Development Timeline

Teresa Gomez
CDE 232
Fall 2014

Infancy
(birth 2 years)

3.5 months, I
know the ball is
solid, but why
does it fall?

Birth

4 months, I
rolled over!
Im finally
getting
places
(Motor
Skills)

10 months, What
9 months,
are you looking at
Im
mommy? (Joint
standing on
attention)
my own.
Next Step is
a step!

6 months

6 months,
I remember
that yesterday
I met a
puppy!

12 months

8 months, Im
starting to
figure out how
to
communicate.
Pointing at food
= getting fed

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

My dad started
working nights,
I really miss
him!

18 months

19 months, I
start
cooperating
with my parents
to reach goals.

23 months, I
actively seek out
interactions with
my parents
(specific
attachment)

2 years

20 months
Height=25
Weight=26 lbs
(growth)

Early Childhood
(2 Years 6 Years)

4 years, Im
using words to
express my
desires. Im
hungry

2 years, Im
starting to
verbally express
my emotions

2 years

2 years, I
know that
other people
dont see
out of my
eyes.

5 years, I
was
hospitalized
for a
concussion.

3 years

3 years, I can
hop and run
easily If not
well

4 years
4.5 years, Watch me
climb! Im invincible!

3.5 years, I prefer to play

with other girls

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

5 years, I think
rules to my games
cannot be changed
(heteronomous
morality)

6 years

5 years

5.5 years, I
finally figured
out how to tie
my shoes
5.9 years, my
short term
memory
increased, I can
remember 4 digits

Mid/Late Childhood
(6 years 11 years)

6 years, Im
writing
sentences, I
dont have
spelling down
yet though

6 years

8 years, I can
imagine things
in reverse,
(Reverse mental
action)

7 years

7 years, I
prefer to
write with a
pencil (Motor
Skills)

6.5 years, I understand

other peoples
perspectives/feelings
(Perspective talking)

8 years

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

10 years, I
9.5 years, I
am 80 lbs
was put in
and 4.7 ft
a reading
gifted
program at
school

9 years

10 years, Im
learning how to
deal with stress and
move forward

10 years

11 years

9 years, I got a
horse! Balancing
is hard!
8 years, I have a few really
close friends, we share
everything (Intimacy in
friendships)

10.5 years, Im
reading
chapter books

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

Adolescence
(11 years 20 years)

13 years, I begin
to question my
parents religion

12 years

13 years,
Im
thinking
abstractly.
What are
thoughts
exactly?

14 years

14 years, age
of menarche

16 years, Im thinking of
solutions to problems
and making decisions
without trial and error
(Hypothetical-deductive
reasoning)

16 years

15 years, I
cant go to
school today!
Everyone will
notice my
bad haircut
(imaginary
audience)

17 years, I argue
with my parents
about curfew.
(Autonomy)

18 years

18 years, I
17 years, I moved into
officially
my own
stopped
apartment
growing

19 years, I feel
like I know who I
am and what I
want to do, my
crisis (exploration)
period is ending

20 years

19 years, I
am 54 and
130 lbs

Early
Adulthood
Current Age (20 years)
(20 years 40 years)

30 years, it is
easy to use
25 years, my
dialectical
body systems are thought and
functioning
fully analyze
optimally
situations

23 years,
began
cohabitating

20 years

20 years, I
got a full
time job in
addition to
school

25 years
22 years,
awkward
appearance
of
adolescence
has vanished.

20 years,
my
prefrontal
cortex is
developed

30 years

27 years, I
became a parent

26 years, I got married

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

39 years, I
dont stress
when things
change
(cognitive
flexibility)

35 years

40 years

35 years, Ive
started to
slow down.
Passed peak
physical
performance

Middle Adulthood
(40 years 65 years)

40 years, Its
really important
for me to leave
my legacy
(Generativity)

40 years

50 years,
stress doesnt
bother me
anymore

45 years

45 years, my
eyesight isnt
what it used
to be. How
did I see
those tiny
letters?

50 years

I experienced
a midlife crisis.
Time for a new
car!

55 years

50 years, I had
menopause

47 years, my
parents moved
in with me.
(Filial
responsibility)

55 years, my
cognition is
improving
still

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

62 years, I became
a grandparent

60 years

60 years, I
lost an inch!
Im now 53

65 years

64 years, Im
even worse
at math now

LEGEND
Normative Physical Dev.
Normative Cognitive Dev.
Normative Socioemotional Dev.
Non-normative

Late Adulthood
(65+ years)

72 years, Im
starting to miss
65 years, I am
what my
selecting activities
grandchildren say
that are easier for me (sensory-input
(SOC Theory)
problems)

65 years

68 years,
multitasking
is a
challenge

70 years

70 years, Im
losing weight
but gaining
fat in my
torso
(senescence)

84 years, Im
starting to
get arthritis
in my knee
like my
grandparents

77 years, my
vocabulary is still
increasing at
least (semantic
memory)

75 years

75, I fell and

my thinning
bones in my
arm
fractured

75 years, my community is
important, I want to share
my knowledge and ideas

80 years

78 years, My
senses are
becoming
duller. Its
getting hard
to hear

85 years

80 years, I often
find myself
reminiscing on my
past
(Developmental
Task)