12 Questions
What is a common goal for individuals in the adolescence stage?
Selecting a mate
What is a key aspect of early adulthood according to the text?
Achieving adult social and civic responsibility
What is a common challenge faced by individuals in middle adulthood?
Devising nutrition plans
What is a primary aspect of later maturity as described in the text?
Adjusting to death of a spouse
During which stage is preparing for a career and family life emphasized?
Adolescence
Which stage involves accepting the physiological changes of middle age?
Later maturity
What is Robert J. Havighurst best known for?
Developing a psychosocial model of human development
Which of the following is NOT a developmental task during Infancy and Early Childhood (0-5) according to Havighurst?
Learning financial management
What aspect influences the developmental tasks at each stage according to Havighurst?
Individual's biology maturation
Which task is associated with Middle Childhood (6-12) according to Havighurst?
Developing fundamental skills
What task is NOT mentioned in the Adolescence (15-18) stage by Havighurst?
Learning to drive
What does Havighurst emphasize in his developmental tasks model?
Cultural tasks at different ages
Study Notes
Robert J. Havighurst
- Known for conceptualizing human development as mastery of age-related cultural tasks
- Avid researcher, prolific writer, and civil rights activist
- Proposed a psychosocial model of development, influenced by individual's biology, psychology, and sociology
Developmental Tasks
Infancy and Early Childhood (0-5)
- Learning to walk, take solid foods, and talk
- Eliminating body wastes, and acquiring concepts and language to describe social and physical reality
- Learning to distinguish right from wrong
- Achieving readiness for reading
- Acquiring sexual modesty and self-awareness
Middle Childhood (6-12)
- Learning physical skills necessary for peer relationships
- Developing a wholesome attitude towards masculinity and femininity
- Learning to get along with age mates
- Developing fundamental skills
- Developing moral values and a sense of responsibility
- Achieving personal independence
Adolescence (13-18)
- Achieving mature relationships with both sexes
- Accepting one's physique
- Achieving emotional independence from adults
- Preparing for marriage and family life
- Preparing for a selected career
- Acquiring values and an ethical system to guide behavior
- Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior
Early Adulthood (19-30)
- Selecting a mate
- Learning to live with a partner
- Rearing children
- Managing a home
- Starting a career
- Assuming civic responsibility
Middle Adulthood (30-60)
- Establishing adult social and civic responsibility
- Satisfactory career achievement
- Devising a new perspective
- Reintegrating to a new role
- Accepting physiological changes of middle age
Later Maturity (61-)
- Adjusting to decreasing strength and physical ability
- Adjusting to retirement and reduced income
- Adjusting to death of spouse or friends
- Establishing relations with one's age group
- Re-establishing social and civic obligations
- Maintaining a satisfactory role
Learn about Robert J. Havighurst, known for his conceptualization of human development as mastery of age-related cultural tasks. Explore Havighurst's psychosocial model of development and how individual tasks at each stage are influenced by biology and genetics.
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