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BASIC CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
The virtue of being born to
humanity, every human being
has a right to the development
and fulfillment of his
potentialities as a human being.
-by Ashley Montagu
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
-Is the pattern of movement or change that
begins at
conception and continues through life span.

-It includes growth and decline.

-Means that development can be positive or


negative (Santrock, 2000)
SOME MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
1. Development is relatively orderly.
Proximodistal Pattern
-Control of the trunk and the arms comes earlier as
compared
to the hands and fingers.

Cephalocaudal Pattern
- from the top – head, with physical growth in size, weight
and future differentiation gradually working its way down
from top to bottom : neck, shoulders, middle trunk, and
etc.
SOME MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
2. While the pattern of development may be
similar,
the outcomes of development processes and
the use
of development are likely to vary among
individuals.

Ex. Home with a loving and caring parents-


warm and
responsible children and adolescents, adults
SOME MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
Home with deprived environment- carefree
and irresponsible adolescents and adults

Individual differences in developmental


characteristics and variation of ages when
people will experience events that will
influence their development .
SOME MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT

3. Development takes place gradually. – take


weeks,
months, years to undergo changes
SOME MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
4. Development as a process is complex because it is a
product of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional processes
(Sntrock,2002)

 Biological – physical changes, hormonal changes during


puberty, adolescence, cardiovascular decline during late
adulthood.
 Cognitive processes involve changes in the individual’s
thought, intelligence and language.
 Socio-emotional Process - changes in the individual’s
relationships with other people changes in emotions, and
changes in personality.
 Harmonious, displeasing, etc.
 In love, hatred, etc.
APPROACHES TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
TRADITIONAL
Human development shows extensive change
from birth to adolescence, little or no change
in adulthood and decline in the late old age.
LIFE SPAN
Human development occurs all through out
life-span of an individual.
Characteristics of Human Development
1. Development is lifelong.
- It does not end in adulthood, no development
stage dominates development.
2. Development is multidimensional.
- Development consists of biological, cognitive
and Socioemotional dimensions.
3. Development is elastic
– Development is possible throughout the life
span.
Characteristics of Human Development
4. Development is contextual – Individuals
are changing beings in a changing world.

5. Growth, Maintenance, and Regulation


These are considered goals in that varies in
every developmental change.

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