Life Span Stages

Question 1

Prenatal key points (Fertilization - birth

Answer 1

Fertilization
Zygote
Body and organ start structuring
Substantial growth

Question 2

Infancy key points (Birth - 2years

Answer 2

Walking
Standing on own
Speaking / learning to speak
Eating solid food
Social skills
Tantrum

Question 3

Early childhood (2 - 6 years

Answer 3

Develop friendship
Begin primary school
Motor development
First ‘Best friend’
New hobbies
Learning

Question 4

Late childhood (6 - 12 years

Answer 4

Brain development continues
Friendship becomes more important
Problem-solving
Reading & writing refined
Long term memory
Understanding gender stereotypes

Question 5

youth (12 - 18 years

Answer 5

Puberty
Rapid growth
Independence
Sexual maturity
First phone
Complex relationships

Question 6

Early adulthood (18 - 40 years

Answer 6

Body reaches peak (25 - 30
Career focused
Life partner
Marriage
Children
Social change

Question 7

Middle Adulthood (40 - 65 years

Answer 7

Work stability
Relationship stability
Identity
Financial security
Menopause
Empty nest syndrome

Question 8

Late adulthood (65 - death

Answer 8

Retirement
Voluntary work
Greif
Health and wellbeing declines
Reflection on life
New living arrangements (retirement homes)

Question 9

PRENATAL - Germinal Period (Weeks 1-2)

Answer 9

Conception occurs, sperm fertilizes a egg and forms zygote that begins a one cell structure.

Question 10

PRENATAL - Embryonic period (Weeks 3-8)

Answer 10

Multi-cellular organism is called an embryo - blood vessels grow forming the placenta (A structure connected to the uterus that provides nourishment and oxygen via umbilical cord )

Question 11

Fetal period (Week 9-40

Answer 11

9WEEKS
Embryo is called a fetus. Around the size of a kidney bean and begins to form human features.

9 - 12WEEKS
Sex organs begin to differentiate - following weeks develop hair nails teeth and digestive system continues development

Question 12

Zygote definition

Answer 12

Fertilized egg cell resulting from the union of a female gamete (egg) with male gamete (sperm)

Question 13

Blastocyst definition

Answer 13

Ball of cells that forms early in pregnancy (5-6 days after fertilization)

Question 14

Teratogen definition

Answer 14

Agent that causes an abnormality following fetal exposure during pregnancy

Question 15

Intergenerational

Answer 15

Interfamilial & sometimes epigenetic concept with parents and grandparents influencing offspring/descendants health

Question 16

Epigenetics

Answer 16

Behavior and environment can cause change that affect the way your genes work