Unit 1 Flashcards
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Describe the difference between expected and unexpected life events.
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An expected life event - know is going to happen/ plan and prepare for it
An unexpected life event - you don’t know what is going to happen you cannot plan/prepare for
2
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What is informal support and who replys on it?
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Family and friends are able to offer support to others in difficult times, helping with everyday physical tasks. Later adulthood rely’s on informal support to be able to remain independent.
3
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What are the benefits of play for social development
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- meet new people, make friends, builds friendships
4
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Does growing up in care make you more vulnerable? list reasons why.
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Yes - deal with sexuality and puberty pressure with no parental role models.
More likely to experience teenage pregnancy become more involved with alcohol and drugs.
Achiever fewer qualifications.
5
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What is rural??
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(country side)
- Housing can be cheaper, often less work
- Occupations are often low-paid
- Start a family by moving away from city
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What is urban area??
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(City)
- Air pollution has been linked to increase illnesses
- Can be noisy and increased health risks
- More social activites and facilties
7
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How can economic factors affect human growth and development??
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- Income/wealth
- Occupation (types,status,security of income)
- Employment/unemployment - not in education, employment can effect social, income and emotional effects
8
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What is social isolation?? and who does it relate to
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associated with elderly, young mothers and people with disabilities
-Negative impact on health,quality of life,self-image and self-esteem.
9
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What is culture?
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= effects of religion and spirtuality, community influnces on individuals growth and development.
10
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How can religion influence people??
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- how people choose to live there lives, the food they eat and how they choose to dress.
- its imporant to the people to feel accepted as part of family and community.
- Feel valued and wanted.
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How can cultural and emotional factors affect growth and development
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- Influence of play (soliarty play/social play)
- Influence of role models
- Gender (inequality of employment opportunity and pay, social inequality and expectations)
- Influence of social isolation
12
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Physical factors that affect human growth and development
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- Genetic inheritance
- Lifestyle choices
- Illness and disease
13
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What is lifestyle choice??
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- The decisions you make that can have an impact on your health and wellbeing
14
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What happens in physical development in later adulthood (65+)??
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- Skin is thinner
- Bones more brittle
- Some begin to loose height
- Muscles weaker
- Joints are stiffer
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What happens in physical development in middle adulthood (46-65)??
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- The ageing process begins to take effect
- Lower energy levels
- Hair becomes greyer
- Loss of muscle tone
- Hair loss
- Menopause
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What happens in physical development in adolescence (9-18)??
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- Physical changes in puberty - sexual maturity, growth spurt, primary and secondary sexual characteristics
Physical change caused by a result of hormonal change - girls physical change caused by oestrogen
- boys by testosterone
17
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Definition of solitary play and age of this play
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0-2 years - Children play alone using their imagination and do not interact with other children.
18
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Definition of parallel play and age of this play
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2-3 years - Children play alongside each other but not together.
19
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Definition of social play and age of this play
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3-8 years - Children play together, sharing their toys. By the age of eight they will engage in quite complex games, often requiring the use of imagination.
20
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What is gross motor skills and examples??
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Ability to control and co-ordinate the movement of large limbs of the body.
- crawling
- walking
- running
- kicking
- throw and catching
21
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What is self esteem?
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how much you like, accept yourself and respect yourself.
22
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What is social isolation?
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when people live without regular contact with other people, especially family and friends
23
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What is an inherited condition?
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A condition passed from parent to child by genes
24
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What are the social, cultural and emotional factors affecting growth and development
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- Friendships
- Religion
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Parenthood
- Sexual orientation
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What is the intellectual development in Infancy (0-2)
- thinking and the way the mind works
- communicate mainly through sound
- at birth babies respond to the world through their senses
- smiles and noises become the main way of communicating
- 18 months - know about six words
- 2 years - 2-3 words into a sentence
- can only see the world from there point of view (egocentric)
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What is the intellectual development in early childhood (3-8 years)
- Most children able to speak in full sentences
- Start school - development of language and understanding of numbers
- Children still tend to be egocentric, seeing the world from thier viewpoint
- Children learn how to act and behave in particlaur situations by watching others
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What is the intellectual development in Adolescene (9-18)
- development of abstract thinking - using concepts and ideas rather than through using objects and doing tasks
- think in more logical way
- develop own set of morals and idea what is right and wrong
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What is emotional development in middle of adulthood (46-65)
- Hormone changes take place in the body
- May dress younger than their years
- Start going out more 'mid life crisis'
= a dramatic period of self-doubt caused by the passing youth and moves into later adulthood
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What is emotional development in later adulthood (65+)
- Oppurinity to spend more time with family
- Later adulthood can loose partners - distressing
- Support of family/neighbours stop isolation and loinleness
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What is self image?
mental picture we have ourselves
| influenced by - personal apperance, the media, comparison with others
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Effects of health and wellbeing of living a limited income
not be able to afford:
- bills
- healthy lifestyle
- luxury items
- intellectual needs
- social activities
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Examples of physical features that are determined by genes
- sex
- height
- body shape
- skin colour
- eye colour
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What are lifestyle choices??
