is full of energy learning where to crawl, roll over and sit up and eventually how to walk. Very basic skills are learned during through this period such as, coordination and the ability to represent images and objects with words. A lot of the child’s features also change during this stage.

“Though the age boundaries are not set in stone, we will consider middle adulthood as the developmental period that begins at approximately 40 to 45 years of age and extends to about 60 to 65 years of age” (Santrock, 2013, p. 485). I interviewed two individuals for this paper. Each person was asked the same fifteen questions (Appendix). I interviewed a male and a female who fell in the midrange of middle adulthood.

During middle adulthood biological and physical changes become apparent. During this time visual perception, hearing and the reproductive system

From adolescence to late adulthood, our lives change drastically. Our goals, achievements and conceptions of life differentiate as we mature. As we grow older, we no longer concern ourselves with self-identity or the opinions of others, but instead we focus on our accomplishments and evaluate our life (if we lived a meaningful life). From adolescence to late adulthood, we experience different developmental tasks at a particular place in our life span.

Growing, transforming and aging are all inevitable facets of life. Every single human being undergoes changes in their lives until they eventually expire. The life span of development includes childhood, adulthood and old age. Late adulthood is the concluding period of life span development when physical and mental declines occur from aging. Nevertheless, there are ways for people to prolong their lives while experiencing change. Regular exercise, a healthy diet and positivity give individuals the strength to help themselves transition into stages of development smoothly.

Of the many theorists that have had the opportunity to make immense contributions to the human race regarding behavioral sciences, theorist Erick Erickson and Abraham Maslow are the two that I believe set the framework of understanding my adult stages of life. According to Feldman (2014), Erik Erickson’s intimacy vs. isolation stage commences from age 18 through forty. During this stage of development, individuals actively are seeking to be intimately involved with others. Adults are attempting to explore and develop relationships that have the potential to be life-long. When a person is successful at this stage of development, he or she has developed happy relationships, and a sense of security and commitment essentially has acquired love

Adulthood in the later years of life is different from the previous stages of life. Unlike the stages in later adulthood, the earlier stages emphasize developmental growth and achievements. In the later years in life, a person must deal with deteriorating health and death. The developmental theories in late adulthood involve the methods in which an individual can deal with their relationships with their bodily changes, mental abilities, changes in close relationships, families, overall society, and intended and unintended relocations (Rathus, 2013).

I feel that frienships are more important to our psychosocial well being during emerging adulthood than romantic relationships are. While Erikson describes this stage using the word intamacy, other theorist use different words for the same human need: affiliation, affection, interdependendence, communion, belonging and love. All theorist agree that adults seek to become friends, lovers, companions, and partners. While many emerging adults

As a person advances in years, they begin to question their lives. This can prompt a sudden change in direction, that is a, a new job, returning to school, or taking action to do things that were goals when younger (lime). Parents, in particular, begin to view their concept of life differently. The appreciate the job they did raising their families once grandchildren come along (brown). Early Adulthood tends to be more of a time

Of the many theorists that have had the opportunity to make immense contributions to the human race regarding behavioral sciences, theorist Erick Erickson and Abraham Maslow are the two that I believe set the framework of understanding my adult stages of life. According to Feldman (2014), Erik Erickson’s intimacy vs. isolation stage commences from age 18 through forty. During this stage of development, individuals actively are seeking to be intimately involved with others. Adults are attempting to explore and develop relationships that have the potential to be life-long. When a person is successful at this stage of development, he or she has developed happy relationships, and a sense of security and commitment essentially has acquired love

This stage in the life span is considered the time when a person moves from the childhood stage into the adulthood stage. During this time there are many physical, cognitive, and personality developments that affect the

During early adulthood ages twenty to forty, people enter the achieving stage according to the developmental psychologist K. Warner Shaie. In this stage young adults begin to be more focused on making decisions on what to do for the rest of their lives and whom to form relationships with. These decisions will soon make up the core of their happiness throughout adulthood. According to the psychologist Erik Erikson, this challenge of forming relationships is called the intimacy – versus – isolation stage. Those who are successful in the stage have no problem in forming intimate relationships and are willing to sacrifice for others. Those who have a hard time often result to loneliness with a growing fear of relationships. This could be a result of failure to form an identity for oneself in Erikson’s previous stage of identity – versus – confusion.