Youths Health And Development Flashcards
Define Human Development
The changes that people experience from conception until death
The stages of the human lifespan?
Prenatal, infancy, early childhood, late childhood, youth, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Define Physical development
The changes that occur to the body and it’s systems
Define social development
The social skills and behaviours that are learnt from a young age
Define Emotional development
Developing the full range of emotions, and learning appropriate ways of dealing with and expressing these emotions.
Define Intellectual development
Refers to both processes that occur within the brain and increasing complexity of the brain
What are motor skills?
Control of muscles in the body
Gross motor skills?
Movements that involve large muscle groups
Fine motor skills
Control over small muscle groups
What is abstract and concrete thought?
Abstract thought is being able to think about concepts and ideas rather than just physical objects you can see which is concrete thought
What are primary sex characteristics
Those parts of the body that are directly involved in reproduction
Secondary sex characteristics?
A rise from changes that occur to both makes and females but are not directly related to production and are not present at birth
Determinants of health and development?
Hormonal changes
Genetics
Body weight
What is BMI?
Stands for body mass index. Body weight is measured by BMI and it’s score is compared to set figures to determine if a person is underweight, normal weight, at risk of obesity and obese
World health organisations definition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
