 THE BRANCH OF PSYCHOLOGY THAT

DESCRIBES,EXPLAINS,PREDICTS,AND
SOMETIMES AIMS TO MODIFY AGE RELATED
BEHAVIOR FROM CONCEPTION TO DEATH.
 MATURATION-REFERS TO CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT
THAT RESULT FROM AUTOMATIC,GENETICALLY
DETERMINED SIGNALS.

 CONCEPTION-THE FERTILIZATION OF THE FEMALE

OVUM OR EGG BY THE MALE SPERM.
 NATURE NURTURIST
 -ACCORDING TO  -ACCORDING TO THE
NATURIST,GROWTH NURTURIST,THE PRIMARY
TENDENCIES ARE DETERMINANTS OF
INBORN. DEVELOPMENT ARE
LEARNING AND
INTERACTION WITH
ENVIRONMENT.
 -TODAY ,HOWEVER,MOST PSYCHOLOGIST SUPPORTS AN
INTERACTIONIST MODEL,WHICH SEES BOTH INBORN,
GENETIC PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
CONTRIBUTE TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
 GERMINAL STAGE- THE FIRST STAGE OF PREGNANCY
(CONCEPTION-2 WKS)CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID CELL
DIVISION.
 CEPHALOCAUDAL DEVELOPMENT- A GENERAL PATTERN
OF PHYSICAL GROWTH IN WHICH DEVELOPMENT
OCCURS FIRST IN THE REGION OF THE HEAD AND
LATER IN THE LOWER REGION.

 PROXIMODISTAL DEVELOPMENT- A GENERAL PATTERN

OF PHYSICAL GROWTH IN WHICH DEVELOPMENT
STARTS AT THE CENTER OF THE BODY AND MOVES
TOWARD THE EXTREMITIES.
 MONOZYGOTIC TWINS
 DIZYGOTIC TWINS
 MALE FEMALE
 SEX CHROMOSOMES-XY  SEX CHROMOSOMES-XX

x x

y x
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS MISSING X SEX CHROMOSOMES

 HAVING ONLY45 TOTAL

NUMBER OF
CHROMOSOMES.
 UNDEVELOPED
OVARIES
 AMENORRHEA
 UNDEVELOPED BREAST
 INFERTILITY
 WEBBEDNECK
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS PHOTO
 HAVING AN EXCESS X
SEX CHROMOSOMES
 UNDEVELOPED TESTES
 INFERTILITY
 DEVELOPED BREAST
 LOW SEX DRIVE/ENERGY
 HAVING AN EXTRA Y SEX CHROMOSOMES
 SEVERE CASE OF ACNE DURING ADOLESENCE
 BELOW AVERAGE IQ
 TALLER THAN NORMAL MALES
 AGGRESSIVE
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS PHOTO
 HAVING AN EXTRA 21ST
CHROMOSOME
 CONGENITAL EYES, EARS
AND HEART DEFECT.
 SHORT STUBBY LIMBS
 SLOPPING FOREHEAD
 PROTRUDING TONGUE
 ORIENTAL IN
APPEARANCE
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION PHOTO

