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Growth

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Increase in physical size or mass

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Development

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Change in skills and capabilities

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Gross Motor Skills

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Big muscles

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Fine Motor Skills

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Small muscles

5
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Centile chart

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The chart a baby is measured against

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Life Span

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The period of time between birth and death

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Life Stage

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One of the distinct phases people pass through during their lives

8
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Factor

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Something that has an influence on other things or is a part or element of something

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Nature

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The influence of our genes

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Nurture

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The influence of our environment, our circumstances and the way we are brought up

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Bond

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Grow closer and develop emotional ties

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Attachment

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The bonding process between an infant or child and its carer. Attachment is achieved through close contact for a period of time.

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Egocentrism

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Seeing something from only your point of view

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Modelling

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Demonstrating behaviour for others to follow

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Temper Tantrums

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Poor behaviour by children such as screaming, throwing themselves to the ground and getting really angry. They are designed to try and get the child their own way.

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Puberty

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A period of physical change caused by hormonal changes in the body

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Abstract thinking

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

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Peer group

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The influence of people similar in many ways to the individual concerned for example same age, sex or class

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Physical Maturity

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Having reached the peak of physical abilities

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Metabolic rate

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The rate at which the body burns up calories

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Cohabit

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Live together

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Principal Morality

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Make judgements about right and wrong of self-chosen principals

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Empty Nest Syndrome

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(Emotional) When your child leaves home

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Menopause

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The stopping of periods and fertility

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Mid life crisis

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The stage in life where men usually pretend they are young again

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City

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A large density populated urban area

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Town

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An urban area that is smaller than a city

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Rural

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An area where the population is fewer than 2,500

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Suburbs

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A residential area around the edges of a major city

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Self-Image

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How you see yourself

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Self-Esteem

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How you value yourself, how you like and respect yourself

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Self-Concept

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Self-Image + Self-Esteem = Self-Concept.

How you view yourself

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Redundancy

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Losing your job unexpectedly, through no fault of your own such as a business problem

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Bereavement

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The grieving of the loss of a person or thing

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Expected

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Something which is normal and you know that it is going to happen

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Unexpected

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Something you cannot plan for

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Work Life Balance

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Trying to get the balance right between home and work life

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Socialisation

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Learning the norms and values of society

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Social Class

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Our position in society - family status - job eg middle class

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Gender Identity

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The way we view or see gender differences. Our idea of male and female roles