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Developmental Stages Matrix

Developmental Stage

Physical changes

Cognitive changes

Socioemotional changes

Infancy

Rapid increase in height and weight

Gross motor skills improve

Head circumference increases to accommodate brain development.

Driven towards a goal by accommodation and coordination of reflexes

Active exploration through experimenting

Anticipate solving problems

Speak in full sentences

Responding to people and objects

Social awareness heightens

Emotionally responsive to familiar people or strangers

Self-awareness improves

Learns synchrony, attachment and independence.