 MALFORMED EARS,
ELONGATED SKULL,
CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASE
 CLENCHED HANDS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION PHOTO
 DEVELOPED ONLY ONE
EYE.
 DEFECT OF EYE, NOSE,
LIPS, EARS,
AND FOREBRAIN
 EXTENDS FROM BIRTH AND THE LATTER PART OF
THIRD WEEK.
 DURING THE FIRST WEEKS, THE BABY’S CAPACITY FOR
SENSORY DISCRIMINATION IS LESS PATTERNED AND
SENSATION SUCH AS VISION AND AUDITION ,ARE NOT
YET DEVELOPED,EXCEPT THE SENSE OF
SMELL,TASTE,ORGANIC AND SKIN SENSITIVITIES.
 MOST OF THE INFANTS BEHAVIOR ARE REFLEXIVE IN
NATURE.
 NEONATAL TASK OF LEARNING ARE LIMITED TO
RESPIRATION,DIGESTION AND ELIMINATION.
 THERE IS A RAPID GROWTH PHYSICALLY MARKED BY
THE CHANGES IN BODY PROPORTION.
 CAN DO CRAWLING AND CREEPING MOVEMENT; ROLL
SIDE TO SIDE AND OVER;LIE ON HIS BACK AND SIT
WITH SUPPORT AND LATER WITHOUT SUPPORT,AND
EVENTUALLY LEARN TO WALK.
 BASIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT(CRYING,SIMPLE
VOCALIZATION,BABBLING, OR SYLLABICATION.
 EXTENDS FROM 2-6 YEARS OLD.
 “TROUBLESOME AGE” WHERE BEHAVIOR DOMINATES
BECAUSE YOUNG CHILDREN ARE DEVELOPING DISTINCTIVE
PERSONALITIES AND ARE DEMANDING INDEPENDENCE
WHICH THEY USUALLY CAN’T HANDLE SUCCESSFULLY.
 “TOY AGE” WHERE YOUNG CHILDREN SPEND TOO MUCH OF
THEIR WAKING TIME PLAYING WITH TOYS.
 “PRE GANG” THE TIME WHEN CHILDREN ARE LEARNING
THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AS A PREPARATION
FOR A MORE HIGHLY ORGANIZED SOCIAL LIFE.
 EXTEND FROM 6-12 YRS OF AGE.
 “PROBLEM AGE” FOR PARENTS, WHEN CHILDREN NO
LONGER DO WHAT THEY ARE TOLD TO DO SO SINCE THEY
ARE MORE INFLUENCED BY THEIR PEERS THAN BY THEM
AND THEIR FANILY MEMBERS.
 “QUARRELSOME AGE” WHEN SIBLING FIGHTS ARE
COMMON.
 “ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE”
 “GANG-AGE” CHILDREN’S MAJOR CONCERN IS ACCEPTANCE
BY THEIR AGEMATE AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN A GANG.
 “AGE OF CONFORMITY”
 EARLY ADOLESCENCE WHICH EXTENDS TO 17 YRS OF
AGE IS USUALLY REFFERED TO AS THE TEENAGE
PERIOD.
 AN IMPORTANT PERIOD WHEN BOTH THE IMMEDIATE
AND LONG TERM PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
EFFECT ARE IMPORTANT.
 TRANSITION PERIOD
 EXTERNALLY,RAPID GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN
PHYSICAL ASPECT ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF
ADOLESCENCE.
 IT COVERS FROM AGE 18-40 YEARS OF AGE.
 “SETTLING DOWN AGE” WHERE BOYS AND GIRLS
ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADULT LIFE.
 “REPRODUCTIVE AGE” WHEN PARENTHOOD IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE LIVES OF MOST YOUNG
ADULT.
 “PROBLEM AND EMOTIONAL TENSION AGE” WHEN
PROBLEMS RELATED TO ADJUSTMENT TO DIFFERENT
MAJOR AREAS OF ADULT LIFE
(MARRIAGE,PARENTHOOD AND JOB) ARE AT HAND.
 IT EXTENDS FROM AGE 40-60.
 “DREADED PERIOD” DUE TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
DETERIORATION.
 “TIME OF STRESS” WHEN A NUMBER OF MAJOR
ADJUSTMENT MUST BE MADE IN THE HOME ,BUSINESS
AND SOCIAL ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES.
 “DANGEROUS AGE’ WHEN MEN PROVE ONE’S VIRILITY
OR A TIME WHEN INDIVIDUAL BREAK DOWN
PHYSICALLY DUE TO OVERWORK,TOO MUCH WORRY
AND CARELESS LIVING.
 EXTENDS FROM AGE 60-death.
 “PERIOD OF DECLINE”WHERE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
PROCESSES SLOW DOWN
 CHANGES IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
 THE PHYSICAL HAZARDS THAT CHARACTERIZED OLD
AGE ARE DISEASES.