Health: Part 1
Module 7 Content Guide
Human Growth and Development
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you should be able to do the following:
1. Describe the key phases that occur before birth.
2. Understand your place in the life cycle.
My Notes
- step of fertilization, physical deformaties, acidic cervix, cervix allow entry, white blood
cells kill, right tube, get past lining, then be the sperm that makes it to the egg
- grow most when you are ages 2-10
- emotional changes during puberty testones make men want higher status, act
aggressive, impulsive or risky behavior, sensation seeking. females are more
emotionally sensitive
- physical changes cause emotional effects like body composition and for girls with
early puberty they feel they donto fit in at first. with men early puberty leads to a spike
of confidence but then leads to depression.
- socially seek new friends for new feelings and you have fewer friends but are nice to
everyone
- people develop at different timesand adolescence compare themselves to others
around them and over the internet
- people will think and act different but will still have a lot in common
- people are different yet their is a cultural norm that people judge people off of
- a person's worth is inherent and not something that is justifiable
- everyone struggles with stuff that other people don't know about
- adolescents would rather follow their own moral compass instead of their parents.
Health: Part 1
Module 7 Content Guide
Human Growth and Development
Lesson 1: Before Birth
Fertilization
fertilization
1. ____________________ is the beginning point of the human life cycle.
2. Briefly summarize how fertilization occurs
sexual intercourse. a male ejaculates inside a woman near the cervix which then goes
to the Fallopian tubes. sperm and eggs meet there
Pregnancy and Fetal Development
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1. The first trimester consists of the first __________________ weeks.
avocado
2. At 16 weeks, the fetus is roughly the size of an __________________.
banana
3. By 20 weeks, the fetus is about the length of a __________________.
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4. By __________________ weeks, the fetus is almost a foot long.
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Human Growth and Development
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5. The fetus likely weighs over two pounds by __________________ weeks.
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6. By 32 weeks, the fetus is just under __________________ pounds.
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7. By 36 weeks, the fetus weighs around __________________ pounds.
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8. By week __________________, it’s time for childbirth.
Lesson 2: After Birth
Infancy and Childhood
infancy
1. __________________ begins with birth and extends through the first two years of life.
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2. By the end of the first two years of life, the average infant will be about __________________
250
percent longer (taller) than at birth and weigh __________________ percent more.
Adolescence
1. Adolescence is the transitionary period from childhood to adulthood, and it is full of
puberty
changes. It begins with the onset of __________________.
2. What are the three types of changes during adolescence?
physical- some small changes some bigger
a. ________________________________________________________________
emotional - sensation seeking
b. ________________________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________________________
social - new friends and few people as sexual partners
Adulthood
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1. While the legal age of adulthood is __________________, your brain is unlikely to be fully
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developed until you’re about __________________ years old.
Health: Part 1
Module 7 Content Guide
Human Growth and Development
2. Most changes during adulthood have more to do with the adoption of new
habits
__________________ mindsets than with your physical body.
and __________________