Development Matrix

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Development Matrix
Part I Developmental Stages (90 Points)
For each developmental domain, physical, cognitive, and social, identify two major changes or
challenges associated with teach of he following stages: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Explain fully using the materials from your text. Cite and reference all information. (See sample
APA paper).
Stage of
Development
Childhood

Physical
Development
Childrens bodies
changing in growth,
Physical growth
occurs at a faster
rate in the young,
with another spurt
in adolescence.
(Carter, K & Seifert,
C. M.,
2013,Physical
Development, pg.
458)
Children are
developing
milestones
behaviors.
Normative stages
include motor skills
(run, keep balance,
use hands to eat
and draw),
language skills
(gestures and
communication)
cognitive skills
(learning,
remembering,
reasoning), and
social skills
(cooperating,
responding to
others). (Carter, K
& Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Physical
Development, pg.
458)

Cognitive
Development
Assimilation: using
current concepts in
memory to
understand new
information. (Carter,
K & Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
461)
Accommodation:
Changing concepts in
memory to fit new
information. (Carter,
K & Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
461)
Children are
developing stages of
development. First
stage is the
Sensorimotor stage
this is when the child
learns the sensory
and motor processes
to coordinate their
Movements between
their eyes with their
hands. (Carter, K &
Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
462) The second
stage in development
would be the
preoperational stage.
This is where the child
is problem solving
even when things are
not there. They are
developing their
conservation as a

Social Development
A mothers interest is
for the well-being of
her child and for the
child to attract and
hold the interest of its
mother. With
attachment of an
emotional bond with a
childs social
development in this
stage comes what
powers the
attachment bond
emotionally in a child.
The four theories that
can influence the
bond between child
and caregiver.
The Power of Touch:
This is when a child
knows the need
contact comfort, or
the need for touch.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013,Social
Development, pg.
466) This is also
developing a bond
between a mother or
father and a child.
Attachment Theory:
this is when the child
is very attached to the
person they recognize
the most or feels
secure. The child will
push away from
unfamiliar with
causing the child to
have an anxiety
feeling towards a
stranger.

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mental ability that
points out the
limitations of
preoperational
thinking. (Carter, K &
Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
462) Next would be
the concrete
operational stage.
This is the
development where
the conservation
achieved and not
fooled. The last stage
is formal operational
stage begins at about
age 12 and is
characterized by
reasoning on a logical
or hypothetical level.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
463)

Adolescence

The leading factor

with changes in
adolescence is the
changes dealing with
puberty, or the sexual
maturation that occurs
as a result of rising
hormone levels.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013, Physical
Development, pg.
473) In this stage of

development the
adolescence is going
through two sexual
changes. One is the
changing of the
reproductive organs.
The second is the

In adolescence stage
the adolescence is
able to think and
reason logically by
having the ability to
reason about
abstractions giving the
opportunity for the
growth of moral
reasoning. (Carter, K
& Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
475) The next in the
cognitive development
would focus on
feelings rather than
thoughts. Like
thinking, the
reasoning may involve

Disruption of
Attachment: is where
the child secure
attachment is charged
causing the child
insecure.
Family Relationships:
identified differences
in terms of how
parents establish
control over their
children. (Carter, K &
Seifert, C. M., 2013,
Social Development,
pg. 469) This is
where parents set
rules and explain
them with reasoning
for the child to
understand.
Peers: this is when a
child identifies their
gender. With gender
roles our expectations
about how males and
females should act
are learned through
culture. (Carter, K &
Seifert, C. M., 2013,
Social Development,
pg. 472) This is
helping children
develop social
relationships with their
peers.
With the social
development in
adolescence there are
many factors that can
influence the changes
in this development.
The adolescence is
forming a self-identity,
you start to separate
from your parents,
and the most
important marker of
adolescent social
development is
increasing emphasis
on peer relationships.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013, Social
Development, pg.
477)

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Adulthood

changing of the looks

in the body
development from
the growth of pubic
hair, breast
development in girls
and facial hair and
lowered voice in boys
spurt in height and
changes to the bodys
overall shape.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013, Physical
Development, pg.
473) In this stage the
physical maturation
of the brain goes
through a growth
spurt undergo a
massive
reorganization
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013, Physical
Development t, pg.
473-474) being driven
by the emotional state
of thinking process.
At this stage adults
are reaching their
physical peaks in
development stage. In
middle of this physical
stage adults may go
through changes in
appearance due to a
crisis in life this would
be called a midlife
crisis. In the later
stages of adulthood
adults are losing their
senses like taste,
smells, and seeing.
But in late adulthood
adults are accepting
that life is coming to
an end and dying is
the next process of
life and they have
accepted this because
of the loss of body
functions at this stage
in physical
development.

a faster, emotional
response and a
slower, and have
effects on our
behavior. (Carter, K &
Seifert, C. M.,
2013,Cognitive
Development, pg.
476)

In adulthood the
cognitive development
slows down. Adults
will have trouble
retaining new
information, the may
not be able to recall
information accurately
from memory, and are
slower to learn
associations through
classical conditioning.
The mental
processing speed
begins to slow down,
so it takes longer to
recall information,
react to signals, and
perform mental
computations.
(Carter, K & Seifert, C.
M., 2013, Cognitive
Development, pg.
481) also in this stage
of late adulthood we
may lose the abilities
to complete everyday
task.

In the social
development stage in
adulthood adults are
now looking for a life
partner to fill the need
of security, love,
happiness and sexual
fulfillment that will
remain with them
through time and
circumstance. Adults
are sensitive to a
social clock trying to
reach lives
achievements before
it is too late to reach
these milestones.

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Part II Nature versus Nurture (10 Points)

Using your own words, write at least 100 words describing the concept of nature versus nurture:
Nature versus nurture related to whether heredity or the learning process development that can
impact the human psychological development in how are behavior, habits, intelligence, personality,
sexuality, aggressive tendencies that are effected by the influences of our family trite and how we are
thought. The nature is the personal genes that we are born with that we cannot change because this
trite comes from our parents. With the nurture concept we are effected by what we are learning and
behaving. This means if we are thought by influences we are seeing in our environment for example if
we see our role models like are parent hitting each other than we think it is acceptable behavior. If we
act on this behavior there will be consequences for bad behavior. This becomes the old saying
monkey see, monkey do and we as parents need to provide a positive learning environment for our
children while they are in the nature verses nurture development stage in childhood.

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