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Birth
The moment in which the baby leaves the mother's uterus and enters the world. The child is completely dependent upon its mother. Without her, it would perish. -
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Infancy
At this point in life infants prefer to look at faces and patterns. They learn depth perception by about 6 months. They can tell the difference between right and wrong. The grasping relex allows the child to grasp tightly when its palms are touched (fades after 3 months). The rooting reflex allows the child to open its mouth and begin sucking when its check is brushed (fades after 4 months). The Babinski reflex prevents the child's toes from curling when the foot is stimulated (fades by age 2). -
Pre-school
This is an important milestone because it is the first time you are away from your parents for an extended period of time. -
Childhood
Children have trouble with object permanence and consevation. PIAGET'S-the child explores the world using sensory and motor contact. It cannot think logically at first and is egocentric. By the age of 7 it can think logically. ERIKSON'S-child longs for approval. Each stage represents a crisis (ex:integrity vs. despair). KOHLBERG'S-our concern with the justification of right and wrong. FREUD'S-all are born with powerful aggressive and sexual urges. We learn to control them. -
Drivers License
This is an important milestone because it is the first time in your life that you may travel great distances off on your own (more freedom). -
Adolescence
Teens think abstractly as well as hypothetically. They imagine an ideal world which makes it easy to identify the failures of adults around them. They have their own personal fable (think everything is about them). They also are argumentative, indecisive, have an imaginary audience, and think they are invulnerable. Most of their socialization is with peers and they are constantly searching for thier identity. -
College
This is an important milestone because it is the first time you live on your own (not with your parents). -
Having A Child
This is an important milestone because now another living being is dependant upon you. -
Early Adulthood
Your physical peak is between ages 18-30. You are better at learning new skills and thinking logically. You have a surplus of anti-bodies. Also, your reflexes are sharp and your memory is very good. -
Middle Adulthood
At this point in life your body begins to degrade. Your bodies cells break apart. Reflexes slow, sight is impared, and hearing is weakened. Your immune system weakens and you lose the ability to recall info. You slowly begin to lose your memory. Most men at this age (40-50) experience a "mid-life crisis." They have trouble accepting their identity, so they act out in a particular maner (buy a sports car). -
Late Adulthood
Physical deterioration is inevitable at this point. Your body weakens more and you even shrink. Your memory becomes bad and your mind loses strength. If you do not "exercise" your brain you may run into illnesses such as Alzheimer's. You may retire at this point. If your children leave the house and go to college, off on their own, you may experience empty nest syndrome (a feeling of emptyness and the need to replace that emptyness with something new). -
Retirement
This is an important milestone because you now are in you final years of independence. You must enjoy them as greatly as possible. -
Enter A Retirement Home
This is an important milestone because you are now dependent again. It is as if you are a baby all over again. -
Old Age
Begins when independence declines (65-90). This is often a period of loss. Lossess may include family, friends, and even your own home. By this age most people have lost about 5% of their brain mass. Illnessess such as Alzheimer's may originate. Alzheimer's is a disease in which acetylcholine producing neurons degenerate. This causes memory loss, trouble with reasoning, and difficulty with language. -
Death
ELIZABETH KUBLER ROSS' STAGES OF DEATH AND DYING
Denial-claim, "this can't be happening to me"
Anger-toward fate, doctors, powers that be, family members
Bargaining-attempting to strike a deal with a higher power
Depression-focus on the losses being incurred
Acceptance-a sense of calm and peace towar the process
