Health & Human Development Flashcards

Physical Development is the changes to the body and its systems. These can be changes in size (i.e. growth) complexity (e.g. the increase in complexity in the nervous system) and motor skills (e.g. learning to walk).

The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in relationships with other people.

The development of the full range of emotions and the optimal way of dealing with and expressing them.

The development of processes in the brain such as thought, knowledge and memory.

Puberty is triggered by the hormones released in the pituitary gland and cause changes in the body including an increase in the rate of growth, a refinement of gross and fine motor skills, and the development of primary and second sex characteristic.

Hormones are an example of a biological determinant and are responsible for the process of puberty. A chemical messenger that results in changes in the body. Hormones are chemicals that are released by special parts of the body called glands. The series of glands in the body make up the endocrine system.

Physical development is where there is growth from both internal organs (such as a growing heart) and external changes that you can see in person (such as height). It includes motor skills development.

Motor skills refer to the movement and control of the body. When a baby is born it doesn’t have good motor skills like walking or running but as they get older their skills begin to develop so they can throw balls, cut with scissors and begin writing.

Gross motor skills are where the body asks the person to do more with a larger group of muscles which may be running or throwing a ball and catching whereas Fine Motor Skills are where it controls smaller groups of muscles to do the set task like clapping, writing, tying shoe laces etc.

Social roles are where you stand in the community. If you were with a group of people everyone would have a different relationship with each other, whether it being friend, brother, team mate or even a work colleague.

Self-concept is how the person sees themselves at an individual level that can be how well they do at school or their physical abilities, being shy, etc.
Self-esteem is what has been built up over time from things that they believe they are good at or what they may have got praise from.

Abstract thoughts are where you’re able to think about different ideas and things whereas concrete thoughts are where you see it physically and it is centred around that. Concrete thought involves objects. Abstract thought involves ideas.
Abstract Thought –A child knowing that their parent still exists when they leave the room its just that they can’t see them.
Concrete Thought – The bike in front is really small. A child thinking their parent has disappeared when they leave the room.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DEFINITION (WHO)
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The limitations are that you cannot reach the complete definition of health so its better to use optimal.

A state of being weak, especially from old age.

Is the highest level of health that an individual can realistically attain.