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Concept of Development

NIOS · Class 10 · Home Science

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1. Basic Concepts: Growth, Development, Maturation, and Learning

  • Growth means increase in weight, height or length, and body proportions.
  • Growth is quantitative and physical only.
  • Development means qualitative changes in physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional, and other aspects.
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2. Heredity, Environment, and Individual Differences

  • Heredity is what a person is born with.
  • Heredity provides the basis for human personality and is a specific combination of inherited genes.
  • Capabilities are determined by heredity, but their development depends on environmental opportunities.
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3. Principles of Development

  • Development involves change from conception till death.
  • Development follows a fixed pattern or sequence.
  • Two major directions of development are cephalo-caudal and proximodistal.
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4. Types of Development

  • Physical development is the most visible change in a child.
  • Physical development includes gross motor skills and fine motor skills.
  • Cognitive development includes thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and memory.

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Growth is an increase in weightDevelopment includes qualitative changes in personalityMaturation is the unfolding of potentialLearning is the acquisition of newHeredity is what a person

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