Unit 1 Flashcards
What are the life stages? Include ages.
Infancy (0-2)
Early Childhood (3-8)
Adolescence (9-18)
Early adulthood (19-45)
Middle adulthood (46-65)
Late adulthood (65+)
What is growth?
An increase in measurable quantity such as height and weight
What is development?
Gaining complex changes in skills and capabilities that an individual experiences as they grow in an orderly sequence i.e Writing, language
Define Gross Motor Skill.
The use of large muscles in the body
Define Fine Motor Skill
The smaller movements that we make
Give 3 examples of fine motor skills in infancy
Any of the following:
- holding a toy
- reach for small toys
- passing toys from one hand to the other
- uses a primitive pincer grasp
- pointing using the index finger
- clapping
Give 3 examples of gross motor skills in infancy
Any of the following:
- crawling
- standing
- jumping
- walking
Define Milestone
an ability achieved by most children at a certain age
Give 3 examples of fine motor skills in early childhood
Any of the following
- writing (using a pencil to copy letters)
- un/dressing themselves
-drawing detailed pictures
- joined up hand-writing
Give 3 examples of gross motor skills in early childhood
- skipping
- sprinting
- cycling
- hopping
Define Puberty
a period of rapid growth due to release of sex hormones
What age does puberty start for boys and girls
Girls 11-13
Boys 13-15
Define primary sexual characteristics and give an example for boys and girls
Characteristics from birth.
Male - Testes
- Penis
Female - Uterus
- Vagina
Define secondary sexual characteristics and give and example for boys and girls
Characteristics from puberty
Male - Voice deepens
- Growth spurt
- hair in armpits, face and pubic area
- Become muscular and strong
Female - Breasts develop
- Widening of hips
- Growth spurt
- hair in armpits and pubic area
Name 3 physical development in early adulthood.
-Physical development at their optimum level, including muscle strengths, reaction time and cardiac functioning
