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  2. Adult development - Wikipedia

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    The key stages that he discerned in early adulthood and midlife were as follows: Early Adult Transition (Ages 16–24) Forming a Life Structure (Ages 24–28) Settling down (Ages 29–34) Becoming One's Own Man (Ages 35–40) Midlife Transition (The early forties) Restabilization, into Late Adulthood (Age 45 and on) [37]

  3. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Human embryonic development refers to the development and formation of the human embryo. It is characterised by the process of cell division and cellular differentiation of the embryo that occurs during the early stages of development. In biological terms, human development entails growth from a one-celled zygote to an adult human being.

  4. Developmental psychology - Wikipedia

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    Early adulthood emphasizes the importance of fulfilling the immediate family needs, until later adulthood when they broaden their responsibilities to the general public. The old-age life stage development reaches renunciation or a complete understanding of Dharma.

  5. Puberty - Wikipedia

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    Derived from the Latin puberatum (age of maturity), the word puberty describes the physical changes to sexual maturation, not the psychosocial and cultural maturation denoted by the term adolescent development in Western culture, wherein adolescence is the period of mental transition from childhood to adulthood, which overlaps much of the body ...

  6. Emerging adulthood and early adulthood - Wikipedia

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    The delay of adulthood and popularization of remaining young brought about by this revolution led to the development of emerging adulthood. The youth movement, in conjunction with the technology revolution, sexual revolution, and women's movement, were thought to have contributed to the development of emerging adulthood as a stage of life by ...

  7. Human embryonic development - Wikipedia

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    Human embryology is the study of this development during the first eight weeks after fertilization. The normal period of gestation (pregnancy) is about nine months or 40 weeks. The germinal stage refers to the time from fertilization through the development of the early embryo until implantation is completed in the uterus.

  8. Neoteny in humans - Wikipedia

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    The psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker proposed a theory in The First Idea of psychological development in which neoteny is seen as crucial for the "development of species-typical capacities" that depend upon a long period of attachment to caregivers for the opportunities to engage in and develop their capacity for emotional ...

  9. Adolescence - Wikipedia

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    Adolescence (from Latin adolescere 'to mature') is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority).