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Birth
The Child is born. This is time when the individual is brought into the world, although physical development has been going on for months inside the mother's womb. This is however when cognitive, and many argue moral, development begins. Babies are born with the abilities to hear, smell, and see what is going on around them. -
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Infancy
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The Rooting Reflex Disappears
The rooting reflex is one that most people without children have never heard of. Whenever something brushed against the babies check, they turn to it and start sucking on it. The theory of why this is, is that in the wild this would have been used to assisted in the act of breastfeeding. -
Grasping Reflex Disappears
Until this point whenever something was drug across the infant's palm, the infant would rap their hand around it and grasp it. Psychologist believe that the reason for this in the wild is to be lifted up with a single finger, so to not be left behing. At the age of 5-6 months this reflex mysteriously disappears. -
Babinski Reflex Disappears
By the age of 1, the babinski relex could start to dissapear. The babinski relex is when the baby's foot sole is stroked, the baby fans their toes out. After this reflex dissapears, the normal reaction is to pull your foot away. -
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Childhood
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Adolescence
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Early Adulthood
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Middle Adulthood
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Late Adulthood
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Start of Old Age
At this point in life a person is retired, and often needs assistance is everyday tasks. As of recently retirement homes have become a caregiving alternative, for those families who don't have the time or live too far away. Your brain works even slower than before and you have begun physical decay.
