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Human Development: Key Concepts and Stages

Human development involves both growth and developmental changes from conception through life. There are major principles of development including that it is relatively orderly, varies between individuals, and is a gradual and complex process involving biological, cognitive and socioemotional factors. Approaches to development recognize it as a lifelong process that is multidimensional, plastic, contextual, and involves growth, maintenance and regulation across the entire lifespan. Development occurs through distinct periods from prenatal to late adulthood involving characteristic tasks and transitions at each stage.

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Human Development: Key Concepts and Stages

Human development involves both growth and developmental changes from conception through life. There are major principles of development including that it is relatively orderly, varies between individuals, and is a gradual and complex process involving biological, cognitive and socioemotional factors. Approaches to development recognize it as a lifelong process that is multidimensional, plastic, contextual, and involves growth, maintenance and regulation across the entire lifespan. Development occurs through distinct periods from prenatal to late adulthood involving characteristic tasks and transitions at each stage.

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Human Development

Jenny Grace SJ. Moreno


▪ Growth vs. Development
Growth
▪ Quantitative change in individual as he
progresses in chronological age
▪ Size, weight or height

▪ Development
▪ Behavioral aspect of growth
▪ Progressive series of changes of an orderly and
coherent type leading to the individuals
maturation
▪ Development is relatively orderly.
▪ While the pattern of development id
likely to be similar, the outcomes of
developmental processes and the rate of
Major Principles development are likely to vary among
individuals.
of Human
▪ Development takes place gradually.
Development
▪ Development as a process is complex
because it is the product of biological,
cognitive and socioemotional processes
(Santrock,2022)
▪ Traditional Approach
▪ Believes that child will show extensive
change from birth to adolescence, little or
no change in adulthood and decline in
Approaches to late old age

Human
▪ Life-span Approach
Development
▪ Believes that even in adulthood
developmental change takes place as it
does during childhood
▪ Development is lifelong.
▪ Development is multidimensional.
Life-Span ▪ Development is plastic.
Development ▪ Development is contextual.
▪ Development involves growth,
maintenance and regulation
Developmental Tasks
(Santrock, 2022)
▪ conception to birth
▪ Involves tremendous growth from an
Prenatal Period single cell to an organism complete with
brain and behavioral capabilities.
▪ From birth to 18-24 months
▪ Extreme dependence on adults
▪ Psychological activities are just
Infancy beginning such as language, symbolic
thought, sensorimotor coordination and
social learning
▪ End of infancy to 5-6 years old
(Grade 1)
▪ Preschool years
▪ More self-sufficient and care for
themselves
Early Childhood
▪ School readiness
▪ Spend many hours in play with
peers
▪ 6-11 years of age
▪ Elementary school years
▪ Fundamental skills of reading, writing and
arithmetic are mastered
Middle and Late ▪ Formally exposed to the larger word and
Childhood its culture
▪ Achievement becomes a more central
theme of the child’s world
▪ Self-control increases
▪ 10-12 years of age ending up to 18-22
years of age
▪ Rapid physical changes begins
▪ Pursuit of independence and identity are
Adolescence prominent
▪ Thought is more logical, idealistic and
abstract
▪ Late teens or early 20s lasting
through the 30s
▪ Establishing personal and
economic independence
▪ Career development
Early Adulthood ▪ Selecting a mate
▪ Learning to live in an intimate way
▪ Starting a family and rearing
chidren
▪ 40-60 years of age
▪ Time of expanding personal and
social involvement and
responsibility
Middle ▪ Assisting the next generation in
Adulthood becoming competent and mature
individuals
▪ Reaching and maintaining
satisfaction in a career
▪ 60’s and above
▪ Adjustment to decreasing strength
and health
Late Adulthood ▪ Life review
▪ Retirement
▪ Adjustment to new social roles
▪ Nature vs Nurture
Issues on
Human ▪ Continuity vs Discontinuity
Development ▪ Stability vs Change

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