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Life Stages Flashcards

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What are the life stages

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Infancy (0-2 years)
Early Childhood (3-8 years)
Adolescence (9-18 years)
Early Adulthood (19-45 years)
Middle Adulthood (45-65 years)
Later Adulthood (65+ years)
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What is human growth?

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An increase in some measured quantities such as height or weight.

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What is life expectancy?

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A statistical measure of how long a person is expected to live

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What is life span?

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How long a person lives

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What is a milestone?

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An ability achieve at a certain age that is measurable.

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What is gestation?

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Gestation is the nine-month period during which the baby grows in the womb.

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Why do newborn babies have innate reflexes?

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To allow the baby to feed, move and survive during infancy.

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What can be seen with the moro/startle reflex?

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When startled a newborn baby throws out its arms and legs then pulls them back again and grimaces.

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What can be seen with the grasping reflex?

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A newborn baby will grasp an object placed in his hand similar “grasping” action can be seen with the toes, if you stroke the sole of the baby’s foot.

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What can be seen with the hand-to-mouth reflex?

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A newborn baby will bring an object to his mouth and begin to suck it.

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What can be seen with the rooting reflex?

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When you touch a newborn baby’s cheek, he will turn his head in the direction of the touch, the reflex helps the baby find his mother’s nipple or a bottle.

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What can be seen with the crawling reflex?

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A newborn baby hovered face down near a surface will show crawling movements.

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What can be seen with the stepping reflex?

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If you hold a newborn baby upright with his feet touching the ground, he will make stepping movements.

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What are gross motor skills?

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Skills that involve the use of large muscles in the body.

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What are some examples of gross motor skills?

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  • turning head
  • rolling over
  • kicking
  • leaning forwards
  • sitting up
  • crawling
  • standing up
  • climbing onto furniture
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16
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What are locomotor/locomotive skills used for?

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Used for moving around like crawling, walking and running.

They are gross motor skills

17
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How do infants develop there gross motor skills?

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From the head down

18
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What are a infants gross motor skills at 6 months?

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Infants will gradually control muscles in their neck and back so they can roll, sit and crawl

19
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What are a infants gross motor skills at 11-13 months?

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Muscles in the legs develop so they can stand, cruise and walk.

20
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What are fine motor skills?

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Fine motor skills use the small muscles in our hands and fingers.

21
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What are a infants fine motor skills when they are a newborn?

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Able to grasp an adults finger.

22
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What are a infants fine motor skills at 3 months?

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Will be able to hold a rattle for a short time.

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 6 months?

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He will be able to grasp a toy and pass it from one hand to the other

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 12 months?

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He will pick up small objects using a pincer grasp.

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 18 months?

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They can build with small blocks and use a spoon as well as make marks with a crayon using a palmar grasp.

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 2 years?

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They will pull on their own shoes and control their crayon to draw circles and dots.

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 3 years?

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Developing a tripod grasp, can use a fork and spoon, turn the pages of a book and button and unbutton clothing.

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 4 years?

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Will be able to thread small beads and colour pictures

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What are a infants fine motor skills at 5 years?

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Can control the muscles in their fingers to manipulate the construction block and used hand-eye coordination to fit the piece into the correct place.
Will also be able to to write her own name forming letters correctly.

30
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What are a infants fine motor skills at 8 years?

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Will be able to write joint up.

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