STAGES/PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT

StagePeriod(i)  InfancyBirth-24 Months(ii)  Early childhood2-6 years(iii)  Middle and Late childhood6-11 years(iv) Adolescence11-20 years(v) Early Adulthood20-30 years

ASPECTS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Physical Development:

Changes in the body structure and function over time.

Personal Development:

Changes in personality that take place as one grows.

Social Development:

Changes over time in the ways we relate to other.

Cognitive Development:

Changes in thinking with the passage of time. These are gradual orderly changes by which mental processes become more complete and sophisticated.