Physical Self Flashcards
The ______ refers to the body such as
physical extremities and internal organs
Physical self
______ begins with the onset puberty.
Adolescence
Refers to the development from conception to death.
Life Span
Fertilization to birth
Prenatal
Birth to 2 weeks to life
Infancy
2 weeks of life to 2nd year
Babyhood
2 to 6 years old
Early Childhood
6 to 10 or 12 years
Late childhood
10 or 12 to 14 years old
Puberty
14 to 18 years old
Adolescence
18 to 40 years old
Early Adulthood
40 to 60 years years old
Middle Adulthood
60 to death
Late Adulthood or Senescene
2 Factors Affecting Physical Growth and Development
Heredity and Environment
is the biological of the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring
Heredity
Refers to the factors an individual is exposed to throughout life which includes learning experience. Environment factors such as diet,
nutrition, and diseases play an important role in an individual’s physical development.
Environment
Are threadlike tissues that carries the genes and are usually found in pairs.
Chromosomes
How many pairs of chromosomes are there for each person?
23 pairs
Autosome or _______ (22 pairs)
Trait chromosomes
Gonosomes or ________
Sex chromosomes
Theory which states that person’s physical characteristics such as facial features and expressions and body structures could be related to a person’s character or personality.
Theory of Physiognomy
Asserts the world and changes according to the five elements’ generating and overcoming relationships.
Five Element Theory
Generating and overcoming are the _______ elements.
Complementary
Generating processes ______ development while;
Overcoming processes ______development.
promote;
control
