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Learning Task 3:
Instruction: Put a check (/) beside those statements that are correct and an (x) beside
those that are wrong. If your answer is an x, explain why.
x 1. Developmental tasks are only for the first 3 stages of human development.
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Explanation: Developmental tasks continue to foster even after the first three stages of human
development. As a person enters early adulthood to later maturity, he or she will experience a
new set of skills. This is similar to the Life-span Approach according to Paul Baltes wherein
individuals are changing beings therefore, the need to acquire new skills and tasks is
applicable.
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_____ 2. Failure of achieving developmental tasks in an earlier stage also means failure for the
learner to master the developmental task in the next stage.
/ 3. Preschool age corresponds to early childhood stage.
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x 4. Adolescence is middle and late childhood stage.
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Explanation: Middle and late childhood stages cater to the achievements of a child, therefore
learning how to read and write is catered in this stage. On the other hand, adolescence focuses
more on the biological processes of a child. This is where the body gradually changes and
sexual attractiveness is also observed