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