HELLO!

MODULE 2:

THE STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT AND
DEVELOPMENTAL
TASKS
PRESENTED BY: CARL RAMIREZ
Bachelor of Secondary Education [BATCH 1]
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
AT THE END OF THIS MODULE, YOU SHOULD
BE ABLE TO:

DEFINE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS IN

YOUR OWN WORDS.

DESCRIBE THE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS IN

EACH DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE.

COME UP WITH RESEARCH ABSTRACTS/SUMMARIES OF

RESEARCHES ON DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS.
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT
STAGE?

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS?

DEVELOPMENT STAGE IS AN AGE PERIOD WHEN
CERTAIN NEEDS, BEHAVIORS, EXPERIENCES AND
CAPABILITIES ARE COMMON AND DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER AGE PERIODS.

A DEVELOPMENTAL TASK IS A TASK THAT

ARISES AT OR ABOUT A CERTAIN PERIOD IN LIFE,
UNSUCCESSFUL ACHIEVMENT OF WHICH LEADS
TO INABILITY TO PERFORM TASKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE NEXT PERIOD OR STAGE IN LIFE.
INTRODUCTION

FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, THERE IS

AN EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTAL TASK. WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THE EXPECTED
DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS ARE NOT ACHIEVED
AT THE CORRESPONDING DEVELOPMENTAL
STAGE? HOW CAN YOU HELP CHILDREN
ACHIEVE THESE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS?
 STAGES
OF
DEVELOPMENT
 *PRE-NATAL PERIOD
*INFANCY (FROM BIRTH TO 2 YEARS)
*EARLY CHILDHOOD (3 TO 5 YEARS)
*MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD (6 TO 12 YEARS)
*ADOLESCENCE (13 TO 18 YEARS)
*EARLY ADULTHOOD (19 TO 29 YEARS)
*MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (30 TO 60 YEARS)
*LATE ADULTHOOD (61 YEARS AND ABOVE)
PRE-NATAL PERIOD
PRE-NATAL PERIOD

- GERMINAL STAGE

- EMBRYONIC STAGE

- FETAL PERIOD
 PRE-NATAL PERIOD

REFERRING TO PRE-NATAL
DEVELOPMENT, SANTROCK
(2002) ASKED THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS SUCCINCTLY:

“HOW FROM SO SIMPLE A

4-WEEKS HUMAN
BEGINNING DO ENDLESS FORMS
EMBRYO
DEVELOP AND GROW AND
MATURE? WHAT WAS THE
ORGANISM, WHAT IS IT NOW, AND
WHAT WILL IT BECOME? BIRTH’S
FRAGILE MOMENT ARRIVES, WHEN
THE NEWBORN IS ON A
THRESHOLD BETWEEN TWO
7-8 WEEK HUMAN
EMBRYO
WORLDS.’
INFANCY (from birth to 2years)
 INFANCY (from birth to 2 years)

AS NEWBORNS, WE WERE NOT EMPTY-HEADED

ORGANISMS. WE CRIED, KICKED, COUGHED, SUCKED,
SAW, HEARD AND TASTED. WE SLEPT A LOT AND
OCCASIONALLY WE SMILED, ALTHOUGH THE MEANING OF
OUR SMILES WAS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. WE CRAWLED
AND THEN WE WALKED, A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND
MILES BEGINNING WITH A SINGLE STEP,...SOMETIMES
OTHERS CONFORMED TO US. OUR DEVELOPMENT WAS A
CONTINOUS CREATION OF COMPLEX FORMS, AND OUR
HELPLESS KIND DEMANDED THE MEETING EYES OF LOVE.
WE SPLIT THE UNIVERSE INTO TWO HALVES: “ME AND NOT
ME.” AND WE JUGGLED THE NEED TO CURB OUR OWN
WILL WITH BECOMING WHAT WE COULD WILL FREELY.
(SANTROCK, 2002)
EARLY CHILDHOOD (3 to 5 years)
EARLY CHILDHOOD (3 to 5 YEARS)

IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, OUR GREATEST UNTOLD

POEM WAS BEING ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. WE
SKIPPED, PLAYED, AND RAN ALL DAY LONG, NEVER
IN OUR LIVES SO BUSY, BUSY BECOMING
SOMETHING WE HAD NOT QUITE GRASPED YET,
WHO KNEW OUR THOUGHTS, WHICH WORKED UP
INTO SMALL MYTHOLOGIES ALL OUR OWN. OUR
THOUGHTS AND IMAGES AND DRAWINGS TOOK
WINGS. THE BLOSSOM OF OUR HEARTS, NO WIND
COULD TOUCH, OUR SMALL WORLD WIDENED AS
WE DISCOVERED NEW REFUGES AND NEW PEOPLE.
WHEN WE SAID “I” WE MEANT SOMETHING
TOTALLY UNIQUE, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH
ANY OTHER.” (SANTROCK, 2002)
MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD ( 6-12 years)
MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD (6-12 YEARS)
“IN MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD, WE WERE ON A
DIFFERENT PLANE, BELONGING TO A GENERATION
AND A FEELING PROPERLY OUR OWN. IT IS THE
WISDOM OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THAT AT NO
OTHER TIME WE ARE MORE READY TO LEARN THAN AT
Listen Carefully Stay Calm
THE END OF EARLY CHILDHOOD’S PERIOD OF
EXPANSIVE IMAGINATION. OUR THIRST WAS TO
KNOW AND TO UNDERSTAND. OUR PARENTS
CONTINUED TO CRADLE OUR LIVES BUT OUR
GROWTH WAS ALSO BEING SHAPED BY SUCCESSIVE
CHOIRS OF FRIENDS. WE DID NOT THINK MUCH
ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE PAST, BUT ENJOYED THE
PRESENT.”
ADOLESCENCE (13-18 years)
ADOLESCENCE (13-18 YEARS)

