Human Development — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Development is a process by which an individual grows and changes throughout the life cycle.

• The term Development refers to the changes that have a direction and hold definite relationship with what precedes it.
• Includes changes in size (physical growth), changes in proportion (child to adult), changes in features (disappearance of baby teeth) and acquiring new features.

Development includes growth as one of its aspects.
Growth:

• Growth refers to an increase in the size of body parts or of the organism as a whole.
• It can be measured or quantified, e.g. growth in height and weight.

Maturation: Refers to the changes that follow an orderly sequence and are largely dictated by the genetic blueprint which produces commonalities in our growth and development.