03.Development Flashcards
Physical Development
Changes relating to body size and shape
Social Development
The ways in which our ability to interact with those around us changes as we move through the lifespan
Intellectual Development
Changes in the way we are able to think and reason as we move through the lifespan
Emotional Development
Learning to understand control and express our feelings and moods appropriately
Examples of physical development
- Loss of primary teeth and eruption of secondary teeth
- development of secondary sex characteristics
- increase in height and weight
Examples of social development
- Developing attitudes values and skills how we communicate
- Learning to behave appropriately in different social groups eg being considerate
Examples of emotional development
Controlling and understanding your own self esteem and self concept and not throwing a tantrum when you do not get what you want
Examples of intellectual development
- Improving attention and memory
- acquiring new knowledge and
- learning how to problem solve
What is development
Gradual changes in our physical social emotional and intellectual states and abilities
Prenatal
Conception till birth
Infancy
Birth to 2 years
Childhood
2 to 10 years
Adolescence
10 to 20 years
Early Adulthood
20 to 40 years
Middle Age Adultdood
40 to 65 years
Old Age Adulthood
65+ years
What are the three stages of prenatal
Germinal, embryonic, foetal
How long is the germinal stage
conception to week 2
How long is the embryonic stage
week 3 to week 8
How long is the foetal stage
Week 9 to approx week 40
What key things occur during the germinal stage of the life span
Fertilisation and Implantation
What is fertlisation?
If a sperm penetrates the ovum and the genetic material fuse to become a single cell called a zygote
What is implantation
When the cells begin to divide as the ova travels through the fallopian tube and implants into the lining of the uterus for nourishment
What is a zygote
When the sperm penetrates the ovum and the genetic material fuse to become a single cell, this single cell is called a zygote
Examples of development during the embryonic stage
- All organs other than reproductive and all major body structures and systems develop
- Basic features emerge e.g. eyes, nose, mouth, arms and legs.
- By week 8 the heartbeat is detectable
Examples of development during the foetal stage
- Increase in size
- sex organs are formed
- organs start to function such as the digestive system
- bones begin to ossify
- brain develops and can perform basic functions to sustain life
Infancy and childhood physical development examples
- Rapid growth in height and weight
- bones ossify and lengthen
- teeth erupt
Cephalocaudal development
muscles in head and neck develop before feet and legs because the head is very heavy and necessary for survival
Poximodistal development
muscles in innermost parts of the body such as the heart and lungs develop before those at extremities
Fine Motor skill development
smaller movements, small muscle group, eg. Writing, threading a needle
Gross motor skill development
large movements, large muscle groups eg kicking a ball
Primary Sex characteristics
Reproductive organs that are present at birth and include the testes, ovaries, external genitalia
Secondary Sex characteristics
Changes that occur during puberty but are not directly related to reproduction eg pubic and underarm hair, voice deepens, breast development
Infancy and Childhood social development examples
- learning how to interact with others appropriately
- using manners
- communicating effectively
- learning to co operate, use team work and share.
Infancy and childhood emotional development examples
learning to develop more emotions and controlling them
Infancy and childhood emotional development examples
- Rapid language acquisition e.g. progress from babbling to complete sentences.
- Rapidly develop problem solving skills.
- Begin to understand cause and effect.
- Beginning to reason and compromise
Adolesence physical development examples
- Growth spurt during puberty
- secondary sex characteristics develop such as breast and penile development, voice deepening and pubic hair growth.
- Bones complete ossification
- fine and gross motor development refines.
Male hormones that impact development
Testosterone and Human Growth Hormone
Female Hormones impacting development
Osterogen, progesterone and human growth hormone
Testosterone role
Responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
Osterogen
Responsible for the development of female secondary sex characteristic and is also involved in the menstrual cycle
Progesterone
Regulates the menstrual cycle and formation of the lining of the uterus
Human Growth hormone
Responsible for the increase in general body size
Adolesence social development examples
- Demonstrate a greater interest in a romantic relationships
- Learn to interact and communicate with a wider range of people e.g. school, sport, wider friendship groups
- learn to take on new roles such as a part time job, boyfriend, girlfriend etc
- Being accepted becomes important and therefore learn to behave.
- Learn to behave in socially appropriate ways appropriate ways to fit in.
Adolesence emotional development examples
- Can become more self conscious as compare themselves to others.
- Learn to control mood swings.
- Experience new emotions eg love, lust.
- Develop self concept.