ADOLESCENCE WAS A SIMPLE TIME FOR OUR

GENERATION, AS WE EXPLORED THE WORLD
AND SOUGHT UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR
PARENTS. WE WANTED TO FLY BUT LEARNED TO
STAND, WALK, CLIMB, AND DANCE. OUR
GENERATION WAS THE FRAGILE CABLE THAT
TRANSMITTED THE BEST AND WORST OF OUR
PARENT’S GENERATION TO THE PRESENT,
LEAVING US WITH TWO LASTING BEQUESTS:
ROOTS AND WINGS.
EARLY ADULTHOOD (19-29 years)
EARLY ADULTHOOD (19-29 YEARS)

EARLY ADULTHOOD IS A TIME FOR WORK AND A TIME FOR

LOVE, SOMETIMES LEAVING LITTLE TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
FOR SOME OF US, FINDING OUR PLACE IN ADULT SOCIETY
AND COMMITTING TO A MORE STABLE LIFE TAKE LONGER
THAN WE IMAGINE. WE STILL ASK OURSELVES WHO WE ARE
AND WONDER IF IT ISN’T ENOUGH JUST TO BE. OUR DREAMS
CONTINUE AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE BOLD BUT AT SOME
POINT WE BECOME MORE PROGMATIC. SEX AND LOVE ARE
POWERFUL PASSIONS IN OUR LIVES - AT TIMES ANGELS OF
LIGHT, AT OTHER TIMES OF TORMENT. AND WE POSSIBLY WILL
NEVER KNOW THE LOVE OF OUR PARENTS UNTIL WE BECOME
PARENTS OURSELVES. (SANTROCK, 2002)
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (30-60 years)
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (30-60 YEARS)
IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FORMS
WHAT WE WILL BE. FOR SOME OF US, MIDDLE AGE IS
SUCH A FOGGY PLACE, A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO
DISCOVER WHAT WE ARE RUNNING FROM AND TO
AND WHY. WE COMPARE OUR LIFE WITH WHAT WE
VOWED TO MAKE IT. IN MIDDLE AGE, MORE TIME
STRETCHES BEFORE US AND SOME EVALUATIONS
HAVE TO BE MADE, HOWEVER RELUCTANTLY. AS THE
YOUNG\OLD POLARITY GREETS US WITH A SPECIAL
FORCE, WE NEED TO JOIN THE DARING OF YOUTH
WITH THE DISCIPLINE OF AGE IN AWAY THAT DOES
JUSTICE TO BOTH. AS MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS WE
COME TO SENSE THAT THE GENERATIONS OF LIVING
THINGS PASS IN A SHORT WHILE AND LIKE RUNNERS
HAND ON THE TORCH OF LIFE. (SANTROCK, 2002).
LATE ADULTHOOD (61 years and above)
LATE ADULTHOOD (61 YEARS AND ABOVE)

“THE RHYTM AND MEANING OF HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT EVENTUALLY WEND THEIR WAY
TO LATE ADULTHOOD, WHEN EACH OF US
STANDS ALONE AT THE HEART OF THE EARTH
AND “SUDDENLY IT IS EVENING”. WE SHED THE
LEAVES OF YOUTH AND ARE STRIPPED BY THE
WINDS OF TIME DOWN TO THE TRUTH. WE LEARN
THAT LIFE IS LIVED FORWARD BUT UNDERSTOOD
BACKWARD. WE TRACE THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE END AND THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WHOLE
SHOW IS ABOUT BEFORE IT IS OVER. ULTIMATELY
WE COME TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WHAT
SURVIVES OF US. (SANTROCK, 2002).
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!
 SHORT QUIZ
TYPE OF QUIZ:
TRUE OR FALSE (1-5)
ENUMERATION (6-13)
ESSAY WRITING (7pts).
(1/2 CROSSWISE)
Total: 20
TRUE OR FALSE
(1-5)
TRUE OR FALSE #1

DEVELOPMENTAL TASK IS AN AGE PERIOD WHEN

CERTAIN NEEDS, BEHAVIORS, EXPERIENCES AND
CAPABILITIES ARE COMMON AND DIFFERENT FROM
OTHER AGE PERIOD.
TRUE OR FALSE #2:

DEVELOPMENT STAGE IS A TASK THAT ARISES AT OR

ABOUT A CERTAIN PERIOD IN LIFE, UNSUCCESSFUL
ACHIEVEMENT OF WHICH LEADS TO INABILITY TO
PERFORM TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT PERIOD
OR STAGE IN LIFE.
TRUE OR FALSE #3:

EARLY CHILDHOOD IS 6 TO 12 YEARS.

TRUE OR FALSE #4:

PRE-NATAL PERIOD HAS A THREE STAGES.

TRUE OR FALSE #5:

BASED ON SANTROCK THEORY HUMANS LIFES SPAN

DEVIDES INTO 8 STAGES
ENUMERATION
(6-13)
ENUMERATION (6-13)

ENUMERATE THE 8 STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE

ACCORDING TO SANTROCK, 2002
ESSAY WRITING (14-20)
3-5 SENTENCES
(7pts.)
ESSAY QUESTION (3-5 SENTENCES)

IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE

OF DEVELOPMENTAL TASK IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT
STAGE OF OUR HUMAN LIFE.
 CONGRATSSS!
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