Unit 2- Development from conception to age 16 years By Claire Williamson Word Count: E1:Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in two areas of development. Birth to three years‚ physical development and social and emotional development. Throughout the first year of life‚ babies will undergo rapid social‚ emotional‚ physical‚ and cognitive development. Motor control develops from the head‚ moves down through the arms and then to the legs and feet. Initial movements
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area of development I have chosen is physical development. A definition of physical development -This is the time when the body develops its performance‚ having complete control over the body. A child will expand in itself physical performances in both age ranges from birth to three years and from three to seven years. This development is divided into two fundamental sections; Gross motor along with Fine motor . Gross motor are the greater movements that obligate good muscle development plus control
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Conception Conception 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‚ ovulation typically occurs on day 14. 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. During a male ejaculation‚ there are anywhere between 60 million and 500 million sperm that have a
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According to John Santrock‚ "Development" can be defines as a pattern of change that begins at conception and continues throughout the human ’s life‚ while the Oxford school dictionary defines "Physical" as having to do with the body rather than the mind. This article I examined written by Alex Brooks with further clarification from John Santrock‚ Brooks believe that person ’s view of physical development is more than just hitting the right percentiles on a height chart. He believes that with
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Physical Development Physical development is the development of the body. It is usually the development within a few weeks either side of the average age of a child under 5 years old. As physical development proceeds‚ the child acquires various physical skills‚ such as motor skills; there are two types of this‚ gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are large movements‚ such as‚ hop scotch‚ skipping‚ kicking‚ throwing a ball and taking large steps. Fine motor skills are the
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Physical development is the process that starts in infancy and progresses into late adolescence‚ concentrating on motor skills as well as puberty. Physical development involves developing control over the body‚ particularly muscles and physical coordination. As I have become more educated about the physical development of children throughout infancy‚ early‚ middle/late childhood‚ and adolescence‚ I have come to an understanding that there are several necessary steps that can be taken to ensure that
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Physical and Cognitive Development PSY/ 103 Introduction to Psychology This paper is will focus on the influences of physical and cognitive development in adolescence from 12 to 18 years of age. This part of the developmental stage has many factors that affect the physical development as well as the cognitive development in adolescence. In addition to influences of physical and cognitive development this paper will also focus on the hereditary and environmental influences that make
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normal physical development. Infancy’s physical development is much different from that of early or middle childhood. Early and middle childhood’s physical developments are different from that of early or late adolescence. During the infancy period a person can already see signs of physical development. Reflexes can be noticed as early as birth in some children. These reflexes are inherited to increase their chance of survival. In the infancy stage there is a noticeable amount of physical growth
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3. Physical development page 3 3.1 Physical development during early adulthood page 3 3.2 Physical development during middle adulthood page 3 3.3 Physical development during late adulthood page 5 4. Cognitive development page 7 4.1 Crystallised and fluid intelligence page 7 4.2 Cognitive development during early adulthood page 8 4.3 Cognitive development during middle adulthood page 10 4.4 Cognitive development during late adulthood page 11 5. The influence of physical and cognitive
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perform many activates to learn and succeed at school. When most people think of their child’s growth and development they can remember the ages at which their child first rolled‚ crawled‚ or walked. How many can recall the age at which they picked up small items between their thumb and index finger‚ or transferred objects from one hand to another? This is the beginning of motor development. Fine motor skills are the collected skills and activities involved using the hands and fingers . Fine motor
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