Life Stages and Development - GCSE Lesson 1

What is growth?

• A change in size or weight

• Gaining new skills and abilities

• Developing emotions

• Improving hygiene and diet

What is development?

• A change in size or weight

• Gaining new skills and abilities

• Developing emotions

• Improving hygiene and diet

Which aspect of human growth and development involves gaining new skills, abilities, and emotions?

• Physical

• Intellectual

• Emotional & Social

• All of these

What are developmental norms and milestones?

• Ages and stages that we can expect a child to reach a certain point in growth and development

• Charts used to assess a child's growth

• Skills that children develop by a certain age

• Illnesses and diseases that affect growth

What is gross motor development?

• Fine manipulative movement of fingers

• Movement and control of large muscles / limbs

• Developing locomotion, balance, and coordination

• Developing hand-eye coordination

What is fine motor development?

• Control and movement of large muscles

• Developing locomotion, balance, and coordination

• Manipulative movement of fingers and small muscles

• Developing hand-eye coordination

What is the primary difference between growth and development?

• Growth is physical, while development is emotional

• Growth is about gaining new skills, while development is about improving hygiene

• Growth is about size or weight change, while development is about gaining new skills and abilities

• There is no difference between growth and development

Which of the following is not a part of development?

• Gaining new skills and abilities

• Developing emotions

• Improving hygiene and diet

• Increasing in size or weight