learning aim A

Question 1

definition of growth?

Answer 1

an increase in a measured quantity e.g height & weight

Question 2

definition of development?

Answer 2

complex changes or an increase in skills, abilities and capabilities

Question 3

what are the life stages and their ages?

Answer 3

birth-infancy (0-2)
early childhood (3-8)
adolescence (9-18)
early adulthood (19-45)
adulthood (45-65)
later adulthood (65+)

Question 4

what advice would you give if a baby was under/overweight?

Answer 4

regulate their diet to what it needs
more milk/formula
exercise - stimulate walking
vegetables/protein

Question 5

what are centile lines (percentiles) ?

Answer 5

lines on a growth chart that show the expected range of weights and heights for children of a given age and gender

Question 6

physical developments?

Answer 6

weight, height, puberty, period, body hair, body changes, shrink, wrinkles, eye sight weakens

Question 7

intellectual developments?

Answer 7

maturation, during schools - reading/writing, learn from consequences, listen/focus better, manners

Question 8

emotional developments?

Answer 8

matured, emotional regulation, handle grief, anger and stress differently

Question 9

social developments?

Answer 9

priority is about finding a partner, making new friends who connect more with the person you’ve become, less attached to your parents

Question 10

what age range is infancy?

Answer 10

0-2

Question 11

what are fine motor skills?

Answer 11

involve smaller movements that require more precise direction (dexterity) and use smaller movements

Question 12

what are gross motor skills?

Answer 12

large movements that involve using the large muscles of the body that are required for mobility

Question 13

toys that use gross motor skills?

Answer 13

trampoline, scooter, teddies, rocking horse, climbing set, shaper sorter

Question 14

toys that use fine motor skills?

Answer 14

dolls, cars, painting sets, playdough, fidget toys

Question 15

what age range is early childhood?

Answer 15

3-8

Question 16

what physical skills should a child in early childhood have?

Answer 16

reading, cycling, running, drawing, writing, walking, talking, holding, use of fine and gross motor skills

Question 17

what age range is adolescence?

Answer 17

9-18

Question 18

what physical changes happen during adolescence?

Answer 18

puberty, hair growth, height, weight, period, facial hair, hips grow larger, acne, deeper voice, boobs grow, mood swings and hormones, hair gets greasy quick

Question 19

definition of adolescence?

Answer 19

an important status change following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into young adult

Question 20

what are primary sexual characteristics?

Answer 20

changes and development of reproductive organs

Question 21

what are secondary sexual characteristics?

Answer 21

outward signs of development from a child into man/woman

Question 22

definition of puberty?

Answer 22

a period of rapid growth where young people reach sexual maturity, and become biologically able to reproduce and develop secondary sexual characteristics

Question 23

definition of hormones?

Answer 23

chemical substances produced in the body and transported in the blood stream that control or regulate body cells or organs

Question 24

female hormones - oestrogen / progesterone?

Answer 24

ovaries produce these hormones which are responsible for ovulation and menstruation, the first period signals the onset of fertility

Question 25

male hormones - testosterone?

Answer 25

testes produced testosterone which stimulates sperm production, testosterone is responsible for deeper pitch and tone of voice