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DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
8 Developmental Stages (Santrock)
• Prenatal
• Infancy
• Early childhood
• Middle & late childhood
• Adolescence
• Early adulthood
• Middle adulthood
• Late adulthood
PRENATAL PERIOD
(Time between conception and birth)
• Development happens quickly during this
stage(tremendous growth from a single cell to
an organism complete with brain and
behavioural capabilities)
• Divided into three stages which are:
germinal
embryonic
fetal
GERMINAL STAGE
(2 weeks period after conception)