- diet
- exercise
- alcohol
- smoking
- drug use
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Intellectual development in Later adulthood (65+)
- speed of thinking and short-term memory might decline
- older people are keen to learn new things, develop thier knowledge and keep thier minds active
- some people may experience dementia
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Intellectual development in middle adulthood (46-65)
- some people return to education
- memorys may not be as quick
- employment to learn new skills
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what are the physical changes that occur during puberty in girls
- growth of breasts
- peorid begins
- hips widen
- ovulation
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what are the physical changes that occur during puberty in boys
- growth in penis
- production of sperm
- voice breaks
- facial hair
- growth of adams apple
- muscles develop
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what are the physical changes that occur during puberty in both girls and boys
- change in body shape
- growth in body hair and pubic hair
- change in height
- acne
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physical development in early childhood (3-8)
- development of gross and fine motor skills improves.
- age 5 : children can walk upstairs unaided and can draw/write
- age 8 : catch and throw well, have a good sense of balance
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what is an example of gross motor skills
walking,running,kicking,throw and catching
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what is and an example of fine motor skills
- ability to control and co-ordinate the movements of the hands and fingers.
drawing,writing, painting, colouring
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what is the social development in Infancy (0-2)
- early relationships development is based on interaction with others
- babies learn socially through play
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what is the social development in middle adulthood (46-65)
- people may start to build new relationships, travel more and have more quality time to spend with their family.
- Depending on high or low income people may not have money to go out and take part in social activities
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what is the emotional development in adolescence (9-18)
- hormonal changes
- mood swings, frustrations, insecurities, confusions
- young people develop their own personality and idenity.
- feelings of physical attraction towards others
- relationships are formed and sometimes maintained for quite a long time.
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what is emotional development in early childhood (3-8)
- ages of 3-8 will begin to learn how to handle their feelings
- children can tell others when they feel happy or sad
- children develop their own self-concept
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what is emotional development in infancy (0-2)
- bond with those who care for them
- strong bond with their main carers and will be very vary of strangers.
- it is imporant infants recieve love and attenion during the attachment process as this influnces emotional development throughout future life stages.
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what is the physical devleopment in early adulthood (19-45)
- most people reach their physical peak in the first part of early adulthood, physically at their strongest
- peoples metabolic rates slow down and therefore people begin to burn fewer calories
- people who exercise regularly look much younger than their biological age
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what is the physical effects of social isolation
aches, pains, illness, low energy, sleep problems, diet problems, substance use, emotional, negative feelings.
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what are the psychological factors of relationships
- having difficulties with family/friends have an effect on how they grow and develop
- positive relationship lead to good self image and high self esteem.
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what are the life stages?
1. infancy (0-2)
2. childhood (3-8)
3. adolescents (9-18)
4. early adulthood (19-45)
5. middle adulthood (46-65)
6. later adulthood (65+)
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what is the emotional development in early adulthood (19- 45)
- early adulthood time to develop close and intimate relationships
- choose to marry be in a relationship with same sex couple
- most people start a family
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what is formal support?
comes from people who are trained and skilled in their work and they are payed for what they do, e.g doctors,nurses,coundellors, district nurse.
- have knowledge and experience to help others handle life events
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intellectual development in early adulthood (19-45)
- many people who did not focus fully on learning at school often decide to carry on with thier education
- gain new skills and qualifications
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what is social development in early adulthood (19-45)
- free to have an active social life, making new friends and building new realtionships.
- gain more independance
- balancing work life, family life and a social life can be difficult as their respsonsibilties increase.
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what are the physical enviorment factors affecting growth and development
- housing condition
- type of house
- level of pollution
- rural/ urban area
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what is pollution??
is the release of high concentrations of dangerous substances.
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what is nature?
genetic inheritance and other biological factors
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what is nurture?
social and enviormental factors (choice)
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what is piagets theory?
- focuses on what children are unable to do, like the concept of conversation, the idea egocentric behaviour centres on abilties that children have not yet developed.
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what is egocentrism?
best described as a young childs inability to see a situation from another persons point of view. They assume that other adults and children see,feel, and hear exactly the same as they do.
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what is seperation anxiety?
the fear and apprehension that infants experience when seperated from thier parents or caregiver
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what is a genetic predisposition?
means that you inherit that possibility from one or both of your biological parents. which determines physical growth, development, health and apperance.
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what is the age range of infancy?
0-2
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what is the age range of early childhood?
3-8
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what is the age range of adolescene?
9-18
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what is the age range of early adulthood?
19-45
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what is the age range of middle adulthood?
45-65
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what is the age range of late adulthood?
65+
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what is PIES?
physical,intellectual, emotional and social
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what does the term development mean?
development is said to be physical as well as social or psychological change, the process of developing skills and capacities.
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what does the term growth mean?
Growth is termed as a physical change, growth is related to living beings, it can mean the increase in weight, height and bone seize.
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what does LAD mean in chomskys model?
language acquisition device, helps children rapidly learn and understand language.
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whos is the social learning theory?
Albert Bandura
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whos is the evolutionary thoery of attachment?
Bowlby
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whos is the theory of cognitive development?
Piagets
