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DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATIO
DEVELOPMENT – IS A SEQUENCE OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE IN A SYSTEM, EXTEND
A CONSIDERABLE TIME; SPECIFICALLY, SUCH CHANGE OR RELATED AND ENDURIN
PARTICULAR CHANGES, AS FOLLOWS ONE ANOTHER IN AN ORGANISM FROM ITS
MATURITY AND DEATH.
MATURATION – REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF CHANGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHICH
PRIMARILY AS A FUNCTION OF AGING OR TIME. IT EXCLUDES THE EFFECTS OF PR
AND EXPERIENCE. FOR INSTANCE, YOUNG BIRDS LEARN TO FLY WHEN THEIR WINFULLY MATURED IRRESPECTIVE OF EXERCISE OR PRACTICE.
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GENERALIZATION ABOUT DEVELOPM1. VARIABILITY – DEVELOPMENT IS AN ORDERLY PROCESS. ITS RATE IS NOT CONSTANT BUT IS
IN AND BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. THE RATE OF MATURATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES PROCE
―FITS AND STARTS‖ RATHER THAN IN A CONTINUOUS, SMOOTH FASHION.
2. INDEPENDENCE – DIFFERENT PARTS AND SYSTEMS OF THE BODY DEVELOP IN LARGELY INDEPE
PATTERNS AND SEQUENCE.
3. DIFFERENTIATION – DIFFERENTIATION INCREASES WITH DEVELOPMENT. AS THE FETUS GROW
UTERUS, DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ALONG THE LINE FROM ITS HEAD TO ITS TAIL CALLED CEPHA
AXIS (HEAD-TAIL AXIS). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ALSO OCCURS ALONG A PRIXOMO — DISTAL A
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE FETUS BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOD
DISTANT FROM THE CENTER.
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GENERALIZATION ABOUT DEVELOPM
4. INTEGRATION – INCREASES WITH DEVELOPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN ANY MOTOR ACT LIKE SIT
DRIVING CARS, PRESSING A BUTTON, ETC. A COMPLEX SERIES OF MUSCLE MOVEMENTS ARE WHICH ARE USUALLY PERFECTED AWKWARDLY AT FIRST BUT ARE SOON COORDINATED AS TH
ARE REPEATED.
5. PREDICTABILITY – SEQUENCES IN MATURATION ARE MORE PREDICTABLE THAN RATES OF MAT
WHILE MOST INFANTS FOLLOW A CERTAIN PATTERN OF MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
6. LIMITATION – MATURATION SETS THE LIMITS ON LEARNING. AN INFANT CANNOT LEARN TO C
MOVEMENTS INVOLVED IN DIRECTING A SPOON TOWARD AND INTO THE MOUTH UNTIL HIS SK
AND HIS NERVOUS AND MUSCULAR SYSTEM ARE SUFFICIENTLY MATURED TO PERMIT SUCH L
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CONDITIONS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOP
1. PHYSICAL CHANGE – INVOLVES A CHANGE IN SIZE AND PROPORTION IN RELATION TO HEIG AND TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND ORGANS OF THE BODY.
2. FUNCTIONAL CHANGE – INVOLVES SLOWING DOWN OF MENTAL PROCESSES LIKE THE ABILI
PERCEIVE THINGS, THE ABILITY TO REASON, THE INCREASE IN VOCABULARY, ABILITY, ETC.
3. HEREDITY- THE GENE STRUCTURE CONTROLS AND LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF VARIATION IN T
STRUCTURE OF THE BODY.
4. ENVIRONMENT -