Education

1. PSYCHOLOGY
GROWTH
&
DEVELOPMENT

2. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
• Growth can be defined as an increase in
size, length, height, and weight or the
changes in quantitative aspects of an
organism.
• Development is a series of orderly
progression towards maturity. It implies
overall qualitative changes resulting in
the improved functioning of the
organism.

3. GROWTH VS DEVELOPMENT
• quantitative changes in size,
weight number etc.
• one of the parts of
development.
• changes that take place in
particular aspects of the body &
behaviour
stops with the attainment
• continue throughout life but
of
maturity
• changes may be measured
• quantitative & observable
• may or may not bring about
development.
• qualitative
• changes in the quality
• overall changes in the
individual. Growth is one of
its parts
• describes the changes in the
organism as a whole.
• continuous process- from
womb to tomb
• changes
nature
are qualitative in
& cannot be
measured- can be assessed
• possible without growth

4. PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT
• There are seven principles of development
that have been put forth from the scientific
knowledge gained from observing
children.

5. PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF INTER-RELATED DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION OF HEREDITY &
ENVIROMENT
• PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION OF MATURATION &
LEARNING

6. PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
• This states that development is a
continuous process.
• Only disease or severe malnutrition
may halt its continuity for some time.

7. PRINCIPLE OF ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT
• It states that development proceeds from
general to specific directions.

8. PRINCIPLE OF SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
• According to this, development follows a
sequential pattern wherein puberty is achieved
before full physical structure.

9. PRINCIPLE OF UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT
• This states that even though
there is a set pattern of
development
individual differs
every
with
regards to the time he
achieves the changes.
• For ex. All children crawl
before standing but the age
at which they perform these
activities is different.

10. PRINCIPLE OF INTER-RELATED
DEVELOPMENT
• This states that the three types of developments that
take place in an individual are social, mental and
emotional.
• However these three are inter-related and one
doesn’t exist without the other.

11. PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION OF HEREDITY
& ENVIROMENT
• According to this
principle, an individual
is the product of his
heredity and
environment.
• Even though the genes
play an important role
in determining the rate
and quality of growth
and development, his
socio-cultural,
emotional and physical
environment has its
own importance.

12. PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION OF
MATURATION & LEARNING
• Maturation refers to the
changes in the developing
organism due to ripening
of abilities,
characteristics, traits,
behaviour due to training
etc.
• This principle states that
the interaction of the
maturity and learning
process of an individual
influences growth and
development.

13. STAGES OF CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT
• Every child is a changing,
growing and developing
organism. Rousseau
attempted to divide the
child’s development into 4
stages.
• infancy lasting upto 5 years,
• childhood lasting upto 12
years,
• adolescence upto 18 years
• maturity from 18 years
onwards