DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES

LIFE STAGES.

DEFINITIONS:

• Life expectancy is:the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
• Life course is:An expression denoting an individuals passage through life, analysed as a sequence of significant life-events, including birth, marriage, parenthood, divorce, and retirement.

3.Growth : Is the term used to describe an increase in quantity. For example height and weight increase as you get older.
4.Development:the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced.
5.Maturation:: the process of becoming mature : the process of developing in the body or mind : the process of developing to a desired level.

6.Development norms/milestones :An average set of expectations with respect to an infant of child’s development. For example what you expect them to be able to do at certain stages of their life.
7.Delayed Development:It is a primary area of exceptionality when the cause of a childs developmental lag is unknown.
8.Holistic Development:Where life is looked at a a whole not as 4 separate categories of social, physical, emotional and intellectual. This is because they are all related and interact with each other.

Queen Elizabeth

QUEEN ELIZABETH

• Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain was crowned in 1953. Her 60 years on the throne was celebrated in June 2012 with the Diamond Jubilee.

BIRTH AND INFANCY

• 1.Physical development:Queen Elizabethin this age was easily digestible food such as her mother's milk in the first week . Also she do not have a fully developed brain and she can hear sounds .also she born with primitive reflex such as rooting reflex and startle reflex . In this age queen Elizabeth was helpless when it's come to muscle.

2.Emotional:Emotionally Queen Elizabethwould have become aware of those who are around her most (mother, father, grandparents and aunts/uncles) this means that she would have started bonding and creating relationships. She would have also developed other emotions, a few could have been developed whilst in hospital e.g. nerves and afraid feelings and thoughts
3. Social:QueenElizabeth's social development would have been similar to emotional development ,she start to smile at human faces and respond while her mom is talking , when she complete 5 month she start to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar faces .

BIRTH AND INFANCY

• 4.Intellectual:Queen Elizabethwould have started to talk about 12 months then at 14 months her word would have become more clearer . Queen Elizabeth would have started nursery at 3 years around her local .piglet was a famous theorist and believed there were 4 stages intellectual development .

CHILDHOOD

• 1.Physical Development:Physically QUEEN ELIZABETH begin to grow more gradually than she do during infancy. However when in the childhood life stage she have a growth spurt between 5-7. she also begin to develop fine motor skills e.g. writing. also she begin to develop sense of balance making it less likely to fall over when doing activities. she usually gain around 3kg and 5.8cm per year.

2.Emotional:Queen Elizabeth use her imagination to begin to understand the social roles . She start to imagine an ideal of self . Her relationship with other family members may influence how she feel valued .queen Elizabeth get on with teachers and friends may influence her self confidence.
3.Social:Queen Elizabeth childhood was attached and dependent on noble Lady Margaret Bryan that care of her . She began to learn social roles and behavior with their family context . Her first primary socialization was with her parents . Also she start to make social relationship with others.

4.Intellectual:Looking at piaget 4 stages he beloved that the stage for childhood between the age 2-7 was called pre- operational stage . Queen Elizabeth would be pre logical thinking at this stage , thinking in language but without understanding .For intellectual development queen Elizabeth would have property be visiting parks and zoo.

ADOLESCENCE

• 1. Physical development:Queen Elizabeth have gone through the stages of puberty from about 12 years on wards . Queen Elizabeth have also had growth spurt which is very common for her age.

ADOLESCENCE

• 2.Emotional:During this age sense of self continue to develop. She need to develop a secure sense of identity . She needs a clear understanding of identity in order to feel secure when working with others.In this stage queen Elizabeth get married and had four children.
• 3.Social:At this stage of Queen Elizabeth life she should be beginning through the stages of having relationships, becoming more independent of herself.

4.Intellectual:at this age of life piaget suggested that the stage from 11 years onwards was called the formal operational stage .this would be when Queen Elizabeth would think logically and abstract ,thinking like adult .

ADULTHOOD

• 1.Physical development:At this stage of Queen Elizabeth life , she should finally have stopped growing .Afew things that could occur at this stage of her life could be ,tiredness ,menopause ,Eye problem, weight gaining.

2.Emotional:Erik Erikson suggested that there were two stages for adulthood , early adulthood and later .The stage 6 stage he believed was called "intimacy " this stage covers the period of early adulthood when Queen Elizabeth would be exploring relationships . Erikson believed that it is very important for people to develop committed ,closerelationship . Erikson believes that 7 stages was called generatively vs. stagnation , this stages is about building our life and focusing in our career and families .

3.Social: During early adulthood,friend ship are very important .How ever in this age For the first time in the history of the world, a young girl climbed into a tree one day a Princess and after having what she described as her most thrilling experience she climbed down from the tree.
4.Intellectual:At this stage a life Paget suggested that the stage from 11 years onward was called formal operational stage .This would be when Queen Elizabeth would think logically and abstract thinking.

