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chapter 3: Physical

TermDefinition
Body
Cephalocaudal pattern Infants gain control of the head and neck before the trunk, legs, and feet.
Proximodistal pattern Infants gain control over the trunk and arms before the hands and fingers.
Puberty time of rapid physical changes in adolescence Age 9 to 16
Maturation patterns Predictable natural sequences of growth and development that occur in the body, mind, and behavior as a person ages.
Menopause Cessation of menstruation, onset age 47/48.
Climacteric Fertitily and decline in sexual hormones
Nervous system The network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
Neurons A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses
Myelination A nerve fiber enclosed in a myelin sheath
Neuroplasticity Case study of Jodie The ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.
Prefrontal cortex Helps manage thinking, emotions, and decision making.
Wernickes area Helps with the comprehension of language .
Broca’s area Helps with the production of speech
Shaken baby syndrome Causes the baby to have severe a brain injury.
Sleep Infancy: Sudden Infant death Syndrome Adolecence: have shifted circadian rhythm Late adulthood: insomnia increases
Sleep hours across the life span
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Longevity and aging
Life span Average 77.5 years
Ageism prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a persons age
Primary aging Universal, Irreversible, natural physical decline brought about by increasing age
Secondary aging Physical declines from illness, environmental factors and behavioral choices
Aging theories
Created by: Wonderland2706
 

 



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