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Key Aspects of PIES in Different Life Stages

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Key Aspects of PIES in Different Life Stages
Give a definition/explanation of growth:
Growth means an increase in size, weight or shape.
Give a definition/explanation of development:
Describing changes in complexity. Harder to measure.

Explain what is meant by PIES:
Physical- it refers to things to do with your body. It includes the development of each of your body systems and affected by inherited and genetic and lifestyle.
Intellectual- it is to do with the growth of the brain and the development of your thought processes. Emotional-it is about the growth and understanding of feelings. Social- making connections with family, friends and community.
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Key aspects of growth and development p1 – m1(for merit explain in more detail)
Conception to birth

Physical
Development

Intellectual
Development

Emotional
Development

Social
Development

Infancy
0-3

Physical
Development

When babies are born they are quiet helpless and dependant. To survive they have lots of reflexes:
Rooting, sucking, swallowing, grasping, stepping and startle reflex.
Babies develop really fast through out the first three years of their life. When they are born they have lots of physical reflexes.
A reflex is an uncontroable response e.g. moving your hand away from a hot plate.
Rooting Reflex is when the baby turns its head in the direction of the touch, to find the nipple of its mother’s breast to obtain food.
Moro Reflex is when a baby throws out its arms and legs then pulls them back curved.
Grasp Reflex is when a baby will grab an object in the hand.
Walking Reflex is when a baby is held with its feet touching the ground, and then the baby will make forward movements.

Intellectual
Development

Intellectual development means a complete theory about life and growth of human intelligence.
We also build up communication skills which allow us to make ourselves understood and to extend

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