HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT
Scientific study of how
people change and
stay the same over
time
Nature

(vs.) AND

Nurture
ASPECTS OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT

 Physical
 Perceptual
 Cognitive / Intellectual
 Personality / Social
 ASPECTS…..
 Physical – changes in body structure &
motor skills
 Perceptual – sensory capacities
 Cognitive/Intellectual – changes in mental
abilities, learning capacity, memory,
reasoning, thought processes, language
 Personality/Social – self-concept, gender
identity, quality of interpersonal
relationships
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: LIFESPAN
1) Prenatal stage
2) Infancy (0-2 yrs.)
3) Early Childhood (3-6)
4) Middle Childhood (7-12)
5) Adolescence (13-19)
6) Young Adulthood (20-35)
7) Middle Adulthood (36-49)
8) Late Adulthood/Old Age (50 yrs.&on)
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
(Jean Piaget)
MORAL REASONING
(Lawrence Kohlberg)
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
(Sigmund Freud)
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
(Erik Erikson)
o IDENTITY STATUS (James Marcia)