QUARTER 1 MODULE 3

Developmental Tasks According to Developmental

Stages
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. discuss developmental tasks and challenges being experienced
during adolescence EsP-PD11/12DS-Ic-3.1
2. evaluate one’s development through the help of significant people
around him/her (peers, parents.sibling, friends, teachers, community
leaders) EsP-PD11/12DS-Id-3.2
3. list ways to become a responsible adolescent prepared for adult
life EsP-PD11/12DS-Id-3.3
Lesson 1: Developmental Tasks
According to Developmental Stages
• According to John Santrock there are 8 developmental
stages in a life span development. His research focuses on
family processes and children psychosocial development.
The following are the stages of development;
PRENATAL PERIOD
 Development happens quickly during this stage
(tremendous growth from a single cell to an organism
complete with brain and behavioral capabilities)
 Time between conception and birth
 Divided into 3 stages: -germinal -embryonic –fetal
INFANCY
 Birth to 18-24 months Time of extreme
dependence on adults
 Many psychological activities are just beginning
( language, symbolic thought, sensori- motor
coordination & social learning)
EARLY CHILDHOOD
End of infancy to 5-6 years old (preschool years-
grade 1) Young children learn to become more self-
sufficient and care for themselves, develop school
readiness skills and spend many hours in play with
peers
MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
6-11 years old (elementary school years)
Fundamental skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic
are mastered
Child is formally exposed to larger world and its
culture
Achievement becomes a more central theme of the
child’s world and self-control increases
ADOLESCENCE
 10-12 years old to 18-22 years old
 Begins with rapid physical changes (dramatic gains in height in
weight, changes in body contour, and development of sexual
characteristics such as enlargement of breasts, development of
pubic and facial hair, deepening of voice)
 Pursuit of independence & identity are prominent
 Thought is more logical, abstract & idealistic
 More time is spent outside family
EARLY ADULTHOOD
 Late teens or early 20s to 30s
 Time of establishing personal & economic
independence, career development, selecting a mate,
learning to live with someone in an intimate way,
starting a family & rearing children.
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
 40 to 60 years old time of expanding personal &
social involvement & responsibility
 Assisting next generation in becoming competent
& mature individuals, reaching & maintaining
satisfaction in a career
LATE ADULTHOOD
 60s and above
 Time for adjustment to decreasing strength
and health, life review, retirement and
adjustment to new social roles
• Robert Havighurst identified six major age periods.
• Although many theorists are responsible for
contributing to the Developmental Tasks Theory, it
was Robert Havighurst who elaborated on this
development theory in the most systematic and
extensive manner.
• Robert Havighurst defines developmental tasks as
one that “arises at certain period in our life, the
successful achievement of which leads to happiness
and success with later tasks while failure leads to
unhappiness, social disapproval, and difficulty with
later task”. Havighurst, 1972)
•Infancy and early childhood (birth till 6
years old) -in this stage, the child begins to
learn different physical activities like walking,
crawling as well as starting to read and forming
concepts.
•Middle childhood (6-12 years old) -middle
childhood is then where the child learns
different physical skills for simple games; as
well as developing concepts for everyday
living.
•Adolescence (13-18 years old) -during the
adolescence period, the child achieves more
mature relations with others. The child gets to
knows oneself and prepares himself for the
coming years.
•Early adulthood (18-30 years old) -here one
is now ready to settle down and begin a family
as well as a new life. One looks for a career to
help in raising himself and his family;
practicing as well socially
• Middle age (30-60 years old) - the middle age, is
where one is able to see clearly to his future, here
one is then able to help his children as well as other
teenagers to become more responsible. Here one
also is able to adapt to everything that is happening
to him physically, emotionally even socially
•Later maturity (60 years old and over) - in
this stage, one is adjusting to the happenings of
his life. Here, one needs to adjust to understand
everything especially in death
ACTIVITY 1: MY DEVELOPMENTAL
STAGES PHOTO GALLERY
• Collect photos of your growing up years. If you don’t have
a picture during a certain stage draw a symbol to represent
you. Make a gallery of your pictures according to the 8
stages of developmental stage by Santrock. Label each
picture and put a little caption to describe your milestones.
You may ask your help from you parents and or older
