Building Blocks of Well-Being
____________ is a process that reflects how one's life is progressing, while giving them coping skills to manage challenging life circumstances as they occur.
Well-being
Physical benefits from leisure for _________ includes developing motor control.
Children
Peer
The ability to process information, use reasoning skills, recall from memory, and relate are collectively known as ____________ skills.
cognitive
___________ play has been found to strongly support emotional development in children.
symbolic
Some leisure interests come and go throughout an individual's life. This is known as ________ of leisure expressions.
Balance
WHO suggests that children participate in at least _____ minutes of vigorous or moderately intense physical activity every day.
60
For many children, the _______ identity socialization process begins even before they are born, as parents select names, nursery themes and colors, and purchase certain toys and clothing.
Gender
Piaget's preoperational stage occurs from ages 2-7, where children focus on using language and ______________ to create their version of the world around them.
imagination
fantasy
_________ is defined by the various changes and continuities that remain the same, starting at birth and ending at death.
Life span
Participation in _______ by teenagers not only builds strength and motor control, but can also improve confidence and affect their social status.
Sports
Boys tend to receive more gross motor stimulation as children, whereas girls receive more ________ stimulation from parents, peers, and other adults.
Piaget's ______________ stage lasts from ages 7-11, where children develop the ability to think logically.
concrete operational
The concept locus of control refers to the degree in which individuals believe they have about ________ within their own life.
control
Physical, emotional, intellectual, and social markers are used to describe how ____________ relates across the life span.
Leisure
Around age 50, the number of _________ ________ begins to steadily decrease, which can sometimes result in changes in leisure activity preferences.
muscle fibers
The development of _________ as an adolescent can be largely affected by one's social leisure experiences.
autonomy
Many studies found that older adults who participate in a variety of age-appropriate leisure activities tend to show improvement in their ___________ skills.
cognitive
The concept known as deadline decade which occurs from ages ____ to ____, where divorce, career changes, and stress are more likely to occur.
35 to 45
Disease/Injury/Illness
Most studies cite increases in _______ _____ as the main contributing factor to sedentary lifestyles, which frequently contribute to the childhood obesity spidemic.
Screen time
Some research has demonstrated that _____________ is more important than family relationships for individuals at older ages
friendship
Neuroscientists have discovered that our brains are affected by neuroplasticity, which means that this vital organ is ____________.
flexible
Minneapolis, Minnesota leads the nations metropolitan areas in providing the best overall access for the most people to public _________ and _________
parks and recreation