Human Growth and Development Flashcards
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Human Morphology
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a. Endomorph: more fatty tissue, thicker body parts
b. Mesomorph: early maturity, stocky/heavily muscled, broad body
c. Ectomorph: late to reach maturity, thin body, narrow hips, long arms and legs
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Infancy/Toddler (0-2/3)
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- 2x birth weight in 6 months and 3x in one year
- End of 2nd year brain is 75% of adult weight and body length increases by 50%
- Muscular development
- Ability to perform basic tasks (grasp→crawl→stand→walk)
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Childhood (4-10)
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- Rapid stage of growth from 4-6
- Stabilization from 6-10
- Uniform relationship between bone and tissue growth and development
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Puberty/Adolescence (11-18)
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- Growth speeds up physically and psychologically
- Sexual maturity
- Pituitary glands triggered
- Girls get breasts, body curves and menstruation and boys get semen, facial and body hair and a deepened voice
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Adulthood (18+)
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- Most growth has taken place
- Weight gain, reduced oxygen capacity, rise in blood pressure, joint deterioration occurs
- Conditions caused by diminished exercise, diet and nutrition issues, increased stress and responsibilities
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Sensorimotor (0-2)
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- Infant developing intelligence through motor activity without use of symbols
- Knowledge based on immediate experience
- Ability to use memory to recall objects and events
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Pre-Operational (2-7)
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- Intelligence through use of symbols
- Language development
- Growth and development in memory and imagination
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Concrete Operational (7-11)
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- Logical thinking develops and ability to solve logical problems
- Reversibility or operational thinking develops
- Develops capacity for empathy (understands feelings of others)
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Formal Operational (11-15)
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- Demonstrates intelligence through ability to solve increasingly complicated abstract problems using logic
- Return to egocentric thinking in early stage
- Begins to think about social problems and identity and appearance