family member to help put a description in your picture.
• 1. FALSE
• 2. TRUE
• 3. TRUE
• 4. FALSE
• 5. FALSE
• 6. TRUE
• 7. FALSE
• 8.FALSE
• 9. TRUE
• 10. FALSE
• 11. Robert Havighurst
• 12. John Santrock
• 13. Germinal
• 14. Embryonic
• 15. Fetal
• 16. Early childhood
• 17. Late Adulthood
• 18. Adolescence
• 19. Late teens or early 20’s to 30’s
• 20. Infancy
• 21. 6 developmental stages
• 22. Conception
• 23. Middle Adulthood
• 24. 8 developmental Stages
• 25-30. Developmental Stages of Robert Havighurst (in order)
ACTIVITY 2: CHECK MATE
Put a check (/) beside those statements that are correct and an (X)
beside those that are wrong. If your answer is an X explain why.
________1. Developmental tasks are only for the first 3 stages of
human development.
________2. Failure of achieving developmental tasks in an earlier
stage means failure for the learner to master developmental task in
the next level.
________3. Preschool age corresponds to early
childhood stage.
________4. Adolescence is middle and late
childhood stage.
________5. Teenage is middle childhood.
________6. Mastery of fundamental skills is a major
concern during early childhood.
________7. Play is a great need of children in middle
childhood.
________8. Preparing children for school readiness is
the major concern of middle childhood
________9. More time is spent outside family for
adolescent stage.
________10. In early childhood one developmental
task is learning to distinguish right from wrong and
developing a conscience.
Lesson 2: DEVELOPMENTAL TASK AND
CHALLENGES BEING EXPERIENCE
DURING ADOLESCENCE
• Adolescents have one foot in childhood and one foot
in adulthood.
• A developmental task represents our culture's
definition of “normal" development at different
points in the life span.
• The many developmental tasks facing adolescents
are challenging, but they are achievable.
• Adolescents are getting their first taste of
independence, yet they are not, and do not want to
be, totally independent.
• Parents and adults need to provide a supportive
environment in which adolescents may discover and
explore their identities.
What Are the Developmental Tasks
Facing Adolescents?
• Achieving mature relations with both sexes
• Achieving masculine or feminine social role
• Accepting one’s physique
• Achieving emotional independence of adults
• Preparing for marriage and family life
• Preparing for an economic career
• Acquiring values and an ethical system to guide
behavior
• Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior
Ways to become a Responsible
Adolescent Prepared for Life
The following are eight (8) simple rules which could help you,
teenagers, to become a responsible adolescent prepared for
adult life:
1. Focus on your studies and do well in all of your endeavors.
There is time for everything.
2. 2. Take care of your health and hygiene. Healthy body and
mind are important as you journey through adolescence.
3. Establish good communication and relation with your
parents or guardian.
4. Think a lot before doing something. Evaluate probable
consequences before acting. Practice self-control and self-
discipline.
5. Choose to do the right thing. There are plenty of
situations in which it is better to use your mind rather than
your heart.
6. Do your best to resist temptations, bad acts, and
earthly pleasures and commit to being a responsible
adolescent.
7. Respect yourself. You are an adult in the making.
Do not let your teenage hormones get into you. If you
respect yourself, others will respect you too.
8. Be prepared to be answerable or accountable for
your actions and behavior. It is a part of growing up
and becoming an adult.
10 TASKS FOR ADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT
• Adjust to sexually maturing bodies and feelings
• Develop and apply abstract thinking skills
• Develop and apply new perspective on human
relationships
• Having learned to “put themselves in another person’s shoes
• Develop and apply new coping skills in areas such as
decision making, problem solving, and conflict resolution.
• Identify meaningful moral standards, values, and belief
systems.
• Understand and express more complex emotional
experiences.
• Form friendships that are mutually close and supportive.
• Establish key aspects of identity.
• Establish key aspects of identity.
• Meet the demands of increasingly mature roles and
responsibilities.
• Renegotiate relationships with adults in parenting
roles.
1.Being in Grade 11, what are the developmental tasks
expected of you? Rate yourself from 1-10 (10 as the
highest) on whatever you have accomplished those
expected tasks.

2. As you are in Grade 11, you are in transition from high

school to college, from being an adolescent to young adult.
How do you feel about this transition?
3. Do you think you are ready for this transition which may
mean more responsibilities and greater accountability? If
not what are the expected tasks you need to work on? If yes,
what are the ways to take so you can better plan for the
future?