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===Infancy and childhood=== {{Main|Infant|Child development|Child development stages}} '''Childhood''' is the age span ranging from birth to [[adolescence]].<ref name="Students Macmillan 1981 page 173">''Macmillan Dictionary for Students'' Macmillan, Pan Ltd. (1981), page 173. Retrieved 2010-7-15.</ref> In [[developmental psychology]], childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of [[toddle]]rhood (learning to walk), [[early childhood]] (play age), middle childhood (school age), and adolescence (puberty through post-puberty). Various childhood factors could affect a person's attitude formation.<ref name="Students Macmillan 1981 page 173"/> *Prepubescence ** Neonate (newborn) **[[Infant]] (baby) **[[Toddler]] **[[Early childhood|Play age]] **[[Elementary school]] age, may coincide with [[preadolescence]] (preteen) [[File:Child development stages.svg|thumb|center|800px|Approximate outline of development periods in [[child development]]]] The [[Tanner stages]] can be used to approximately judge a child's age based on physical development. {| class="wikitable" |- ! For North American, Indo-Iranian (India, Iran) and European girls ! For North American, Indo-Iranian (India, Iran) and European boys |- | *[[Thelarche]] (breast development) <br>age 10Β½ (8β13) *[[Pubarche]] (pubic hair) <br>age 11 (8Β½β13Β½) *Growth spurt <br>age 11ΒΌ (10β12Β½) *[[Menarche]] (first menstrual bleeding) <br>age 12Β½ (10Β½β14Β½) *Wisdom tooth eruption<br>age 15Β½ (14β17) *Adult [[Human height|height]] reached <br>age 15Β½ (14β17) | *[[Gonadarche]] (testicular enlargement) <br>age 11Β½ (9Β½β13Β½) *[[Pubarche]] (pubic hair) <br>age 12 (10β14) *Growth spurt <br>age 13 (11β15) *[[Spermarche]] (first ejaculation) <br>age 13 (11β15) *Wisdom tooth eruption <br>age 17 (15β19) *Completion of growth <br>age 17 (15β19) |}
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