Manila Tytana Colleges

Mr. Lyle dela Cerna

March 18, 2014
General Psychology

An infant (from
the Latin word infans,
meaning
"unable to speak" or "speechless") is the very
young offspring of a human or animal. When applied
to humans, the term is usually considered
synonymous with baby or bairn (Scotland), but the
latter is commonly applied to the young of any
animal. When a human child learns to walk, the
term toddler may be used instead.
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth
to adolescence. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, childhood consists of two stages:
Adolescence (from
Latin adolescere,
"to operational
grow up")is
a
preoperational
stage meaning
and concrete
stage.
transitional stageInof
physical
and
psychological
human
development
that
developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into
generally occurs during
the period from
puberty
legal adulthood
(age of
the developmental
stages
of totoddlerhood
(learning
to
majority). The period
of
adolescence
is
most
closely
associated
with
the
walk), early childhood (play age), middle childhood
teenage years, though
its age),
physical,
culturalthrough
expressions
(school
andpsychological
adolescence and
(puberty
postmay begin earlier puberty).
and end later.
Various childhood factors could affect a
person's attitude formation.