Level 3 health and social care UNIT 1 Questions With Correct Answers

Growth - Answer An increase in some part of an individual that can be measured eg height and weight development - Answer The complex changes including increase in skills abilities and capabilities 4 principles of growth - Answer Growth rates are not constant Different parts of the body grow at different rates Growth rates vary between children Boys grow faster than girls Age range of birth and infancy life stage - Answer 0-2 years Age range of early childhood life stage - Answer 3-8 years age range of adolescence - Answer 9-18 years Age range of Early adulthood ? - Answer 19-45 years old Age range of middle adulthood - Answer 45-65 years old Age range of later adulthood - Answer 65+ What gross motor skills can a new born do - Answer Primitive reflexes What gross motor skills can a 1 month old do - Answer Lifts up chin, some control of head What fine motor skills can a 6 month old do - Answer Move objects from one hand to another Picks up dropped toys if they're in sight What gross motor skills can a 15 month old do - Answer Walk without help What gross motor skills can a 2 year old do - Answer Kick a ball What fine motor skills can a 2-3 year old do - Answer Build a tower of bricks What gross motor skills can a 2-3 year old do - Answer Stand on toes, can ride a tricycle What are skills and abilities - Answer Gross and fine motor skills Thinking and language skills Social roles and expectations What are gross motor skills? - Answer Using the larger muscles eg legs and arms What are fine motor skills? - Answer Precise use of muscles eg hands and fingers What is adolescence? - Answer Life stage where the body develops into being an adult, the stage where puberty occurs What is puberty? - Answer The change in growth and development triggered by hormones in the pituitary gland What are hormones? - Answer Chemical signals in the blood What are primary sexual characteristics ? - Answer Sexual characteristics present at birth but develop during puberty eg penis What are secondary sexual characteristics? - Answer Things that develop during puberty eg Pubic hair What does oestrogen and progesterone do? - Answer Stimulates growth of: growth spurt, breasts, reproductive system, helps regulate the menstral cycle What does testosterone do? - Answer Stimulates the growth of: grown spurt, penis and testes, pubic hair growth , development of muscle, lowering of voice What age does puberty usually start in BOYS? - Answer Between 13-15 years old What age does puberty usually start in GIRLS? - Answer 11-13 years but can be earlier female primary sex characteristics - Answer Uterus enlargers and vagina lengthens Ovaries begin to release eggs Menstrual cycle begins male primary sex characteristics - Answer Enlargement of penis and testes Spontaneous erections Testicles begin to produce sperm Beginning Of ejaculations female secondary sex characteristics - Answer Breasts develop, hair grows in armpits and pubic area Redistribution of body fat causing hips to widen male secondary sex characteristics - Answer Changes in larynx causes voice to deepen Hair grows on face, armpits and pubic area Redistribution of muscle tissue and fat What is maturation? - Answer Individuals reach their physical maturity in early adulthood What age do people reach their physical peak - Answer 19-28 years What is menopause? - Answer The ending of female fertility, periods stopping and reduction in the production of female sexual hormones What is perimenopause? - Answer stage immediately before menopause where physical changes begin to occur What are some symptoms of perimenopause - Answer Hot flushes Night sweats Vaginal dryness Sleep disturbance Mood symptoms What is the ageing process - Answer The natural deterioration of the body What are some physical changes in the elderly? - Answer Less elasticity in skin Loss of muscles Loss of stamina Decline in strength What is middle aged spread? - Answer The common issue of putting on weight as you age as people are less active What is intellectual development? - Answer Developing ways of thinking and learning What are cognitive skills? - Answer Refers to the development of the ability to think of reason