Human Lifespan Development Keywords

A number of distinct phases people pass through during their lives

The ability to control and coordinate the movement of the large limbs of the body, e.g crawling, walking and running

The ability to control and coordinate the movement of the hands and fingers, e.g writing, painting, tying shoelaces and holding a spoon.

The process which children go through as they learn to communicate with others using words and speech

Seeing things from only your own persprective or viewpoint

To form an attachment with a parent/career

A hormone produced in a womens ovaries that controls the development of sexual characteristics and stimulates changes in the reproductive organs 

A hormone produced by the testes that controls the development of male sexual characteristics

The ability to think about something that might not be there or even exist 

the social group a person belongs to which influences beliefs and behaviour

The natural and permanent stopping of menstruation (periods), occuring usually between the ages of 45 and 55.

A dramatic period of self doubt caused by the passing of youth and the move into later adulthood.

An illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally

Someone whose behaviour and/or attitudes people try to copy because they admire them.

A role that is determined by a persons gender

Work that requires the use of physical skill.

Work that depends primarily on mental skills.