Health & Social Care, Life Stages and Types of Development
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- GCSE Health & Social Care Lifestages
- Infancy (0-3 years)
- Physical
- - Increase in height
- - Increase in weight
- - Milk teeth
- - Crawls, sits, walks, climbs, runs
- - Pokes objects, points to things, picks up and drops objects
- - Pincer grip
- Intelletual
- - Language, names of objects, sentences, understanding speech
- - Concepts of colour, shape, number
- Social
- - Smiling
- - Attachment
- Emotional
- - Crying and screaming
- - Self-concept
- - Attachment
- - Tantrums
- Physical
- Childhood (4-10 years)
- Physical Development
- - Grows in height
- - Increases in weight
- Permanent teeth
- Increasing strength, stamina and coordination
- Hops, rides bicycle
- Draws pictures, uses tools
- Intellectual Development
- - Learns through play
- - Language - larger vocabulary, complex sentences
- - Reading and writing
- - Problem solving - arithmetic
- - Memory for events
- Emotional Development
- - Control of emotions
- - Empathy
- - Has likes and dislikes
- - Tolerates short separations
- - Self-concept includes abilities
- Social Development
- - New social skills - sharing, turn-taking, cooperation
- - Relies on parents for support
- - Attachment weaker
- - First Friendships
- Physical Development
- Adulthood (19-65 years)
- Intellectual Development
- - Reduced curiosity
- - Increase in knowledge
- Practical experience, wisdom
- Physical Development
- - Peak strength, stamina and coordination
- - Weight gain
- - Menopause (women) - end of ovulation and menstruation, hot flushes
- Social Development
- - Long-term partnerships
- Bonding with infants
- - Work relationships
- Increased social skills, e.g. leadership
- Emotional Development
- - Self-concept includes family, work, achievements
- - Increased confidence
- - Emotionally more stable
- Intellectual Development
- Later Adulthood (65+ years)
- Physical
- - Getting shorter
- - Weight loss
- - Skin thinner, less elastic
- - Reduced strength, stamina, flexibility and agility
- Emotional
- - Reduced self-concept
- - Reduced confidence
- - Reduced self-esteem
- - Upsetting bereavement
- - Loneliness
- Social
- - Less social contact
- - Retirement
- - Death of partner
- - Social isolation
- - Reduced social skills
- Intellectual
- - Forgetting words
- - Action slips
- - Slower problem solving
- - Slow to adapt to new ideas
- - Reduced short- and long-term memory
- - Reduced memory for recent events
- Physical
- Adolescence (11-18 years)
- Physical
- - Growth spurt
- Sexual maturity, secondary sex characteristics
- - Increased strength, stamina, coordination
- Emotional
- - Body image important
- - Self consciousness
- - Mood swings
- - Sexual attraction
- - Greater autonomy
- Social
- - Deeper, stronger friendships
- - Greater peer influence
- - Less parental influence
- - Social awkwardness
- - Relationships based on sexual attractiveness
- Intellectual
- - Hypothetical problem solving
- - Increased concentration span
- - Increased language skills
- - More learning stategies
- Physical
- Infancy (0-3 years)
- Growth in adolescence
- Girls
- Growth spurt: 10-12 years
- Puberty: increase in size of vagibna,. menstruation, ovulation
- Secondary sexual characteristics: Breasts develop and pubic hair
- Boys
- Growth spurt: 12-15 years
- Puberty: Increase in size of testes, increase in size of penis, erection, sperm production
- Secondary sexual characteristics: Facial hair, voice breaking, pubic hair
- Girls
- Motor Development in infancy
- Fine motor skills: the child becomes able to make precise movements using just a few muscle groups, e.g. golding a pencil
- Gross motor skills: the child becomes able to make whole-body movements, suing large muslces and muscle groups, e.g. dancing
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