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Individual Human Development
Encompasses th changes that peopl eexperence from conception to death. It is a period of development charaterized by milestones that are openly predictable and occur in sequential order
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Development
Describes the gradual changes in an individual's phsycal, social, emotional and intellectual states' abilities
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Developmental Milestones
A task, undertaking or event that is expected to be achieved in order to successfully progress to a further level of development
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Phsycal development
The changes that relate to someone's size, shape and therefore body structure
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Motor Skills
The ability to move, through gaining and excersizing control over the large and small muscles of the body
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Motor Development
A form of phsycal development that relates to the way in which an individual develops muscle function
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Gross Motor Skills
The ability to control the movement of the larger musle groups within the body
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Fine Motor Skills
The ability to control the movement of smaller muscle groups within the body
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Social Development
The increasing complexity of behavioural patterns used in realtionships with other people
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Socialisation
The process of aquiring values,attitudes and behavious through interacting with others
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Emotional Development
Refers to feelings and the ways in which an individual lears to express, understand and excersize control over them
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Self Esteem
How a person feels about themselves and their abilities
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Self Concept
The idea an individual has of themselves, who they are, who the want to be, what they value and what they believe others think of them
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Intellectual Development
Also referred to as cognitive development, the ways in which people are able to think and reason
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Growth
Refers to the measurable changes in the body, mainly due to an increase in the number and size of the body's cells
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Gender Roles
The social and psycological dimesion of being male or female
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