P1 – Describe physical, intellectual, emotion and social development for each of the life stages of an individual.

Everyone in their life is constantly going through life stages. Every person is put into a certain life stages there are seven which we are considered to be in these are:

Foetal development
Infancy 0-3
Childhood 4-9
Adolescence 10-18
Young Adulthood 19-40
Older adulthood 41-64
Old age (Elderly) 65+

Each stage a developments will happen, these will be physical, intellectual, emotional and social which will help in our lives as we all grow up.

Foetal Development
Foetal development is the stages that you go through when you are being developed through pregnancy, of from when you are fertilised all the way up to birth. You will go through many changes in these nine months. Physical Development – This is where the formation of a person will start, it starts off when the sperm fuses with the egg and from then development will happen right through the weeks. It will start off with the head, notochord and spinal cord developing. From then on more features will branch off and develop. At three weeks you have the embryo becoming c shaped and the umbilical cord starts to form. Then at five weeks your organs will start forming slowly these would include your gut, stomach, liver, start getting your heart bulge and intestinal loop. Then up to six weeks when your eyes are visible and mouth, this is where the ears and nose will start forming while your limps grow rapidly from tiny buds. Then at eight weeks the face is more human and the tail is gone. During the remaining months all the organs have developed. At 20 weeks the foetus would have reached half of its length before birth. By 32 weeks the foetus would have reached half its weight before birth. Finally at 9 months it will be born it will be fully developed and ready to start life as a child. Intellectual