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Health And Social Unit 1 > Physical Development In Infancy And Birth And The Basics > Flashcards

Physical Development In Infancy And Birth And The Basics Flashcards

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What are the ages for birth and infancy

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How do people in birth and infancy physical develop?

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Grow rapidly and reach approximately half their adult height by the time they are 2 years old.at around 1 they can walk and by 2 they can run

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What are the ages for early childhood

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How do people in early childhood physically develop

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Continue to develop at a steady pace. Continue to develop strength and coordination

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What are the ages for adolescence

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9-18

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How do people in adolescence physically develop?

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Experience growth spurts and develop sexual character during puberty

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What are the ages for early adulthood

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19-45

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How do people in early adulthood physically develop

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Reach the peak of their physical fitness

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What are the ages for middle adulthood

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46-65

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How do people in middle adulthood physically develop

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The ageing process begins with some loss of strength and stamina. Women go through the menopause

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What is the age for later adulthood

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65+

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How do people in late adulthood physically develop

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Ageing process continues with gradual loss of mobility. Older adults will experience loss of height of up to a few centimetres

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What does growth mean

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Growth is physical and refers to an increase in size and involves meaning a change in quantity

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How can growth be measured

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Height, Weight, head circumference

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When do people go through the most rapid period of growth

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Infancy and puberty

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True or false. Growth is continuous and smooth

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False. Growth is continuous but not smooth

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17
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How can rates of growth be different between people/ different body parts

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Puberty can start later for some

Different growth rates between boys and girls

Some body parts will growth faster then others e.g. head circumference grows more rapidly than other areas for the first few months of life

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At what ages are a baby’s head circumference measured and why

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At birth and between 6-8 weeks to check the size and growth of the brain

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How much does the baby grow in length by 1 year

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Doubles in length

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How much does a baby grow in weight by 5 months and then 1 year

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5 months- doubled
1 year- tripled

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21
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How tall should a baby be by 2 years old?

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Half it’s adult height

22
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What is used to monitor children’s growth patterns

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Centile charts

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Where is the average rate of growth represented on the centile chart

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In the 50th percentile

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What does development mean

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Learning new skills. It follows a set
pattern but each child is unique and develops at their own rate
-Physical development- learning new skills they can achieve using their body
-intellectual development- mental development of mind, including language development
- emotional development- increase in feelings and emotional and control of these
- social development- development of their ability to build relationships with others

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How can development be seen

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Key milestones- these are described developmental norms and describe the skills that infants, children and adolescents are expected to develop at particular ages/stages of their lives

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What is a gross motor skill

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The use of large muscles or body parts. They allow children to control those body movements that requite the use of large muscles in the legs, arms and the torso. Used for walking and running

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What is a fine motor skill

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Actions that require the use of smaller muscles in the hands, fingers and toes. Examples include holding crayons, drawing, scribbling

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What does the development of fine and gross motor skills help a baby to do

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Helps them to complete increasingly complex movements as baby are helpless in terms of muscle coordination and control

29
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Where does physical development start

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From the top to the bottom and inside and move to the outside

30
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What gross motor skills should a newborn baby have

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Primitive reflexes such as grasp

31
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What fine motor skills should a newborn baby have

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Hold their thumbs tucked into their hands

32
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What gross motor skills should a 1 month old have developed

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Lifts chin

Some control of head

33
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What fine motor skills should a 1 month old have of developed

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Opens hands to grasp a finger

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What gross motor skills should a 3 month old have of developed

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Can lift their head and chest when lying on front

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What fine motor skills should a 3 month old have

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Can briefly grasp a rattle

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What gross motor skill should a 6 month of have

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Rolls over
Can sit up for a short amount of time without support
Kicks legs when held up

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What fine motor skills should a 6 month old have

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Move objects from hand to hand
Can pick up dropped toys if they are in sight

38
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What gross motor skill should a 9-10 month of have

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Crawls
Begins to cruise

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What fine motor skills should a 9-10 month old have

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Uses finger and thumb to hold a small object

40
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What gross motor skill should a 12-13 month of have

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Stands alone
Can walk without help

41
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What fine motor skills should a 12-13 month old have

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Manipulates and places toys

42
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What gross motor skill should a 18 month of have

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Climbs onto furniture

43
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What fine motor skills should a 18 month old have

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Builds a short tower with blocks

44
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What gross motor skill should a 2 year have

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Propels a sit on toy with their feet
Throws a large ball

45
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What fine motor skills should a 2 year old have

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Draws lines and circles
Turns a page

46
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What gross motor skill should a 2 and a half year old have

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Jumpw froma low step
Kicks a ball

47
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What fine motor skills should a 2 and a half year old have

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Uses a spoon and fork
Builds a tower of 7-8 blocks

48
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What is the sucking reflex

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When the roof of a baby’s mouth is touched the baby will start to suck

49
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What is the rooting reflex

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Starts when the corner of the baby’s mouth is stroked or touched the baby will turn their head and open their mouth to follow and root in the direction of the stroking, helps them find milk

50
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What is the grasp reflex

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An involuntary response to a mechanical stimulus presented to a newborn. Appears around 16 weeks

51
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What is the stepping reflex

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The baby appears to take a step when held upright with their feet touching a solid surface

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What is the startle reflex

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Baby throws back thier head, extends out their arms and legs and cries and pull their arms back in, in response to being startle

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