OLDER ADULTHOOD

• 1.Physical development:When Queen Elizabeth reached old age , she had more health problems .she faced skin changes . She start to shrink and hadloss of eyesight. She don't find it hard to work because her health is better than others .Everybodysee's these changes and there's not much anybody can do about them.

OLDER ADULTHOOD

• 2.Emotional:Erik Erikson believes that at old age stage 8 it's called intregrfy vs. despair and he believes that Queen Elizabeth in this age she had reflect back in her life . Also she can be quite depressing stage in old age and those who feel unsuccessful during their life they feel that there life wasted and experience some regrets. there will be no time to change things because it's too late . But Queen Elizabeth is very happy and proud because she achieved something in her life and she was successful.

3. Social:In old adulthood adults have more free time . However , many older adults may choose to increase their involvement with close friends and family rather than extend their network of social contacts. Queen Elizabeth have more free time her social life didn't change .

4.Intellectual:In the stages of late adulthood the intellectual development within them persons are vital. Even at the age of 65+ those persons still do need their brains to be kept active and ongoing and to be doing certain activities, maybe still going for outings with their friends and being able to still live and feel like they aren’t useless because they are getting to the stage of being old and will maybe get slow and stop remembering everything. Sometimes there are people that choose to stay on at their job to maintain their intellectual stimulation

THE FINAL STAGES OF LIFE

• 1.Inllectual:As all very old woman ,Queen Elizabeth might have a really high decrease in her thinking ,the way of thinking ,she will start to think less logically,she will thinks in no common sense,she will not be able to make decisions be her self ,she also cant know what's right and what's wrong , so she will need to have help from others to make even the very personal decisions about her life , and also because she have a serious level of Alzheimer she will have difficulties making her own choices.

2.Physical development :Queen Elizabeth might have an decrease in her health as she is having Alzheimer's disease which will effect her physical level of life , as she will not be to take care of her self anymore , she might forget how to do thing , which is an a great danger on her life as wrong things can happened , she might forgot to eat , even to drink , which might lead her to another disease that can lead her life into certain death, and because of her age she is probably going to have a lots of another diseases that is going for sure to effect her physical life , for example , a sort of disease that have to deal with bones is going to let her movement less in this stage of her life.

3.Emotional:At this stage Queen Elizabeth is surely going to have an decrease of her emotional states , she might forget part of her family members , other people that was important in some point of her early life where she was able to remember, she might even forget and don’t know anymore who she love and who she hates , so probably she will act normal with everyone , maybe even with her enemies , she might also remember sometimes and forget sometime so her emotional state is not going to be stable , and as an old woman she might have a sense of fear as all old woman , and she will be need to take care off emotionally by her close family members.

4.Social:As Alzheimer effected Queen Elizabeth emotional stage it is surely going to effect her social life as she might have an decrease in her relationship , she will be treated as a sick old woman , her relationships will be only with her close family member as she cant remember anyone , so her social life might turned off by this disease , even if she is still going out and meet people she will have a weak relationship with them as she have a great chance to forget them again just after they were met., and also as an old woman she is going to have a lots of more disease that will limits her social life and limits her relationships at this stage of her life.

PERSONAL LIFE .

• Not one for the spotlight, Elizabeth likes quiet pastimes. She enjoys reading mysteries, working on crossword puzzles and even watching wrestling on television. For much of her life, the queen has surrounded herself with dogs. She is especially known for her love of corgis. Also a horse enthusiast, Elizabeth breeds thoroughbreds and attends several racing events each year

EDUCATION .

• Queen Elizabeth education impact on her in a positive way Princess Elizabeth was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. After her father succeeded to the throne in 1936 and she became heir presumptive, she started to study constitutional history and law as preparation for her future role. She received tuition from her father, as well as sessions with Henry Marten, the Vice-Provost of Eton.

GENETIC FACTORS

• Queen Elizabeth was very lucky , her mother was in good health , however queen Elizabeth didn't suffer from any disease , If she has any of this disease she will suffer form (Cystic fibrosis , coeliac disease or brittle bone disease . she live her life as a normal and she was very health and her life style reflect on her health

ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

• Queen Elizabeth have access to everything her life style and statues in community let her access all the facilities . She have access to travel because she may not found it difficult to travel .

HOUSING

• Queen Elizabeth was very lucky in her life , she stay never stay in a poor house.poor housing was likely to mean problem such as poor lighting , non safety glass in windows , lack of privacy also it can increase the risk of disease . But she stay all her life in a place , she didn't suffer from any of this allergic and inflammatory disease. also poor housing can lead to stress , noise and difficulties in relaxing and sleeping , but Queen Elizabeth was living in a safe place so she can relax .

REFERENCES

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