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A series of questions and answers related to the stages of life, covering infancy, early childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. It explores physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development at each stage, offering insights into key milestones and changes. The material is presented in a quiz format, making it useful for students studying human development and psychology. It also touches on the importance of relationships, play, and hormonal changes during different life phases. Useful for high school students and lifelong learners. (407 characters)
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Quiz____? Life stages? -
Life stages are the number of distinct phases people pass through during their lives. Quiz____? The six (6) life stages? -
Infancy, Early childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood and Late Adulthood Quiz____? Age range of Infancy? -
0 - 2 years old Quiz____? Age range of Early childhood? -
3 - 8 years old Quiz____? Age range of Adolescence? -
9 - 18 years Quiz____? Age range of Early adulthood? -
19 - 45 years old Quiz____?
Quiz____? Self-esteem? -
Is how much you like, accept and respect yourself or how much you value yourself Quiz____? Social development? -
The ability to interact with others around us in society and build relationships Quiz____? Gross motor skills? -
The ability to control and coordinate the movement of the large limbs of the body, e.g. crawling, walking and running. Quiz____? Fine motor skills? -
The ability to control and coordinate the movements of the hands and fingers, e.g. writing, painting, holding a mobile phone and using an Ipad Quiz____? Language development? -
The process which children go through as they learn to communicate with others using words and speech Quiz____? Egocentric? -
Seeing things from only your own perspective/viewpoint Quiz____? A bond? -
To form an attachment with a parent/carer
Quiz____? Why is early relationship development important for infants? -
As it acts as a model for future relationships Quiz____? What are the main relationships in infancy? -
Relationships with parents, carers and brothers and sisters Quiz____? What is another way infants can learn social development? -
Through play Quiz____? What is the importance of play? -
Infants start the learn the process of sharing.
Quiz____? By what age can a child walk the up the stairs unaided and hold a crayon or pencil to draw or write? -
By 5 years old Quiz____? By what age can a child usually catch and throw quite well and will have a good sense of balance? -
By 8 years old Quiz____? By what age can most children speak in full sentences and have quite a good vocabulary? -
By 8 years old Quiz____?
Quiz____? Parellel play? -
When children play alongside each other, but not together. Toys are not shared cooperatively. Quiz____? What is social play? -
When children play together, sharing their toys. Quiz____? What age range is solitary or infancy play? -
0 - 2 years old Quiz____? What age range is parallel play? -
2 - 3 years old Quiz____? What age range is social play? -
3 - 8 years old, by the age of eight the child will engage in quite complex games that often require the use of imagination. Quiz____? What is the key physical feature of adolescence? -
Puberty, the reaching of sexual maturity. Quiz____? Is there a difference between the ages girls and boys enter adolescence -
Yes, girls enter adolescence earlier than boys.
A hormone produced by the testes that controls the development of male sexual characteristics. Quiz____? What are the intellectual changes that happen in adolescence? -
The development of abstract thinking, the ability to think in a more logical way and to empathise. Quiz____? Abstract thinking? -
The ability to think about something that might not be there or even exist. Quiz____? How is emotional development altered in adolescence? -
Large hormonal changes leads to mood swings, frustrations, insecurities and confusion, as teenagers find their own personality and indentity. Feelings of physical
attractions also begin to develop, with young people first close and intimate relationships with another person. Quiz____? How does social development develop in adolescence? -
Young people socialise more and have more independence and freedom. Young people are also influenced by the views, opnions and behaviour of their friends. Quiz____? Peer group pressure? -
When a social group or a group of friends encourages or influences others within the group to conform to the groups beliefs and behaviour Quiz____? What are the common features of Early Adulthood? -
Starting work, meeting a partner, settling down and starting a family.
Adults have the capability for intellectual development throughhout adulthood. For example, deciding to carry on their education in their twenties and thirties and also gaining new skills and better qualifications to improve their career. Often thought of as 'lifelong learning'. Quiz____? How does emotional development develop in Early Adulthood? -
Adults develop close and intimate relationships with others, these relationships create feelings of security. Some people may choose to live alone by choice or as a result of relationship breakdown. Early Adulthood is also the time when people choose to start a family. Quiz____? How does social development develop in Early Adulthood? -
During the early years of adulthood, people are free to have an active social life, make new friends and build new relationships. As people get older, get married and
have children, a repsonsbile job and a mortgage it can be difficult to balance a work life, family life and a social life. Quiz____? Middle adulthood? -
The age range between 46- 65 years of age. Quiz____? Mid-life crisis? -
A period of self- doubt caused by the passing of youth and the move into later adulthood. Quiz____? How does physical development develop in Middle Adulthood? -
Physical capabilities decline and muscle tone is not as good as it was. People may feel that they have lower energy levels and sight and hearing begin to decline. Skin loses
Quiz____? What are the two (2) ways that social development changes in Middle Adulthood? -
Two ways- 1 - for middle aged people with children who have left the family home, they become more independent and have more time and more spend than ever before- they can start to build new relationships, travel more or spend more time with their families. 2- For middle aged people living in difficult financial times- recession etc, with high unemployment and limited job opportunities , they may find themselves out of work and having to support their adult children and their grandchildren Quiz____? How does physical development change in Late Adulthood? -
The persons skin is thinner, joints are stiffer, muscles are weaker and bones are often more brittle. Physical development at this life stage involves the loss of skills and physical capacities. Quiz____? How does intellectual development change in
Late Adulthood? -
Intelligence does not change with age, however the speed of thinking and short-term memory might decline in late adulthood. Some may experience dementia. Quiz____? Dementia? -
An illness that affects the brain and memory, which makes the person gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally. Quiz____? What are the two (2) ways that emotional development change in Late Adulthood? -
1 - Late adulthood enables people to spend more quality time with their friends and family, instead of trying to fit people in around work commitments. As more time is spent with people, closer friendships and relationships are developed which leads to feelings of happiness. 2-However, late adulthood is a stage where people may lose their life partner and friends due to old age and etc. Without the support of family and friends some older people may feel isolated and lonely.
