Health and Social Care Flashcards
Distinct life phases that each person passes through
Lifestage
Something that is typical of people at a a particular lifestage
Characteristic
0-2 years
Infancy
3-8 years
Early Childhood
9-18 years
Adolescence
19-45
Early Adulthood
46-55 years
Middle adulthood
65+ years
Later Adulthood
Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social
PIES
Gaining new skills and abilities i.e. riding a bike
Development
How people develop their thinking skills, memory and language
Intellectual Development
How people develop their identity and cope with feelings
Emotional Development
Growth patterns and changes in mobility of the large and small muscles in the body that happen throughout life
Physical Development
How people develop friendships and relationships
Social Development
The skills acquired to control and coordinate large muscles (legs, arms and torso)
Gross motor development
The skills acquired to control and coordinate small muscles (hands, fingers and toes)
Fine motor development
A process towards sexual maturity, preparing adolescents for reproduction
Puberty
The choices made that affect health and development such as diet and exercise
Lifestyle
The ceasing of menstruation
Menopause
Characteristics that do not mature until sex hormones are released and are essential for reproduction
Sexual characteristics
The movements and actions of the muscles
Motor skills
The use of fine motor skills
Dexterity
The use of gross motor skills
Mobility
Our imagination and ability to think about things we have not observed
Creative thinking/ abstract thoughts
Storing and connecting information to what we already know and recalling it to use at a later date
Memory/ recall
Using the brain to think through problems and come up with ideas to solve them
Problem solving
An aspect of intellectual development involving being able to think through and express ideas using language
Language development
An emotional state when infants and children feel happy in their environment and with the way they are being cared for
Contentment
The emotional ties an individual forms with others
Bonding and attachment
The feeling of being cared for, being safe and loved
Security
How individuals see themselves or how they think others see them
Self-image
How good or bad an individual feels about themselves and how much they value their abilities
Self-esteem
Playing alone, usually from birth to 2 years
Solitary play
Playing next to each other but absorbed in their own game, from 2 years
Parallel play
Playing with other children, from 3 years onwards
Cooperative/ social play
Relationships between family members
Informal relationships
Relationships between individuals that are not related or do not have friendships i.e. co workers, doctors, teachers
Formal relationships
An interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy
Intimate relationships
Physical factors, lifestyle factors, social and cultural factors, relationship and isolation factors and economic factors
Factors that affect development
The genes a person inherits from their parents
Genetic inheritance