PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Topic: DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN IN MIDDLE & LATE ADOLESCENCE
Instructions: Use your quiz notebook to answer your output and write the date today.
Note: This is individual output please be guided. Reporters group must be follow.
PART 1: Developmental stages. Choose at least 5 activity.
1. Lifespan Timeline
Objective: Understand and visualize the sequence of developmental stages.
Activity: Provide students with a blank timeline. Ask them to label key developmental stages
(infancy, toddlerhood, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and late adulthood) and write
major milestones associated with each stage.
2. Milestone Matching Game
Objective: Identify developmental milestones for different stages.
Activity: Create cards with milestones (e.g., "First words," "Puberty begins") and cards with
stages (e.g., "Infancy," "Adolescence"). Participants match milestones to the appropriate
stage.
3. Role Play
Objective: Explore characteristics of different stages through acting.
Activity: Assign participants a developmental stage and have them role-play scenarios (e.g.,
an adolescent arguing with parents, a toddler learning to walk).
4. Developmental Collage
Objective: Encourage creativity and reflection on growth.
Activity: Ask participants to create a collage representing the developmental stages using
magazine cutouts, drawings, or online tools.
5. Case Study Analysis
Objective: Apply theoretical knowledge to real-life scenarios.
Activity: Provide brief case studies about individuals at different stages of life. Have
participants identify the stage and analyze their physical, cognitive, and emotional
development.
6. Interview and Share
Objective: Learn from real-life experiences.
Activity: Assign participants to interview someone from a specific stage of life (e.g., a senior
citizen or teenager) about their experiences and developmental challenges. Share findings
with the group.
7. Growth Chart Activity
Objective: Understand physical growth patterns.
Activity: Provide charts showing typical height, weight, or motor skill development for
different ages. Participants compare the charts to their own development or hypothetical
examples.
8. Puzzle Challenge
Objective: Learn Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
Activity: Provide a puzzle or problem-solving task appropriate for different Piaget stages
(e.g., object permanence for infants, conservation tasks for children). Discuss how problem-
solving differs by stage.
9. Media Analysis
Objective: Recognize developmental stages in storytelling.
Activity: Watch a clip from a movie or TV show featuring characters of various ages. Identify
the developmental stage of each character and discuss how it's portrayed.
10. Reflective Journal
Objective: Promote self-awareness of personal development.
Activity: Ask participants to write a journal entry reflecting on a significant milestone or
challenge they faced during one of their developmental stages. Encourage sharing if
comfortable.
PART 2: Havighursts developmental tasks during the lifespan
1. Which of the following is NOT one of Havighurst’s developmental stages?
a) Infancy and Early Childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Middle Adulthood
d) Senior Infancy
2. According to Havighurst, which task is associated with adolescence?
a) Learning to walk
b) Achieving personal independence
c) Adjusting to retirement
d) Developing a sense of conservation
3. What is a primary developmental task for middle adulthood, according to Havighurst?
a) Establishing a career
b) Developing a sense of trust
c) Learning to play cooperatively
d) Building financial security
4. Which is an example of a developmental task for late adulthood?
a) Learning to crawl
b) Adjusting to retirement
c) Building intimate relationships
d) Learning to communicate
5. Havighurst’s developmental tasks are primarily influenced by which factors?
a) Genetic predispositions only
b) Culture, biology, and personal values
c) Environmental hazards
d) Peer pressure alone
6. Developing a conscience and understanding moral responsibility is a task typically associated
with which stage?
a) Infancy and early childhood
b) Middle adulthood
c) Adolescence
d) Later maturity
7. What is an example of a developmental task for young adulthood?
a) Learning to read and write
b) Developing a civic ideology
c) Selecting a mate
d) Coping with declining health
8. Havighurst emphasized that failing to achieve a developmental task may lead to what?
a) Social or psychological challenges
b) Advanced development in other areas
c) Total personality collapse
d) Physical disabilities
9. Which stage involves learning to get along with peers and developing fundamental skills?
a) Infancy and Early Childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Middle Childhood
d) Young Adulthood
10. Why are Havighurst’s developmental tasks considered dynamic?
a) They remain constant throughout life.
b) They change based on individual and societal influences.
c) They focus only on childhood.
d) They are universally the same for everyone.
PART 3: The passage to adulthood: Challenges of late adolescence
1. What are the primary psychological challenges faced by individuals in late adolescence as they
transition into adulthood?
2. How do social relationships change during late adolescence, and what challenges do these
changes present?
3. Discuss the role of education and career exploration in late adolescence. How do these
contribute to the challenges of this stage?
4. How do cultural and societal expectations impact the transition to adulthood in late adolescence?
5. What strategies can adolescents use to overcome the challenges of late adolescence and
transition successfully into adulthood?
