Unit 1 Flashcards
Describe the difference between expected and unexpected life events.
An expected life event - know is going to happen/ plan and prepare for it
An unexpected life event - you don’t know what is going to happen you cannot plan/prepare for
What is informal support and who replys on it?
Family and friends are able to offer support to others in difficult times, helping with everyday physical tasks. Later adulthood rely’s on informal support to be able to remain independent.
What are the benefits of play for social development
- meet new people, make friends, builds friendships
Does growing up in care make you more vulnerable? list reasons why.
Yes - deal with sexuality and puberty pressure with no parental role models.
More likely to experience teenage pregnancy become more involved with alcohol and drugs.
Achiever fewer qualifications.
What is rural??
(country side)
- Housing can be cheaper, often less work
- Occupations are often low-paid
- Start a family by moving away from city
What is urban area??
(City)
- Air pollution has been linked to increase illnesses
- Can be noisy and increased health risks
- More social activites and facilties
How can economic factors affect human growth and development??
- Income/wealth
- Occupation (types,status,security of income)
- Employment/unemployment - not in education, employment can effect social, income and emotional effects
What is social isolation?? and who does it relate to
associated with elderly, young mothers and people with disabilities
-Negative impact on health,quality of life,self-image and self-esteem.
What is culture?
= effects of religion and spirtuality, community influnces on individuals growth and development.
How can religion influence people??
- how people choose to live there lives, the food they eat and how they choose to dress.
- its imporant to the people to feel accepted as part of family and community.
- Feel valued and wanted.
How can cultural and emotional factors affect growth and development
- Influence of play (soliarty play/social play)
- Influence of role models
- Gender (inequality of employment opportunity and pay, social inequality and expectations)
- Influence of social isolation
Physical factors that affect human growth and development
- Genetic inheritance
- Lifestyle choices
- Illness and disease
What is lifestyle choice??
- The decisions you make that can have an impact on your health and wellbeing
What happens in physical development in later adulthood (65+)??
- Skin is thinner
- Bones more brittle
- Some begin to loose height
- Muscles weaker
- Joints are stiffer
What happens in physical development in middle adulthood (46-65)??
- The ageing process begins to take effect
- Lower energy levels
- Hair becomes greyer
- Loss of muscle tone
- Hair loss
- Menopause
What happens in physical development in adolescence (9-18)??
- Physical changes in puberty - sexual maturity, growth spurt, primary and secondary sexual characteristics
Physical change caused by a result of hormonal change - girls physical change caused by oestrogen
- boys by testosterone
Definition of solitary play and age of this play
0-2 years - Children play alone using their imagination and do not interact with other children.
Definition of parallel play and age of this play
2-3 years - Children play alongside each other but not together.
Definition of social play and age of this play
3-8 years - Children play together, sharing their toys. By the age of eight they will engage in quite complex games, often requiring the use of imagination.
What is gross motor skills and examples??
Ability to control and co-ordinate the movement of large limbs of the body.
- crawling
- walking
- running
- kicking
- throw and catching
What is self esteem?
how much you like, accept yourself and respect yourself.
What is social isolation?
when people live without regular contact with other people, especially family and friends
What is an inherited condition?
A condition passed from parent to child by genes
What are the social, cultural and emotional factors affecting growth and development
- Friendships
- Religion
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Parenthood
- Sexual orientation
What is the intellectual development in Infancy (0-2)
- thinking and the way the mind works
- communicate mainly through sound
- at birth babies respond to the world through their senses
- smiles and noises become the main way of communicating
- 18 months - know about six words
- 2 years - 2-3 words into a sentence
- can only see the world from there point of view (egocentric)
What is the intellectual development in early childhood (3-8 years)
- Most children able to speak in full sentences
- Start school - development of language and understanding of numbers
- Children still tend to be egocentric, seeing the world from thier viewpoint
- Children learn how to act and behave in particlaur situations by watching others
What is the intellectual development in Adolescene (9-18)
- development of abstract thinking - using concepts and ideas rather than through using objects and doing tasks
- think in more logical way
- develop own set of morals and idea what is right and wrong
What is emotional development in middle of adulthood (46-65)
- Hormone changes take place in the body
- May dress younger than their years
- Start going out more ‘mid life crisis’
= a dramatic period of self-doubt caused by the passing youth and moves into later adulthood
What is emotional development in later adulthood (65+)
- Oppurinity to spend more time with family
- Later adulthood can loose partners - distressing
- Support of family/neighbours stop isolation and loinleness
What is self image?
mental picture we have ourselves
influenced by - personal apperance, the media, comparison with others