Developmental Stages

Learning to distinguish right from wrong and developing a conscience

• Infancy and Early Childhood (0-5)

• Middle Childhood (6-12)

• Adolescence (13 - 18)

Developing conscience, morality and a scale of values

• Adolescence (13-18)

• Middle Childhood (6-12)

• Early Adulthood (19-30)

Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior

• Adolescence (13-18)

• Early Adulthood (19-30)

• Middle Childhood (6-12)

Starting an occupation

• Middle Adulthood (30-60)

• Early Adulthood (19-30)

• Middle Childhood (6 -12)

Achieving adult social and civic responsibility

• Later Maturity (61 +)

• Middle Adulthood (30-60)

• Early Adulthood (19-30)

Adjusting to decreasing strength and health

• Later Maturity (61 +)

• Early Adulthood (19-30)

• Middle Adulthood (30-60)