WK 1 HLSC Human growth + dev

What is health?

A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO)

What is growth + development?

It is nature vs nurture, the environment a person grows up in, the relationship and experiences they form as the grow shape them and can explain possible health outcomes

(e.g. parents are smokers → kids choose to do the same or change)

Who developed popular nature vs nurture theories

Locke (17th C)

Rousseau (18th C)

Geseu (20th C)

What influences growth?

• Nutrition

• Country

• Genetic factors

• Socialisation

• Education

• Exercise

• Environment ( safe home, war, abuse)

  = All different ways of processing/coping

What is human behaviour?

(Carl Rodgers)

• Each person has potential within themselves for healthy creative growth

• Lack of growth can be cause of poor parenting, poor education, social pressures etc

what are the stages of psychological development (Freud)

1. Oral - mouth, feeding: birth-18m

2. Anal - anus, toileting: 18m-3y

3. Phallic - 3-6y

4. Latency - 6-11y

5. Genital - 11y-up

• Pleasure/gratification should be fulfilled at each stage

  If not: Rigid theory, or fixation of arrested development ( e.g. over eating in the future due poor breastfeeding in oral stage)

Projection (Defence mechanism)

Attribute your thoughts and feeling to others

Reaction formation (Defence mechanism)

Doing the opposite of what your subconscious wants

Regression(Defence mechanism)

Avoiding present situation to become less mature

e.g. adult patient refuses to take part in therapy

Repression (Defence mechanism)

Feelings/thoughts barred from consciousness

e.g. Clinical: Patient is being treated for depression but does not disclose childhood abuse to Therapist

Sublimation (Defence mechanism)

Changing unacceptable behaviour to more acceptable (boxing)

this causes an excuse for their behaviour

Displacement (Defence mechanism)

Transferring emotions

Identification (Defence mechanism)

Incorporation a secondary personality

Denial (Defence mechanism)

Blocking painful memories