Development through life stages using the example of Sharon Osbourne

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BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care

Unit 4

Development through life stages

The human life spam

Assignment 1

Georgina Reed

Introduction

In this assignment I will be choosing a celebrity of my choice and then I will be going through there different life stages, infancy, childhood, adulthood and old age, then I will be going through their needs (PIES) physical, intellectual, emotional and social.

In task two I will be picking two life stages, then write a report discussing how their development has been affected by nature and nurture. I will also be continuing with the report by evaluating the effects of both genetic inheritance and the environment, referring to nature.

Conception/pregnancy

During the first month of pregnancy cell multiplication begins, fertilized egg attaches to the lining of the uterus. Then the internal organs and circulatory system begin to form, the small bump shows the beginning of arms and legs.

The second and third month all major body parts have formed. The heart is beating and eyes, ears and nose have developed. The fourth and fifth month the baby is rocked and swayed by mums breathing and walking, the baby’s kidneys start to make urine and the sex organs are distinct. During the eighth month the lungs are maturing and the baby is gaining more fat under the skin, it would measure 18.9 inches and weigh 4-5 pounds by this stage.

During the third month the intellectual of the body appears as the baby can yawn, frown, hiccup and such its thumb. By the sixth month the baby listens to conversations and touches and explores the body. The seventh month the baby can respond to pain also it can recognise voices. When the baby is born it will recognise family voices.

Emotional needs will start at about seven months as the baby will respond to pain and pleasure. The baby can recognise their mothers’ voice.

Whilst pregnant in the last months you can talk to your baby and it will recognise your voice. The baby can’t really have any social needs until it is born and it can interact with parents.

Infancy (0-3 years)

Babies develop rapidly during the first three years of life. They are born with a number of physical reflexes these are Moro reflex, grasp, walking, fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Ages one to six month they can lift up chin, move objects from one hand to another. 2/3 years the child will be able to walk, kick a ball and ride a tricycle.

Children during infancy learn a lot of things. The most important intellectual development is the ability to use and understand language. At around two years of age children will use little words, the development is helped by play, looking at books. They play in different ways this includes solitary play, parallel play, co-operative play and pretend play.

The child from when it’s born will have a strong bond with its mother, it will learn to bond with other family members, as the child gets older he/she will start taking more interest in other children.

As a child there are a lot of social needs going on, a child needs social needs to interact with other children, develop speech and learn new things. At the age of 2/3 the child should be interacting and playing with other children from nursery. Also the child will interact with its parents and other family members.

Childhood (3-12)

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Physical development skills continue to develop at this stage, children grow steadily also at this stage but less rapidly during infancy. By the age of six a Childs head will be almost adult size, even though the body still has allot of growing to do. Children’s practical abilities continue to develop. Age eleven to thirteen puberty often starts for girls although some girls may develop earlier.

Bye the age of six, children can often use language as well as some adults., young children learn to make decisions based on what things look like rather than the logic of ...

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