Ailey Lembersky

Caitlyn Matthews
Olivia Orler
Lindsey Meyers

Major Tasks and Developments

Babies up to a year
4 tasks/milestones:
Crawl/walk
talk
Eat
Play
Mudpies:
Moral cannot hurt others
Physical hold own food
Intellectual Learn names
Emotional Secure Trust
Social How to act when they want something

Toddlers
4 Tasks/milestones:
Pedals a tricycle
Walking up stairs with one foot on each step
Climbs well
Runs easily
Mudpies:
Moral- feel pride when they are good and embarrassment when they are bad
Physical- learns to climb up stairs first, then down
Intellectual- can recognize distress in others
Emotional- emotionally attached to toys or objects for security
Social- parallel and symbolic play

Pre-school
4 tasks/milestones:
Catches a bounced ball
Mashes own food
Losing a tooth
Hops and stands on one foot for up to 2 seconds
Mudpies:
Moral- wants to please adults

Physical- cant sit still for very long

Intellectual- Curious
Emotional- self-esteem reflects opinions of significant others
Social- cooperative in play

School age
4 tasks/milestones:
Skip
Use a fork, spoon, and sometimes a knife
Can use the toilet on their own
Swings and climbs
Mudpies:
Moral- avoid punishment
Physical- use physical activities to develop gross and fine motor skills
Intellectual- understand how his/her behavior affects others
Emotional- sensitive to others opinions about themselves
Social- use language as a communication tool

Teenagers
4 tasks/milestones:
Hits puberty
First serious relationships
Becomes more independent
Spends more time with friends
Mudpies:
Moral- want to be with friends more than family
Physical- body is developing
Intellectual- thinking about college and the future
Emotional- seeking more independence
Social- peer pressure

Early adult college age

4 tasks/milestones:
Living away from family
Focus on building a career
Seek intimate relationship
Brain is still developing
Mudpies:
Moral- establish their own identity
Physical- last stage of development
Intellectual-thinks of family
Emotional- long term relationships

Social- seeks more intimate relationships

Young adult 25-35

4 tasks/milestones:
Marriage
Thinking about starting a family
Starting a career
Buying a house/car
Mudpies:
Moral- doing everything to please their boss at work
Physical- Sexual interactions
Intellectual-Consider future possibilities
Emotional- Coping with changes in family (like addition of kids)
Social- work well with spouses friends

Middle adult 35-45

4 tasks/milestones:
Grey hair
Menopause
Midlife crisis
Increased confidence
Mudpies:
Moral- evaluate success
Physical- more accepting of physical appearance
Intellectual- self acceptance
Emotional- emotional stability increases
Social- positive social relationships

Older adult 50-70

4 tasks/milestones:
Children moving out of the house
Grandchildren
Downsizing
Finding new hobbies/interests
Mudpies:
Moral- Seeing the end of life and re-evaluating what they want to do and believe
Physical- becomes weaker
Intellectual- Some memory loss may begin
Emotional- Trusting their child to be on their own
Social- more dependent on others
Retirement

4 tasks/milestones:
Beginning of some memory loss
Wrinkly skin
Bad vision
Writing a will
Mudpies:
Moral- Figure out how they want to take care of themselves and how they want to live
Physical- weak and wrinkly
Intellectual- wisdom
Emotional- depression
Social- Loss of independence

Aging (care)
4 tasks/milestones:
Assisted living/nursing home
Can't take care of themselves
Have trouble getting around
Stop driving
Mudpies:
Moral- Content with life
Physical- Inability to drive
Intellectual-decline in cognitive function
Emotional- Having their kids take away their keys and car
Social- roles switch, children care for adults

Centurion/golden years (85)

4 tasks/milestones:
Memory loss of various degrees
Health declining
Great grandchildren
Accepting death
Mudpies:
Moral- Continue to have fewer morals and become more careless
Physical- Having trouble walking and getting around
Intellectual- Brain continues to slowly break down
Emotional- Friends dying around them
Social- Losing their friends to death