Unit 1: Human Lifespan & Development

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Growth
An increase in some measured quantity (e.g. height & weight)
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Development
Complex changes including an increase in skills, abilities and capabilities
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Centile Lines
Lines on a graph used to show average measurements of height, weight and head circumference
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Development Norms
A description of an average set of expectations with respect to a young child's development
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Milestone
An ability achieved by a certain age. It can involve PIES
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Gross Motor Skills
Large movements that involve using the large muscles of the body which are required for mobility
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Fine Motor Skills
Involve smaller movements that require more precise direction and use smaller muscles
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Adolescence
An important status change following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult
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Menopause
The ending of female fertility, including the cessation of menstruation and reduction in production female sex hormones
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Equilibrium
A state of cognitive balance when a child's experience is in line with what they understand
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Disequilibrium
A state of cognitive imbalance between experience and what is understood
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Accomodation
Modifying schemas in relation to new information and experiences
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Puberty
A period of rapid growth during which young people reach sexual maturity, and become biologically able to reproduce and secondary sexual characteristics develop
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Hormones
Chemical substances produced in the body and transported in the blood stream that control or regulate body cells or body organs
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Menopause
The ending of female fertility, including cessation of menstruation and reduction in production of female sex hormones
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Cognitive impairment
When a person has trouble remembering, learning new skills, concentrating or making decisions that affect their everyday life
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Abstract logical thinking
The ability to solve problems using imagination without having to be involved practically
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Egocentric thinking
Not being able to see as situation form another person's point of view
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Concrete logical thinking
The ability to solve problems providing an individual can see or physically handle the issues involved
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Self-concept
An awareness formed in early childhood of being an individual, a unique person and different from everyone else
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Stranger anxiety
When an infant becomes anxious and fearful around strangers
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Nature
Genetic inheritance and other biological factors
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Nurture
The influence of external factors after conception such as social and environmental factors
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Maturation
A genetically programmed sequence of change
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Positive reinforcement
The behaviour is repeated because of person satisfaction or rewards
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Negative reinforcement
The behaviour is not repeated to avoid an adverse experience such as lack of satisfaction or to avoid being told off
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Diathesis
A predisposition or vulnerability to mental disorder through abnormality of the brain or neurotransmitters
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Genetic predisposition
Inherited genes that determine physical growth, development, health and appearance
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Congenital
Present at birth
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Neural tube defects
Congenital defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord, such as spina bifida
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Respiratory disorders
Conditions affecting the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural activity
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Cardiovascular disorders
Any disorder or disease of the heart or blood vessels
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Hypothermia
Excessively low body temperature
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Dysfunctional family
A family that is not providing all of the support and benefits associated with being in a family
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Parenting styles
A definition of the different strategies/ways that parents use to bring up their children
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Secondary socialisation
The process of learning appropriate behaviour in society. Influences include education, media, government and religion/culture
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Primary socialisation
The process of a child learning the norms, attitudes and values of the culture and society in which they are growing up
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Values
Principles that we use to guide our thought and decisions
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Predictable events
Events that are expected to happen at a particular time. While expected they may have a positive or negative effect on a person's health and wellbeing
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Unpredictable events
Events that happen unexpectedly and which may have serious physical and psychological effects on the individual. These effects can be positive or negative
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Cartilage
The soft tissue that protects the surfaces of the bone
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Vascular dementia
Symptoms include problems with language, memory and thought processes caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain
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Enabler
Someone who delivers person-centred care in a domiciliary setting, which encourages independence
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Complex changes including an increase in skills, abilities and capabilities

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Development

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Lines on a graph used to show average measurements of height, weight and head circumference

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A description of an average set of expectations with respect to a young child's development

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An ability achieved by a certain age. It can involve PIES

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