Stages of human development

Prenatal

Germinal or zygote

Ovule fertilized by the sperm

Ends in the second week of pregnancy.

Embryonic

Third month of pregnancy

During this phase the layers the embryo begins to multiply and specialize

Fetal

The fetus will already have a human form,

Continue to develop until nine months of pregnancy

Infancy

Second stage of the life of every human being

It goes from the moment of birth to around six years of age

begins the recognition of their sensory and motor abilities

It presents reflex and automatic movements, such as the suction of the maternal breast, also communicates with the outside by means of indiscriminate emotional responses

Childhood

Located between 6 and 12 years old

Third stage of human development coincides with schooling

In school the child learns through various playful and pedagogical mechanisms to take advantage of their mental, physical and social faculties.

At this stage, the sense of duty, self-love, respect for others and for others, as well as the ability to distinguish between the real and the imaginary are also fixed.

Adolescence

This fourth stage of human life begins at the end of childhood

It begins at 12 years old and ends with the entry into youth, around 20 years old.

During this stage, more significant changes are presented at a physical and emotional level.

Pubertad

Appearance of body hair

The change of the body between girls and boys is different.

Thickening of the voice in males.

Appearance of secondary sexual characteristics such as the growth of the breasts, or the lengthening of the penis.

Accelerated growth of height and weight.

Beginning of the feminine menstruation.

Youth

Youth is called the first stage of adulthood or early adulthood

The individual is ready to start a life responsible for himself.

It is considered that youth normally ranges between 20 and 25 years of age, although these parameters are not fixed.

During youth the individual is more aware of who he is and more determined to what he wants in life.

Adulthood

Begins after 25 years of age, with the end of youth and continues until the entry into old age or old age, around 60 years.

It is considered that an adult individual is in the fullness of his psychic, physical and biological faculties.

An adult is expected to have emotional control and a vital disposition that he did not have in previous stages.

Old age

The last stage of human life.

He starts around 60 years of age and continues until his death.

It is a stage of decline in the physical and reproductive faculties, although it is estimated that the amount of physical and intellectual development.

Diseases, physical ailments and disinterest in general life

The stages of the human being are the different phases through which a person traverses from his conception until his death, and in the long term of the changes in his body as in his mind.