---
title: "SSPBC3: Lifespan Developmental Changes (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSPBC3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSPBC3
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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---

# SSPBC3: Lifespan Developmental Changes

Describe behavioral, social, and cognitive changes from the prenatal period throughout the life span.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSPBC3.a**: Chart physical changes of a human being from conception through late adulthood.
- **SSPBC3.b**: Explain the developmental models of Freud, Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson.
- **SSPBC3.c**: Compare and contrast the theories of language and language acquisition, include: Chomsky, Skinner, and Whorf.
- **SSPBC3.d**: Describe the role of critical periods in development.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.