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1
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Define LIFE STAGES?

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A number of distinct phase’s people pass through during their lives.

2
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What are the PIES development?

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P - Physical development
I - Intellectual development
E - Emotional development
S - Social development

3
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What is PHYSICAL development?

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Gross and fine motor skills.

4
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What is INTELLECTUAL development?

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Language development.

Egocentric view of the world.

5
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What is EMOTIONAL development?

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Bonding with others.

6
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What is SOCIAL development?

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Interacting with others.

7
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What is Gross Motor Skills?

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The ability to move and co-ordinate the movement of large limbs.

8
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Give 4 example of Gross Motor Skills

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Crawling.
Walking.
Climbing.
Running.

9
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What is Fine Motor Skills?

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The ability to move and co-ordinate the movement of hands and fingers.

10
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Give 4 examples of Fine Motor Skills?

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Writing.
Painting.
Tying shoe laces.
Holding a spoon.

11
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What is LANGUAGE development?

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The process children go through as they learn to communicate with others using words/speech.

12
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Define EGOCENTRIC

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Seeing things from only your view point or perspective.

13
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What does BOND mean?

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Forming an attachment with a parent or carer.

14
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Growth is an INCREASE in what?

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Size.
Height.
Weight.

15
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Define DEVELOPMENT

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How a child gains skills and is able to control the actions their body makes.

16
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Define SELF-IMAGE?

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Mental pictures we have of ourselves.

17
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Define SELF-ESTEEM?

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How much you like, accept and respect yourself.

18
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What is OESTROGEN?

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Hormone produced in women’s ovaries that controls the development of sexual characteristics and stimulates change in the reproductive system.

19
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What is TESTOSTERONE?

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Hormone produced by the testes that controls the development of male sexual characteristics.

20
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What is ABSTRACT THINKING?

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Ability to think about something that might not be there or even exist.

21
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What is a PEER GROUP?

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The social group a persons belongs to which influences beliefs and behaviour.

22
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Define EMPATHISE

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Seeing things from another person’s perspective.

23
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What is a MID-LIFE CRISIS?

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Dramatic period of self-doubt caused by passing of youth to later adulthood.

24
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What is MENOPAUSE?

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Natural and permanent stopping of menstruation.

25
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What ages does Menopause usually take place?

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45-55.

26
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What is DEMENTIA?

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Illness that affects the brain and memory.

Lose ability to think and behave normally.

27
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What is a ROLE MODEL?

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Someone whose behaviour or attitudes people try to copy because they admire them.

28
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What is a GENDER ROLE?

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A role determined by a person’s gender.

29
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What is MANUAL WORK?

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Work that requires the use of physical skills.

30
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What is NON-MANUAL WORK?

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Works that depends on mental skills.