Middle adulthood (or midlife) refers to the period of the lifespan between young adulthood and old age This period lasts from 20 to 40 years depending on how these stages, ages, and tasks are culturally defined

The major stages of the human life cycle are defined as follows:

• Pregnancy The development of a zygote into an embryo and then into a fetus in preparation for childbirth
• Infancy The earliest part of childhood
• Toddler years
• Childhood
• Puberty
• Older adolescence
• Adulthood
• Middle age

Middle age, period of human adulthood that immediately precedes the onset of old age Though the age period that defines middle age is somewhat arbitrary, differing greatly from person to person, it is generally defined as being between the ages of 40 and 60

What are the Stages of Life?

• Infant = 0-1 year
• Toddler = 2-4 yrs
• Child = 5-12 yrs
• Teen = 13-19 yrs
• Adult = 20-39 yrs
• Middle Age Adult = 40-59 yrs
• Senior Adult = 60+

As the song bio says, the seven stages are the helpless infant, the whining schoolboy, the emotional lover, the devoted soldier, the wise judge, the old man still in control of his faculties, and the extremely aged, returned to a second state of helplessness

Infants can be considered children anywhere from birth to 1 year old Baby can be used to refer to any child from birth to age 4 years old, thus encompassing newborns, infants, and toddlers

The Four Stages of Life in the Human Life Cycle

• Stage I: Play, Imitation and Education Birth – Infancy – Childhood – Adolescence
• Stage II: Self-Discovery, Enterprise & Adventurousness Adolescence – Early Adulthood – Adulthood
• Stage III: Dedication, Contemplation & Benevolence
• Stage IV: Retirement, Wisdom & Renunciation

Adolescence

Still, we can make our childhood a memorable one Childhood is a special phase where we are cared and nurtured by everyone around Without any doubt childhood is the most enjoyable period of life No one would deny the pleasure of being a child

The most important phase of life is the first few years when you are a child That’s when the brain grows really fast – faster than any other time in our life The brain makes [more than 1 million] new connections every second!

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1 Do you enjoy your current stage of life? Yes

Twelve Steps to Make Life Bearable Again

1. Admit to yourself that you’re powerless and that your life is unmanageable
2. Stop hating yourself and believe that the universe works through karma
3. Turn your life over to said universe and make friends with it
4. Make a completely honest and productive moral inventory of yourself
5. Admit the EXACT nature of your wrongs

Developmentalists break the life span into nine stages as follows:

• Prenatal Development
• Infancy and Toddlerhood
• Early Childhood
• Middle Childhood
• Adolescence
• Early Adulthood
• Middle Adulthood
• Late Adulthood

The first stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development occurs between birth and 1 year of age and is the most fundamental stage in life Because an infant is utterly dependent, developing trust is based on the dependability and quality of the child’s caregivers

What was the main idea behind Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development? An individual’s personality develops throughout the lifespan