Infancy Flashcards
0-3 years
What age is infancy
0-3 years
What age is children
4-10 years
What age is adolescents
11-18 years
What age is early adulthood
19-39 years
What age is middle adulthood
40-64 years
What age is later adulthood
65+ years
Infancy - physical
-Gross motor skills develop (big muscles)
-Fine motor skills develop (small muscles)
-Develop hand - eye coordination
Infancy - intellectual
-Will obey simple commands
-Develop in language
-Can carry on conversations
-Understand that toys they cannot see still exist
Infancy - emotional
-Bonds with main caregiver
-Attachment relationships
-Learns what upsets family
-Shows affection to parents
-Creates security bonds
Infancy - social
-Infant will play by themselves (solitaire)
-Will learn to share
-Will play with others (parallel play)
Childhood - physical
-Can walk up stairs unaided
-They can hold a pencil to write
-Learn to catch/throw and develop balance
-Grow in height/weight
-Milk teeth fall out
Childhood - intellectual
-Language developls
-Problem solving skills
-Can follow/understand rules
-Remember events in detail
Childhood - social
-Gender based friendships
-Co-operated play (social play)
-No longer need to cling to parents
Childhood - emotional
-Better emotion control
-Clear likes/dislikes they can explain
-Knows how others feel (empathy)
-Can tolerate short seperation from caregiver (autonomy)
Adolescence - physical
-Voice breaks
-Body + facial hair
-Growth
-Period begins
-Girls hips widen
Adolescence - intellectual
-Problem solving skills improve (eg equations)
-Better at memorising information
-Improves in language and ability
Adolescence - social
-Friendships with peers last longer
-Romantic relationships develop (bf , gf)
-Friendgroup size increases
Adolescence - emotional
-Body image impacts feelings
-Mood swings due to hormones
-Begin to make own decisions
-More reliance on friends than parents
Early adulthood - emotional
-Look for steady relationships
-Have children = more love
-Develop stress related to work/money
-Independance
Early adulthood - social
-Contact with old friends may be lost
-May not have enough travel money
-Hard to socialise due to family
Early adulthood - physical
-Weight gain from sitting in office etc
-20s/30s at physical peak
-Aging process begins later on (grey hair, wrinkles etc)
Early adulthood - intellectual
-Develop money managing skills
-Parenting skills develop
-Can think logically
-Chances to travel may expand cultural knowledge
