Ch 1 - Periods of development Flashcards
1
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Periods of development
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is a time frame in a person’s life that is characterized by certain features.
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prenatal period (1 of 8)
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conception to birth
- 9 months
3
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Infancy (2 of 8)
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birth to 18 or 24 months
- dependent on adults
- psychological activities beginning (language, symbolic thought, sensorimotor coordination, social learning)
4
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Early childhood (3 of 8)
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end of infancy to age 5 or 6
- “preschool years.”
- ore self-sufficient
- school readiness skills
- playing with peers
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Middle and late childhood (4 of 8)
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6 to 11 years of age
- elementary school years
- master the fundamental skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic
- exposed to the world
- Achievement becomes a more central theme
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Adolescence (5 of 8)
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10 to 12 and ending at 18 to 22
- rapid physical changes
- independence and an identity
- Thought is more logical, abstract, and idealistic
- More time is spent outside the family
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Early adulthood (6 of 8)
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late teens or early 20s to 30s
- personal and economic independence
- proficient in a career
- mate, learning to live with that person in an intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.
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Middle adulthood (7 of 8)
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40 years of age to about 60.
- personal and social involvement and responsibility
- assisting the next generation
- achieving and maintaining satisfaction in a career
9
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Late adulthood (8 of 8)
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60s or 70s and lasts until death
- retirement from the workforce
- decreasing strength and health
- youngest old & oldest old
10
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“young-old”
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65 through 84
- potential for physical and cognitive fitness
- retain much of their cognitive capacity
- develop strategies to cope with the gains and losses of aging.
(Paul Baltes and Jacqui Smith)
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“oldest-old”
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85
- considerable loss in cognitive skills
- experience an increase in chronic stress
- more frail
