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Stages of Human Development

This document discusses the physical development stages from infancy through adulthood. It provides details on motor skills, growth rates, and physical changes that occur during each life stage. In infancy, rapid growth occurs with abilities like sitting, crawling and walking developing over the first year. During childhood, growth slows and skills enhance with abilities to run, climb and gain independence. Adolescence brings puberty and sexual maturation with development of secondary sex characteristics and a growth spurt. Adulthood completes physical development with long bone growth stopping and reproductive maturity.

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Stages of Human Development

This document discusses the physical development stages from infancy through adulthood. It provides details on motor skills, growth rates, and physical changes that occur during each life stage. In infancy, rapid growth occurs with abilities like sitting, crawling and walking developing over the first year. During childhood, growth slows and skills enhance with abilities to run, climb and gain independence. Adolescence brings puberty and sexual maturation with development of secondary sex characteristics and a growth spurt. Adulthood completes physical development with long bone growth stopping and reproductive maturity.

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INFANCY - very fast changing phase - rate of growth is very fast, but not as much as in Prenatal stage
- a nutrition-dependent phase - high velocity of growth declines after year 1 - nervous system develops
faster - birth weight and length increases (usually doubles weight by 9 months) - uncoordinated
movements - responds to human touch & voice - poor vision (focusing range = 8 to 12 inches) - Reflexes:
sucking, grasping, stepping, rooting, startle
11. INFANCY PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 3 months Infants can sit with their head held steady for a few
seconds, if supported 6 months Infants have more strength and muscle control. They can lift their heads
, sit without support, and turn their head to look around. They can pull themselves up when their hands
are grasped 9 months Infants can sit unsupported for ten minutes. They are starting to move
independently by rolling or squirming. They can pull themselves to stand, and can stand holding onto
soemthing for a few moments 12 months Infants can get from a lying to a sitting position without help.
They crawl rapidly. They can walk by holding onto furniture and stand alone for a few monments. 15
months Infants can get on their feet alone. They can walk and crawl upstairs. 18 months Infants can run,
walk upstairs and crawl downstairs . 2 years Infants can walk downstairs. 3 years Infants can climb on
play equipment, ride a tricycle and throw and catch a ball.
12. Infancy Brain Development
13. CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD (2 6 YEARS) - rate of growth decreases or slows down; growth is
slowest by the 3rd year, but stable and consistently increasing - learning ability which was launched in
the 1st year becomes faster as the child is exposed to new environment - all the psychomotor skills are
enhancing; muscle coordination allows the child to run, climb, move freely - speech is learned; child
recognizes letters and some words - teeth erupt - short attention span
14. MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (7-10 YEARS) - most stable period of childhood - all changes are consolidated
because of differential rate of growth - by the 9th year, body proportion of the growing child changes growth of brain is almost 95% - replacement of milk teeth by permanent teeth is almost complete, with
the exception of the 2nd molars.
15. LATE CHILDHOOD (10TH YEAR - PUBERTY) - phase influenced by growth of sex hormones development of reproductive system and secondary sexual dimensions occur - linear growth under the
influence of these hormones / systems is fast - there is a sudden increase in the linear dimension, which
is known as ADOLESCENCE SPURT - complex motor-sensory coordination - understanding of abstract
concepts, enhanced reading, writing and speech skills - visual acuity is at its best
16. Stages of Childhood Development Piaget's Stages of Cognitive
17. ADOLESCENCE - In this pubertal phase there is separation of body size, shape and form between
males and females - Males have broader shoulders, more muscles, while females have narrow
shoulders, broad hips and more fat - complete separation of physique; body is filled with subcutaneous
fat - onset of oogenesis and spermatogenesis - change of voice is noticeable in males - in females,
MENARCHE follows within 6 weeks of spurt

18. Adolescence Physical Development at Puberty


19. ADULTHOOD - stage reached in 18 years in females, and 20 years in males - period of child-bearing
age - long bones stop growing; linear growth stops; terminal stage for linear dimension - bones and
muscular completed in this stage development MIDDLE ADULTHOOD / MIDDLE-AGE (40-65 years) muscle tone decreases - hair greys, skin wrinkles - hearing loss, visual acuity loss - weight gain
20. SENESCENCE Or Late Adulthood (65 years and above) - also known as declining stage (negative
growth) - at the age of 60+ there is a decrease in stature because of compression of vertebral disc memory loss can occur and reasoning ability can diminish - mineralization increases; bones become
brittle and more susceptible to fracture - decrease in functional ability - teeth loosen - decrease in water
content - immune system becomes weaker - muscles deteriorate

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