Unit 4: Human development across the lifespan Flashcards

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What are the 6 life stages?

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Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Later Adulthood

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What is the age range for Infancy?

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0-2

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3
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What is the age range for Childhood?

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3-10

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4
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What is the age range for Adolescence?

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11-17

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5
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What is the age range for Early Adulthood?

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18-29

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What is the age range for Middle Adulthood?

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30-59

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7
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What is the age range for Late Adulthood?

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60+

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What are the 4 areas of human development?

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Physical
Emotional
Cognitive
Social

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What is physical development?

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The growth of the body and the development of bodily movements and functions

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What is emotional development?

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The ability to develop, manage and express feelings.
Ability to show consideration and empathy for the feelings of others

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What is cognitive development?

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The ability to recognise, remember and problem solve.
Learning and developing language and communication

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What is social development?

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Building relationships.
Interacting with others.
Learning how to behave

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13
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What is the difference between growth and development?

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Growth is increasing in size whilst development is maturing in sone way

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14
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What does Milestone mean?

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Significant stages or developments

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15
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What does Norm mean?

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When milestones are typically achieved

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16
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What does Degeneration mean?

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stopping growing, slowing down or stopping working as well

17
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What is holistic development?

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How the individual develops as a whole person with all areas of development - physical, emotional, cognitive, social

18
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What is interdependency?

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All areas of development need to work alongside each other

19
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What is the nature argument for development?

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All characteristics are inherited from parents
Disease and illness can be passed to children and these diseases can impact development

20
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What is the nurture argument for development?

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Characteristics are influenced environment and experiences. Lifestyle, relationships, socio-economic, culture and physical environment.

21
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What is a lifestyle influence?

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How you live your life: Drinking, smoking, exercising, drugs etc

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What is a socio-economic influence?

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How money and privilege can change outcomes: Able to afford a nice house with a garden, being able to afford healthy food, having foreign holidays, having a good education etc

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What is a socio-economic influence?

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How money and privilege can change outcomes: Able to afford a nice house with a garden, being able to afford healthy food, having foreign holidays, having a good education etc

24
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What is a relationship influence?

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How others you know can influence you: Parents, friends, teachers etc

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What is a cultural influence?
How the values and traditions you are part of can influence development: Religious diet, not being able to be seen by a doctor of opposite sex etc
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What is a physical environment influence?
How your immediate surroundings can influence your development: Pollution, damp house, open countryside etc
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What is a transition?
The change from one state to another. A life event
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What is an expected transition or life event?
Something that pretty much happens to everybody
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What is an unexpected transition or life event?
Something that surprises you and doesn't always happen to everybody
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What areas can life events or transitions have an individual?
Physical and mental health changes Relationship changes Life chances improve or decline Independence changes