Overview of the Human Lifespan
An event that is expected to be achieved at a certain stage.
What is a developmental milestone?
To measure, count or gain an idea of how much change is occurring by looking at amounts of things.
What is quantitative?
A set of social and cultural expectations that determine how males and females behave.
What are gender roles?
An alternative name for intellectual development.
What is cognitive development?
How we feel about or value others.
What is self esteem?
the large and small muscles in the body that you gain control over
What are motor skills?
The skills that involve small muscle groups, such as writing.
What is fine motor skills?
The process by which a person learns to live with others and also learns appropriate patterns of behaviour.
What is socialisation?
This is used by infants to learn new things about themselves and the environment in which they live.
What are senses?
The process taking action and then reflecting on what they have achieved, as we as what others tell them about their achievements.
What is self concept?
The gradual changes in an individual's physical, social, emotional and intellectual states and abilities.
What is development?
An involuntary action.
What is a reflex?
The people who provide the most direct effect on the development of a child, and act as role models.
Who are parents?
The stage of the lifespan that undergoes maintenance, improvement or decline of intellectual skills and abilities.
What is adulthood?
The stage of the lifespan where people have a vague general concept of who they are.
What is childhood?
The stage of the lifespan after fertilisation and ends with birth.
What is the prenatal stage of development?
The charts used to measure length and weight of a child.
What are percentile charts?
Extended family members that contribute to the socialisation process.
Who are grandparents?
The point in a woman's life when menstruation ceases.
What is menstruation?
The ability to control the larger muscle groups, such as lifting the head.
What are gross motor skills?
Learning how to behave in an acceptable way with other people.
What is positive social development?