Learning Aim B Flashcards
List three physical factors that can influence your health
Exercise Diet Smoking Alcohol Genetics
List two physical features you can inherit from your biological parents
Eye colour
Hair colour
Skin colour
Facial features
Describe how the physical environment you live in can influence your health
P-a damp environment can cause breathing problems such as asthma or chest infections. An unsanitary environment can cause infection and disease, and lead to poor personal hygiene if clean water is not available.
I- If housing conditions are uncomfortable and unsafe, tiredness will affect a person’s ability at school and work. Illness from the poor conditions will lead to school absence. A lack of space to do homework in could have an impact on attainment.
E-Low self esteem, embarrassed about where you live and how other people may view this. Poor self-image.
S-Won’t want to invite friends round to the house, may end up being isolated and living away from friends.
Describe how the physical environment you live in can influence your health and wellbeing
P-a damp environment can cause breathing problems such as asthma or chest infections. An unsanitary environment can cause infection and disease, and lead to poor personal hygiene if clean water is not available.
I- If housing conditions are uncomfortable and unsafe, tiredness will affect a person’s ability at school and work. Illness from the poor conditions will lead to school absence. A lack of space to do homework in could have an impact on attainment.
E-Low self esteem, embarrassed about where you live and how other people may view this. Poor self-image.
S-Won’t want to invite friends round to the house, may end up being isolated and living away from friends.
Why is it important for children to engage in cooperative play (playing together?)
Learn to share
Learn to use their imagination
Role play
How to build relationships
Define the term ‘role model’
Someone whose behaviour you try to copy because you admire them. Someone you look up to.
Define the word ‘culture’
This means our religion, spirituality, or the community we are from. It is our beliefs and our customs.
Describe how your culture could affect you physically
Your religion can affect the health care that you can have access to, for example a Muslim woman may find it very uncomfortable to be examined by a male doctor.
Your religion can dictate the diet that you have and when you can eat, for example during periods of fasting.
Your culture can determine your physical appearance, for example the way you dress, the way you wear your hair, and any piercings or body art.
Describe how your culture could influence you emotionally
Influences your self-esteem and your self-image. If your culture is stereotyped negatively this could affect your confidence.
Your culture can influence gender roles, and this could have a positive or negative effect.
Describe the difference between manual and non-manual work
Manual work requires the use of physical skills, for example a builder.
Non-manual work depends primarily on intellectual skills, for example an engineer or office worker.
Explain how a low income could affect you socially
A limited income means you won’t be able to go out and socialise with friends and take part in activities such as going out for a meal.
You won’t be able to afford holidays or trips away with family or friends.
What are ‘economic factors’?
Wealth
Income
Occupation
What are ‘economic factors’?
Wealth
Income
Occupation
Employment status
Identify two examples of expected life events
Leaving school Retirement Marriage Moving house Living with a partner
Identify two examples of unexpected life events
Redundancy
Promotion
Imprisonment
Sudden bereavement e.g. loss of a child
