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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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT -GENETIC FOUNDATIONS- Physically adolescents are still influenced by their inherited genes. Whether or not a particular characteristic is expressed is often determined by our genotype. For physical genetic formation to take place any of the three may have contributed to a full grown adolescent. Imprinting – A chemical marker that may activate either the Father’s or Mother’s genes. Mutation – Sudden or permanent change in a DNA segment. Some by chance
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Physical Development: From the period of 18 to 25 years of age‚ the transition from adolescence to adulthood is taking place; this period is known as emerging adulthood. Alecia is 5 feet‚ 2 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her body is now finished growing and has completely gone through puberty. She reports that her first menarche was at age 13. This age falls perfectly in line with the average age. Studies have shown that 90% of girls have had their menarche by age 13. Alecia is extremely active
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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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Alexis Christakos ED 7101 Child Development Fall 2011 Observation #1 Name of Child: Leah Age: 3 years 4 months Area of Development: Physical (Fine/Gross Motor Skills) Date: Monday‚ October 3‚ 2011 Time: 1PM Context: For my project my will observe my friends child Leah‚ Leah is three years old and four months. I went to her home to observe her. Leah lives at home with her mom‚ dad and two older sisters. Her sisters are nine and six years old. When I arrived at the house Leah was sitting
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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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CheckPoint 2. Parenting Styles and Development CheckPoint 3. The Sexual Response Cycle Stage of Development | Physical Development | Cognitive Development | Social/Personality Development | Adolescence | Growth spurts‚ for two to three years they will grow 8 to 12 inches | | | Young Adulthood | | | | Middle Adulthood | | | | Late Adulthood | | | | Physical‚ Cognitive‚ Social‚ and Personality Individuals experience many changes to the physical body‚ cognitive abilities
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Enisa Gutic Observation#1 - Physical Development EDU 201 Sept. 25th‚ 2015 The child I chose to observe during the course of the semester name is Adrianna‚ she is in third grade in class 3-221. She is a female and eight years old. She is currently attending the school P.S.225‚ which is located on 1075 Oceanview Ave‚ Brooklyn‚ NY 11235. I chose Adrianna because I felt I could relate to her positive energy. Adrianna seems to be a troublemaker and that is what caught my eye at Adrianna
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Name: Karolina Chodynska Physical Development Birth Most of babies lie on their back. Usualy babies are born with reflexes‚ such as swallowing and sucking‚ holding an object thet touch the palm of their hand‚ reacting to noise and light by hand and leg movement. 1 month Usualy 1mth old babies are more relaxed‚ they develop their reflexes. 3 months Usualy babies at 3 months can lift and turn their head‚ they grown‚ and they know the difference between day and night. 6 months Most of 6 mth old
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physical developEuropean Scientific Journal February edition vol. 8‚ No.3 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 TRENDS OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN NIGERIA Isah Mohammed Abbass‚ PhD Department of Political Science‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria‚ Nigeria Abstract Given the tremendous explosions of urban settlements and the decadence of rural areas during the past two or three decades‚ the myth‚ reality and hope of a sustainable human settlement pattern seem to have been
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