Lesson 5 Developmental Task Summary Table
Lesson 5 Developmental Task Summary Table
DEVELOPM
ENTAL
TASKS
DURING
ROBERT J.
HAVIGHURST
- Elaborated the
Developmental Task
Theory
Development is
continuous
throughout the entire
lifespan.
If the person successfully
accomplishes developmental
task, he feels pride and
satisfaction and consequently
earns his community or society’s
THE
DEVELOPMENTAL
TASK SUMMARY
TABLE
INFANCY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD
0-5
Learning to walk
INFANCY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD
0-5
Learning to take
solid foods
INFANCY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD
0-5
Learning to talk
INFANCY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD
0-5
Learning to distinguish
right from wrong and
developing conscience
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Learning physical
skills necessary for
ordinary games
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Building a
wholesome attitude
toward oneself
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Learning to get
along with age-mates
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Learning an
appropriate sex role
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Developing
fundamental skills in
reading, writing and
calculating
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Developing
concepts necessary
for everyday living
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Developing
conscience, morality
and scale of values
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Achieving personal
independence
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
6 - 12
Developing
acceptable attitudes
toward society
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Achieving mature
relations with both
sexes
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Achieving a
masculine or
feminine social
role
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Accepting one’s
physique
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Achieving
emotional
independence of
adults
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Preparing for
marriage and
family life
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Preparing for an
economic career
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Acquiring values
and an ethical
system to guide
behavior
ADOLESCENCE
3 - 18
Desiring and
achieving socially
responsibility
behavior
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Selecting a mate
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Learning to live
with a partner
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Starting a family
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Rearing children
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Managing a home
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Starting an
occupation
EARLY ADULTHOOD
19 - 30
Assuming civic
responsibility
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Helping teenage
children become
happy and
responsible adults
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Achieving adult
social and civic
responsibility
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Satisfactory career
achievement
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Developing adult
leisure time activities
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Relating to one’s
spouse as a person
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Accepting
physiological
changes of middle
age
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
30 – 60
Adjusting to aging
parent
Later Maturity
61 -
Adjusting to
decreasing strength
and health
Later Maturity
61 -
Adjusting to
retirement and
reduced income
Later Maturity
61 -
Adjusting to death
of spouse
Later Maturity
61 -
Establishing
relations with one’s
own age group
Later Maturity
61 -
Establishing
satisfactory living
quarters
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