HUMAN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT KEYWORDS:
GROWTH: An increase in some measured quality, such as height, weight
and mass.
DEVELOPMENT: Complex changes including an increase in skills, abilities
and capabilities
CENTILE LINES (PERCENTILES): Lines on a graph used to show the average
measurements of height, weight and head circumference. The lines
represent the values of the measurements considering age and sex.
DEVELOPMENT NORMS: A description of an average set of expectations
with respect to a young child's development.
MILESTONE: An ability achieved by most children by a certain age. It can
involve physical, social, emotional and intellectual skills.
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS: Large movements involving the use of the large
muscles in the body.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Involve smaller movements that require more
precise direction and use of smaller muscles.
ADOLESCENCE: An important status change following the onset of puberty
during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
PUBERTY: A period of rapid growth during which young people reach
sexual maturity and become biologically able to reproduce and develop
secondary sexual characteristics.
HORMONES: Chemical substances produced in the body and transported
by the blood stream that control or regulate body cells or body organs.
MENOPAUSE: The ending of female fertility, including the cessation of
menstruation and reduction in production of female sex hormones.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: An estimate of the number of years, on average, that a
person can expect to live. Sometimes called longevity.
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: When a person has trouble remembering,
learning new skills, concentrating or making decisions that affect their
everyday life.
ABSTRACT LOGICAL THINKING: The ability to solve problems using
imagination without having to be involved practically. This is an advanced
form of thinking that does not always need a practical context to take
place.
GROWTH: An increase in some measured quality, such as height, weight
and mass.
DEVELOPMENT: Complex changes including an increase in skills, abilities
and capabilities
CENTILE LINES (PERCENTILES): Lines on a graph used to show the average
measurements of height, weight and head circumference. The lines
represent the values of the measurements considering age and sex.
DEVELOPMENT NORMS: A description of an average set of expectations
with respect to a young child's development.
MILESTONE: An ability achieved by most children by a certain age. It can
involve physical, social, emotional and intellectual skills.
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS: Large movements involving the use of the large
muscles in the body.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Involve smaller movements that require more
precise direction and use of smaller muscles.
ADOLESCENCE: An important status change following the onset of puberty
during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
PUBERTY: A period of rapid growth during which young people reach
sexual maturity and become biologically able to reproduce and develop
secondary sexual characteristics.
HORMONES: Chemical substances produced in the body and transported
by the blood stream that control or regulate body cells or body organs.
MENOPAUSE: The ending of female fertility, including the cessation of
menstruation and reduction in production of female sex hormones.
LIFE EXPECTANCY: An estimate of the number of years, on average, that a
person can expect to live. Sometimes called longevity.
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: When a person has trouble remembering,
learning new skills, concentrating or making decisions that affect their
everyday life.
ABSTRACT LOGICAL THINKING: The ability to solve problems using
imagination without having to be involved practically. This is an advanced
form of thinking that does not always need a practical context to take
place.
