10 STAGES of the LIFE of the human being by age

The life of the human being goes through, in general, different stages and periods with more or less common characteristics that condition the growth and development of people. The first stages of life, from pregnancy to adolescence, will greatly condition later adult development. Taking care of these stages is basic and fundamental to guarantee the healthy development of our infants.

In the following Psychology-Online article we are going to expose which are the different stages of human life by ages, from the prenatal stage until reaching old age.

Index

1. Prenatal stage
2. Infant (0-12 months)
3. Baby (18-36 months)
4. Pre-school stage (3-6 years)
5. School stage (7-11 years)
6. Adolescence (12-18 years)
7. Young adult (20-30 years)
8. Middle adult (30-50 years)
9. Maturity (50-65 years)
10. Seniors (+65 years)

We will see the stages of life by age, however, we must contemplate the stage before birth. The prenatal stage is the period

In this period, the baby needs a warm and calm environment for her growth and development to take place under healthy conditions. Therefore, it becomes essential to promote the mother's care, containing the baby at all levels, throughout pregnancy as a measure to promote health and prevent future diseases or pathologies.

The first of the stages of life by age is childhood: from birth to the first year. This period has been called "exterogestation" referring to a stage in which the baby needs, in order to continue developing optimally, a external uterus that guarantees your protection and security. For this reason, during this period, respect for the mother-baby dyad and the encouragement and promotion of lactation as a natural means of establishing the mother-child bond.

It is a period in which the development of the baby's body systems is consolidated and through which it is related to her environment through its sensory and motor actions. The free experimentation Y respectful accompaniment they are crucial to promote optimal and healthy development.

This is the next of the stages of human development. During this period, the child continues to interact with her environment through the senses and their motor skills that, progressively, are polishing and developing.

Respect for the play Y free exploration of the child who, guided by her personal self-regulation system, seeks to experience those situations that allow him those learning for which he is prepared.

As a consequence of this motor development, babies begin to walk and start the language by advancing in their cognitive development, which allows them to initiate mental representations of what, until now, they have experienced directly through the senses and motor actions.

The pre-school stage is the third of the stages of life by age and ranges from 3 to 6 years. According to Piaget, this period corresponds to the pre-operational stage in which the cognitive and psychological development of the child allows him to begin to represent in a way symbolic reality and gradually develop this type of cognitive elaboration of the reality. Here we explain Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

At this stage the symbolic game by allowing the child to integrate learning about the reality that surrounds him through play, imagination, imitation and drawing. This type of game favors the development of language and cognitive and social skills. Other characteristics of this period are:

• Learning from him is still intuitive, based on his own experience.
• They begin to understand basic notions about numerical concepts.
• They are egocentric, having not yet developed their ability to perceive and understand the other.
• They fixate and focus on aspects global, without perceiving details and peculiarities.

During this stage of the human being's life, the child begins to perceive his reality more objectively, abandoning the symbolic representation of him. Begins to use logical reasoning in your life learning. This is the period of the specific operationss, according to Piaget, in which his thinking becomes more flexible Y concrete Y less egocentric, which allows you to perform inferential reasoning and operations. The mental processes of serialization, classification and conservation are typical of this period.

The process of socialization, which started timidly in the previous period, consolidates during these years what endows the children of significant learning such as the modes of interpersonal and intrapersonal; social norms; respect and care for others; the need to relate; the reinforcement and protection provided by the social relationship; empathy; abuse and neglect of people; etc. In this article we will see how to work social skills in children.

Adolescence is one of the most studied stages of human development. It is a period of great internal upheaval at all levels (physical, emotional, cognitive, psychological and social). It assumes a second birth through which adolescents contrast with their new experiences and making use of their ability to reasoning formal all his childhood experiential baggage to, finally, establish new mental schemes (about himself, about the others and about the world) that will provide the basis and guide for their transit through the adult world in which they are about to get in.

Are given big physical changes and the relationship with their peers it becomes the fundamental means of personal growth and development during this stage, temporarily setting aside the need for a relationship with parents so basic during childhood. In this article we talk about psychological changes in adolescence.

During this stage of the life of the human being, if adolescence has been passed satisfactorily, the young person has recovered his physical, emotional and psychological balance and takes the first personal actions in the adult world by being clearer about who she is and what she wants in her life. His inexperience is supported by personal motivation to develop personal life projects (studies, work, partner, etc.) that leads him to undertake life experiences that enrich him with knowledge about himself, personal relationships and how to proceed in his environment.

This stage is the last with respect to the growth and physical development of the individual, since emotional and cognitive development continues to occur and develop until the end of life.

This period is characterized by the development and consolidation of personal life projects (work, family, etc.) or, on the contrary, due to the experience of personal crisis due to not having managed to address and undertake personal goals. In the following article we address the midlife crisis. In these years the increased vital activity that brings together the vitality and dynamism necessary to develop personal life projects.

At this stage of human development, there is no longer any type of growth or physical development but, on the contrary, the process of emotional and psychological maturation as a result of the life experiences that have occurred up to now and in that moment.

This stage of human life constitutes a period of definitive consolidation of the emotional and psychological development of people, which gives them new perspectives of vital coping from more serene and calm attitudes.

In this stage of human development, their work activity ceases and life priorities change, being these directed to the personal care and care of loved ones.

The last of the stages of human life is the third age. It is constituted in a period of vital relaxation in which life takes slower and more leisurely rhythms. It supposes a moment of acceptance and integration of the life experience and of preparation for the farewell of the loved ones. The more or less positive experience of this period will be conditioned by the level of personal maturity acquired and by the level of Physical Health of the person, aspects that interact significantly.

In the following articles we talk about fear of getting old and of the gerontology.

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