Developmental Stages Matrix

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Developmental Stages Matrix

Complete the matrix by listing out the various changes in each age group.

|Developmental Stage               |Physical changes                                     |Cognitive changes                                     |Socioemotional changes                               |
|Infancy                           |At this stage, the nervous system is not fully       |Infants at first, rely only on nature for their       |Infants rely on their caregivers, because they feel   |
|                                 |developed and organized.                             |instincts, they have involuntary actions, because     |that their caregiver knows when they are hungry,     |
|                                 |Infants can see plain objects that are only 10 inches|they are still developing. As they grow, they learn   |sleepy or uncomfortable. They believe that their     |
|                                 |far from their face until the age of 6 months when   |to get a sense of what they want to do, and how they |caregivers will know when to hold them and comfort   |
|                                 |their vision will become fully developed.             |want to accomplish doing so.                         |them.                                                 |
|                                 |                                                     |                                                     |Infants will cry because they may be hungry, scared   |
|                                 |                                                     |                                                     |or they want to simply be held.                       |
|Early Childhood                   |Children stop growing so rapidly, and begin to       |Children now learn how to interact with the people   |Early childhood begins as young as 1 years old in     |
|                                 |resemble young adults more....