Describe physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individuals.
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Jade SinclairBTEC Extended Diploma Health & Social CareUnit 4- Development Through The Life Stages P1- Describe physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individuals. Life StagesPhysical Development Intellectual DevelopmentEmotional DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentConceptionConception is the process of becoming pregnant. Most women ovulate each month, this is when an egg is released by the ovaries. For women with a 28-day menstrual cycle. During intercourse the man will ejaculate and sperm will be passed from the testicles via the penis into the woman's vagina. If a sperm meets the egg, fertilisation may occur N/AErik EriksonWho was a psychologist that agreed with Freud's theory as he also believed that we develop through different stages, he then believed that Freud put a lot if desires for individuals but not enough needs that are accepted by society. He believed that we move through different life cruises with different stages. N/APregnancy (0-9 Months)During conception the first three months are called ‘First Trimester’, is when the baby develops all of there internal organs these are the sense organs and the arms and legs. The ‘Second Trimester’ is the fourth month when the baby continues to develop during this time. The ‘Third Trimester’ is the seventh month when the baby finishes developing and gaining the birth weight.Babies can recognise their mother's voice, which shows that they developed that memory before they were born, so the brain was working at that stage. Once you are two month pregnancy, the foundations for the basic parts of the baby’s brain have already formed and brain. At this point, any food, drink, medicine, nicotine and stimulation given to your baby will affect the final size and organization of her brain. There are different types of emotions that you develop while the baby is in the womb. Well the baby is in the womb they recognize love, happiness, sadness and stress.Talking or playing music is believed to comfort a baby in the womb, and help the baby understand the emotion of love. In addition, the emotion or feeling of stress is evident in the baby if the mother is also under stress. A rise in the mother's blood pressure will trigger a response in the baby's blood pressure as well. When a woman becomes pregnant they are less active and social. They tend to stay at home and relax, rather than go out clubbing or engaging with friend. As they usually will if she wasn’t pregnant. The baby has a bond with their mother while in the womb.Birth To Infancy
(0-3 Years)At this stage you are able to notice the changes in your child’s growth, appearance, motor abilities and sensory development. Physical development is synonymous with motor development in young children. It proceeds from good control of the hands and fingers, this is mainly during infancy to coordinated movements. Infants learn by doing, looking, hearing, touching, grasping and sucking. There learning process appears to begin with coordinating movements of the body. Infants learn that wrong actions lead to consequences. These experiences are the start when they understand the cause and effect of relationships. They learn this from their parent and ...
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(0-3 Years)At this stage you are able to notice the changes in your child’s growth, appearance, motor abilities and sensory development. Physical development is synonymous with motor development in young children. It proceeds from good control of the hands and fingers, this is mainly during infancy to coordinated movements. Infants learn by doing, looking, hearing, touching, grasping and sucking. There learning process appears to begin with coordinating movements of the body. Infants learn that wrong actions lead to consequences. These experiences are the start when they understand the cause and effect of relationships. They learn this from their parent and the people around them, this can also lead to the environment.During the ages from 0-3 years old the child develops a social smile to other. They may cry when they stop playing with them or when they need something. E.g. Milk or toy. They become more communicative and expressive with face and body. This can happen when there are 2 months.Erik Erikson TheoryInfant- (Hope) Children enjoy playing with other people and They start to gain wariness of strangers, which means that they will not let just any person pick them up, which contributes to the child developing their personality. They start to become more attached to their parents or whoever is taking care of them and they will not feel safe unless those people are around them.Childhood (4-9 Years)At childhood your body grows quickly and starts to change rapid and profound. Physical development refers to biological changes that children undergo as they start to grow up. The important developments at this stage include physical and brain changes, development of reflexes, motor skills, sensations, perceptions, and learning skills and health issues. They can develop these skill and development from nursery, primary school, secondary school, this can be from there teachers and from their parents. At this stage of childhood parents is their first teacher and should remain their best teacher throughout life. They have highly cooperative play skills and organization enjoyment with table games which is requiring them to observing rules, this carries out some responsibility for children to take on. E.g. Jacqueline wrote her first novel. As young children leave toddlerhood, they begin to mature in their ability to interact with others socially. Children have to cope with their own feelings and feelings of others. They also learn to cope with emotions through playing and bonding with other children. Children express their feelings sometimes by crying, screaming and shouting to get there word across or just for attention.Erik Erikson TheoryToddler -(Will) Preschool- (Purpose) During childhood children easily attach to others. Youngsters normally form their initial primary relationships with their parents and other family members. Children always have capacity to help and cooperate with other. Adolescents (10-18 Years)This is the stage when the have come out of there childhood and become teenagers. Girls and boys still have similar body shapes and proportions until both sexes reach puberty, the process whereby children sexually mature into teenagers and adults, and develop a secondary characteristics. Girls go through a time of rapid growth right before their first menstrual period. And by age 15, girls are near their adult height. Boys usually continue to grow taller and gain weight through their teen years.At this stage adolescences has