unit 1 edexcel as

Unit 1: Human Growth and Development

• aspects of human growth and development throughout the different

life stages

• factors that can influence human growth, development and health

experience, including those that are inherited and those that are

acquired during our lifespan

• what it means to be healthy, and how health and well-being can be

promoted.

•      infancy (0–2 years)

•      early childhood (2-8 years)

•      adolescence (9-18 years)

•      early adulthood (18-45 years)

•      middle adulthood (46-65 years

•      later adulthood (65+ years).

• physical skills — including gross and fine motor skills

• intellectual/cognitive ability — including thinking and language skills

• emotional development — including the formation of self-concept

• social skills — including forming relationships with others.

• genetic or inherited factors

• environmental factors.

lifestyle factors — such as diet, exercise, use of drugs, alcohol, and

tobacco smoking

• social factors — such as family,…