2.1.1 (1 - human lifespan)

Question 1

Developmental milestones

Answer 1

A significant skill or event occurring in a person’s life.

Question 2

Stages

Answer 2

Prenatal
Infancy
Early childhood
Late childhood
Youth
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Late adulthood

Question 3

Prenatal stage

Answer 3

Fertilisation (when sperm penetrates an egg) until birth.
- DM - development of body’s organs + structures.

Question 4

Infancy

Answer 4

Birth - 2
- DM - developed motor skills/can walk, use simple words, identify those familiar, play social games, throw tantrums, etc.

Question 5

Early childhood

Answer 5

2-6
- DM - make friends, able to eat with adults at table, become toilet trained.

Question 6

Late childhood

Answer 6

6-12
- DM - refining reading + writing skills, developing LTM, understanding gender stereotypes, refining motor skills.

Question 7

Youth

Answer 7

12-18
- DM - level of maturity across PIES, greater independence, more complex relationships, dev of life goals.

Question 8

Early adulthood

Answer 8

18-40
- DM - building career, choosing life partner, get married/have children, physical peak (20-25) body systems decline after.

Question 9

Late adulthood

Answer 9

65-death
- DM - change in lifestyle due to financial security + retirement, greater participation in leisure activities, endure grief associated with death of friends, changed living arrangements.

Question 10

Middle adulthood

Answer 10

40-65
- DM - stability in work + relationships, further development of identity, financial security, physical signs of ageing, menopause, children gain independence + leave home.