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Basic Concepts and Issues On Human Development

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Basic Concepts and Issues On Human Development

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Module 1.

1: Basic
Concepts in
Human
Development
By: Dominic Joseph D. Rivera, RPm
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
+Define human development based on your own words and
acquired academic knowledge.
+Distinguish and be familiarized between the traditional and life-
span approach of development.
“ The process of development involves
beginnings and endings”.

What was this organism then? What will


this organism be?
Approaches to Human Development
Life-span – An
Traditional – An approach to human
approach to human development which
development which states that even in
states that extensive adulthood
change will happen from developmental change
birth to adolescent, but takes place as it does
little or no change in during childhood.
adulthood, and decline in
late old age.
Characteristics of Life-span development
1. Development is lifelong – It does not end in childhood.
2. Development is plastic – Plasticity refers to the potential for
change.
+Development is possible throughout the life-span. No one is too old
to learn.
+Aging is sometimes associated with declines in certain intellectual
abilities. (Reasoning abilities of older adults can be improved
through retraining).
Characteristics of Life-span development

3. Development is multidimensional – Development consists


of biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional dimensions.
+Development is complex
4. Development is contextual
5. Development involves growth, maintenance and
regulation.
Biological dimension of human
development
+Involves changes in the individual’s physical nature.
+People will experience hormonal changes when they reach the
period of puberty, and cardiovascular decline as they approach
late adulthood.
Biological dimension of human
development
+Development is relatively orderly – The muscular
control of a person’s trunk and arms comes earlier as compared
to the hands and fingers. Proximo distal pattern.
+Development takes place gradually – It takes years for a
person to develop from infancy to adulthood. “The seed does not
germinate overnight”.
Cognitive dimension of human development

+Cognitive processes involves changes in the


individual’s thought, intelligence, and language.
Socioemotional dimension of human
development
+Socioemotional dimension involves processes or
changes in individual’s relationships with other
people, changes in emotions, and changes in
personality.
“The biological, cognitive, and socioemotional
dimension or processes are inextricably intertwined”.

The dimensions are studied separately, but the effect


of one process/ dimension or factor on a person’s
development is not isolated from the other
processes.
Characteristics of Life-span development
4. Development is contextual – Individuals are changing beings in
a changing world. Individuals respond to and act on contexts
(individuals biological make up, physical environment, cognitive
processes, history, society/social and culture).
Characteristics of Life-span development

5. Development involves growth, maintenance, and


regulation
• Growth, maintenance, and regulation are three goals of
human development.
• The goals of individuals vary among developmental stages.\

“As individuals reach middle and late adulthood, concern with growth
gets into the backstage while maintenance and regulation take the
center stage”.

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