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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH. Birth to Two Years Birth Neonatal Period Each Month Fourth Month Twelve Months Between 1-2 Years Two Years Old. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH. Birth to Two Years. Two to Six Years 1. Slimmer 2. Proportions.

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH

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  1. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH • Birth to Two Years • Birth • Neonatal Period • Each Month • Fourth Month • Twelve Months • Between 1-2 Years • Two Years Old

  2. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH • Birth to Two Years • Two to Six Years • 1. Slimmer • 2. Proportions

  3. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH • Birth to Two Years • Two to Six Years • C. Seven to 11 Years • 1.Slimmer • 2. Muscles • 3. Lungs

  4. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: MATURATION AND GROWTH • Birth to Two Years • Two to Six Years • Seven to 11 Years • Puberty • 1. Growth & Weight Gain • 2. Gonads/Sex Glands • 3. Secondary Sex Characteristics • 4. Body Composition • 5. Circulation and Respiration

  5. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • MOTOR DEVELOPMENT • A. Birth to Two Years • Newborn • Five Months • Nine Months • Twelve Months

  6. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • MOTOR DEVELOPMENT • Birth to Two Years • Sources of Variation • Environmental Influences • Inherited Factors

  7. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • MOTOR DEVELOPMENT • Birth to Two Years • Sources of Variation • Two to Six Years • Speed • Coordination • Gross Motor Development

  8. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • MOTOR DEVELOPMENT • Birth to Two Years • Sources of Variation • Two to Six Years • Speed • Coordination • Gross Motor Development • Fine Motor Development

  9. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Fine Motor Skills

  10. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • MOTOR DEVELOPMENT • Birth to Two Years • Sources of Variation • Two to Six Years • Seven to Eleven Years • 1. Motor Skills • 2. Reaction Time

  11. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Brain Growth Spurt– Period between the seventh prenatal month and 2 years of age when more than half of the child’s eventual brain weight is added. Brain Growth Spurt Begins Here

  12. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Some Basic Definitions: Synapse – the connective space (juncture) between one nerve cell (neuron) and another.

  13. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Some Basic Definitions: Synapse – the connective space (juncture) between one nerve cell (neuron) and another. Neurons – nerve cells that receive and transmit neural impulses

  14. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Some Basic Definitions: Synapse – the connective space (juncture) between one nerve cell (neuron) and another. Neurons – nerve cells that receive and transmit neural impulses Glia – nerve cells that nourish neurons and encase them in insulating sheaths of myelin.

  15. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Some Basic Definitions Cont’d: Synaptogenesis – formation of connections (synapses) among neurons. Plasticity – capacity for change; a developmental state that has the potential to be shaped by experience.

  16. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN: Neural Development and Plasticity Some Basic Definitions Cont’d: Synaptic pruning – surviving neurons that are stimulated less often lose their synapses.

  17. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • About Brain Development • Brain Stem and Midbrain– most mature at birth • - consciousness - reflexes - respiration - digestion - elimination

  18. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: • About Brain Development • Surrounding Midbrain are the Cerebrum & Cerebral Cortex • - movement - perception - learning - language - thinking

  19. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Earliest Maturing areas of the cerebrum are the Primary Motor & Sensory Areas Darker, dot-like areas mature first, then the lined areas, and finally the clear areas develop in adolescence

  20. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

  21. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Neural Development & Plasticity • Lateralization • Evident from birth • Increases with age • Get better with age at integrating functions of each hemisphere • Dyslexia

  22. ENVIROMENTAL INFLUENCES • Nutrition • Problems of Under nutrition: • Catch-up growth • Marasmus (insufficient protein & calories) • Kwashiorkor (insufficient protein, but sufficient calories) • Vitamin & mineral deficiencies • Iron deficiency anemia

  23. ENVIROMENTAL INFLUENCES • Nutrition • Problems of OVER nutrition: • Obesity • Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart, liver & kidney disease • Social impact

  24. ENVIROMENTAL INFLUENCES • Nutrition • Illnesses • Emotional Stress/Lack of Affection • Nonorganic failure to thrive • Deprivation dwarfism

  25. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Puberty Adolescent Growth Spurt: the rapid increase in physical growth that marks the beginning of adolescence. Puberty: the point at which a person reaches sexual maturity and is physically capable of fathering or conceiving a child.

  26. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Puberty: the point at which a person reaches sexual maturity and is physically capable of fathering or conceiving a child. Also refers to the physical changes that occur as child passes from child to adult.

  27. CHANGES IN PUBERTY • Rapid growth/Weight Gain • Further development of gonads • Secondary sexual characteristics • Changes in muscle/fat compositions • Changes in circulatory & respiratory systems

  28. WHAT CAUSES PUBERTY? • All of these changes triggered by hormones • No new hormones produced at puberty • Increase of hormones • Testosterone • Estrogen • Growth Hormone

  29. Hormonal Influences on Development Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland Adrenal Glands Thyroid Testes Ovaries Growth Hormone Androgen Testosterone Estrogen Thyroxine Male reprod. organs before birth Maturation of male organs Voice,facial & body hair, muscle dev., bone growth, broad shoulders General growth of body tissues Adolescent growth spurt Female reprod. Organs Breasts, hips Body hair Early brain growth Bone growth Muscular growth Bone growth

  30. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Puberty Girls Boys

  31. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

  32. SEXUAL MATURATION • GIRLS: • Begins about age 11 (breasts) • Menstruation about age 13 • Fertility (at or after menstruation)

  33. SEXUAL MATURATION • BOYS: • Begins about age 11 or 12 (testes enlarge) • Fertility about age 14.5 or 15 • VARIATIONS IN TIMING OF PUBERTY (BOYS & GIRLS) • Heredity (identical twins similar timing) • Environment

  34. SEXUAL MATURATION • Psychosocial Influences of Puberty • Boys that mature earlier • Girls that mature “on-time”

  35. SEXUAL MATURATION • Teenage Pregnancy • U.S. rates = +1 million/year • 50% miscarriage or abortion • 2 million babies next 4 years • 2X higher in U.S.

  36. SEXUAL MATURATION • Teenage Pregnancy • CONSEQUENCES for Mom: • Loss of education • Loss of social network • Lower income • Lifestyle changes

  37. SEXUAL MATURATION • Teenage Pregnancy • CONSEQUENCES for Baby • Higher probability of: • Prematurity • Drug exposure • Poor nutrition • Less sensitive/experienced mom • Intellectual deficits • Emotional disturbances • Economically disadvantaged

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