a period when there childhood thinking development turn into a teenage concrete thinking. They understand right and wrong. However, many adolescents begin to experiment sexually, and some may engage in risky sexual practices. Some adolescents may engage in illegal activities, such as theft, alcohol and drug use. Teenagers also learn at college were they can start planning there future job and t E.g. Jacqueline Wilson left school at the age of 16As teenagers get older their emotional development continues. Their emotions have often been used to define the period of there actions. When adolescents become stress it is often from of a result of parent conflict. This can be because of teenagers striving to make independent choices and don’t agree with there parents. Erik Erikson TheorySchool-Age Child- (Competence)Adolescent- (Fidelity)At this stage of a teenage life they except personal space from there parents. They find there parents too interfering and do not understand them at all. During adolescence, teens spend much of their time with their friends. Peer pressure is also one of the important elements during this age. Groups and crowds become more heterogeneous and heterosexual and dating becomes very important. E.g. She had been on many book tours which made her communicate with a lot of different people. Adulthood (18-65 Years)In this stage, a person may add a bit of height and weight to her/his teenage size. The body continues to have hormonal changes. These changes may make beards grow a bit thicker and the voice to become slightly deeper and richer. This is the period in which women usually have children, so it is the time in which women gain a little weight and finish their full breast development. Also, the skin continues to lose elasticity as it did in middle adulthood and the result is deeper lines and wrinkles. Age spots, or brown spots on the skin, start to appear as well. Their eyesight is weakened, which causes many people to need glasses. Their Reaction time to thing is also slowsE.g. Jacqueline became pregnant and had a daughter called Emma.Many middle-age adults think differently this can be from there past life during childhood or as a teenager. Adults are more focused in sceptic directions. This is because they have gained a wider insight and understanding of life from there life events that adolescent have not yet experienced. Adults can also learn in colleges, universities, at work and in learning centre were people can teach you different learning skills and courses. E.g. Jacqueline has won many awards, including the young Telegraph Award in 1995 for the Bed and Breakfast Star, the Smarties Prize and Children Book Award for Double Act.At this stage people self esteem still continues to develop throughout adulthood. This is because they are still growing up and developing new things around different people. During adulthood some individuals find it hard to develop confidence to share life with their partner. Some individual’s family experience can strongly influence their expectations of having a partner. During adulthood they can also be attached to their child if they have a baby they have an attachment bond with them. E.g. Jacqueline had got married to her husband, and then had a divorceErik Erikson TheoryYoung Adult (Love) – Middle-aged Adult (Care)Young adults establish sexual relationships and partnership. Partnership and marriage are very important in social life which is often associated with adulthood. At this stage it is also important for adults to have a social life with their friend and be able to go out with them. Older Adulthood (65+)During later adulthood your cells have decayed and muscles have decreased. The immune system is no longer as capable as it was before. This means that you are less likely to move around as often as you will be weak and restless. Also, your body systems and organs, such as the heart and lungs become less efficient. E.g. Jacqueline has become older and this makes her less about to do physical activities as usual. Older adulthood tend to learn more slowly and perform less well task involving imagination and memorization than the younger generation do. They have lacking terms of metal task but have excellent wisdom and knowledge of based experience in their life. Also, older adults tend to have much less difficulty recalling names and places from long ago than they do recalling new information.At this is of life some old individuals have a risk of losing their self confidence and self esteem. This can be because of the way other people treat them. Elderly people have a good manner of behaviour, and they will also have good bonding relationship with their family, friends and relatives. Erik Erikson TheoryOlder Adult (Wisdom)Older adults have a high value on spending time with friend’s and some like spending time with their families. This is so that they don’t feel lonely and Also, many elders prefer not to interfere with their extended family. They strive to be independent and enjoy life with member from the community, friends and family. Many elderly have a very active lifestyle. Final Ages (Death)At the final stages of someone life there are some physical changes that accrue. These can be: Feeing tried and weak, pass less urine and urine may be darker, hands and feet become covered with spots and start to get cold or blue, heart rate goes up/ down, low blood pressure and there breathing becomes more irregular, with very shallow breathing. This makes them not breathing too fast or deep. N/AWhen someone close to you passes away you may go through all kinds of emotions. You may be sad, worried or scared. When you cope with a death you might be shocked, unprepared, or confused. You also might feel angry, cheated, relieved, guilty, exhausted, or just plain empty. You start feeling emotions that you is stronger and deeper than usual experience you’ve had.At this stage people think about death and dying in different ways. Some individuals are scared of death and try not to think about it at all, and others have strong religious beliefs which tell them not to worry about it. Older people tend to think and be less sacred of death, some older people may prepare for their death by achieving things in their lives that they have been wanting to do all their life. Individuals who are facing death want their family and friends around for comfort. {Meier, Ann and Gina Allen. 2007. “The Development of Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood." 30/11/11} {http://www.onetoughjob.org/development/0-1/growth-a-development-infants-0-1# 30/11/11} Book1 1, health and social care, 2010 {http://wilson-whatsitallabout.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-baby-p-case-reflection-of-broken.html 30/11/11} {Meier, Ann and Penny Edgell. 2007. "Religious Stability and Change from Adolescence to Early Adulthood 30/11/11}