Because Arabella is now in the Fetus stage rapid changes were occurring throughout the following months Arabella mother felt her move for the first time at four months and it would feel like a punch and kick inside her mother’s stomach. The brain also becomes increasingly sophisticated during this stage, so now Arabellas brain can send messages to her body. Arabella can now also hear sound, her mother talks to her and lets her know that she can’t wait for her arrival. By the eighth month Arabellas mothers body was very tired and ready, Arabella is not 7 ½ lbs. (Feldman, 2001 p. 54) Arabella was full term, fully developed, and ready for birth, her mother’s body released the protein CRH which started the process of birth.
Evaluate the milestones and important influences of adolescence. The beginning of adolescence is often marked by the onset of puberty. Puberty is “the period during which an individual becomes physiologically capable of reproduction.” (Danesi, 1994, pp5-6) Puberty is therefore, in most cases, a major milestone for adolescents as it is mainly the defining factor of how the adolescent period begins. Clarke (1968, p53) mentions in his book that there are rare exceptions to puberty and adolescence occurring simultaneously. Clarke writes of Greulich “citing the case of a precocious girl who attained puberty at the age of three years and eleven months: at one year of age, her breasts were quite large; at three years and seven months, she menstruated.” Gabriel (1971, p298) explains this phenomenon as precocious puberty: “In exceptional cases, the restraining substances cease to function, and the releasing mechanism becomes prematurely active.
Birth control could also possibly reduce the pregnancy rate among young teens. In today’s society, the rate of teen-child births is steadily increasing. Also, allowing a girl to get her own birth control shows a sign of responsibility and maturity. She is taking the situation into her own hands. The choice on whether or not a girl should be able to get birth control or not should be up to her.
It is important to understand and remember that although children usually develop in the same sequence, the rate of their development can vary from child to child and will vary with regards to each child’s abilities, gender, race and needs. Here is the typical sequence and rate of development for children that would normally be expected. Physical Development 0-1 years old: The first year of a baby’s life is the most important for brain development and the impact that it will have on the children and their learning throughout their lives. During the first month of their lives, a baby will hold its head and in time they will bear weight and begin to roll over. By 6-9 months, the baby is able to sit unsupported and will then begin to pull themselves up into a standing position.
Puberty in boys usually start later. At 12-16 years. The boys will be starting to go through puberty and many of the girls would be completing their puberty and having regular periods, as a result of the different stages of puberty, the boys and girls would vary in height. At this stage most girls are taller than boys and the young people will be growing stronger. At 16-19 years.
In Chapter 5 of Essentials of Life Span Development we learned about the physical and cognitive development in early childhood. The average child grows 2 and a half inches in height and gains 5 and 7 pounds a year during early childhood. Growth patterns vary from one child to another, though. Some of the brain’s increase in size in early childhood is due to increase in the number and size of dendrites, some to myelination. From ages 3 to 16, the most rapid growth in the brain occurs in the frontal lobes.
And estradiol a type of estrogen; in girls it is associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development. In one study, testosterone levels increased eighteen-fold in boys but only twofold in girls during puberty; estradiol increased eightfold in girls but only twofold in boys. Physical performance peaks between 19 and 26 and in early adulthood is the first time that we see a decrease in physical activity. Changes in the physical appearance in middle adulthood includes, aging spots and wrinkles, a decrease in height and an increase in weight. In late adulthood we see the same changes as we did in middle adulthood only more intensive.
For example, from the moment infants are born, they begin gathering information on face. Studies showed that within just a few exposures, newborns become so familiar with their mother’s face that they prefer it to a stranger’s. In this article, the author describes the opinions of several researchers including Russell Bauer, Paul Quinn and Jim Tanaka. Quinn came to know that in the last five to ten years infants responded to the social attributes of faces. Paul also reported that infants just a few months old prefer silhouettes of human heads to those of animals (59).
These beauty pageants encourage dieting among kids. As well as showing the children as a sex image. I will finish up with a rebuttal stating how beauty contest increase children’s confidence. These contests encourage diets amongst children. It has been proven that 51% of 9 and 10 year old girls feel better about themselves when they are on a diet.
Piaget’s second stage was called the pre-operational stage. This stage was longer, lasting from age two to six or seven. Children in this stage understand language but not logic. Egocentrism is the key event of this stage. During this stage, children are unable to take another’s point of view or understand that symbols can represent other objects.