GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW
EDU101 (The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles)
FIRST SEMESTER
★ SOCIO-EMOTIONAL PROCESS
GROWTH
- Involves changes in the individual’s
● An increase in the size of bodily relationship with others.
parts or of the organism as a
whole. NATURE VS. NURTURE
● It signifies quantitative changes.
NATURE
DEVELOPMENT ● Refers to a person’s inherited
characteristics determined by
● The orderly and sequential genetics.
changes that occur with the ● We genetically inherit physical
passage of time as an organism traits from our parents, but we also
moves from conception to death. inherit personality traits,
● Also referred to as gradual intelligence, and preferences.
growth which indicates changes in
character.
NATURE VS. NURTURE
MATURATION NURTURE
● The process wherein development ● Refers to a person’s experiences
in the individual is due to bodily in the environment.
changes determined by heredity. ● The household and city we grew
up in, how we were raised by our
parents, teachers, and friends -
MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
these are environmental factors
DEVELOPMENT
that determine who we are.
● Development is relatively orderly.
● Development is likely to vary
HEREDITY: THE GENETIC SIDE
among individuals.
● Development takes place HEREDITY
gradually.
● Refers to the sum total of
● Development as a process is
characteristics biologically
complex.
transmitted through parents to
offspring and directly determining
As a process, it is a product of…
physical constitution and traits.
★ BIOLOGICAL PROCESS ● It is nature's way of passing on to
- Involves changes in the individual’s children the actual and potential
physical nature. characteristics of parents.
★ COGNITIVE PROCESS
- Involves changes in the individual’s
thought, intelligence and
knowledge.
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EDU101 (The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles)
FIRST SEMESTER
★ SOCIO-EMOTIONAL PROCESS
GROWTH
- Involves changes in the individual’s
● An increase in the size of bodily relationship with others.
parts or of the organism as a
whole. NATURE VS. NURTURE
● It signifies quantitative changes.
NATURE
DEVELOPMENT ● Refers to a person’s inherited
characteristics determined by
● The orderly and sequential genetics.
changes that occur with the ● We genetically inherit physical
passage of time as an organism traits from our parents, but we also
moves from conception to death. inherit personality traits,
● Also referred to as gradual intelligence, and preferences.
growth which indicates changes in
character.
NATURE VS. NURTURE
MATURATION NURTURE
● The process wherein development ● Refers to a person’s experiences
in the individual is due to bodily in the environment.
changes determined by heredity. ● The household and city we grew
up in, how we were raised by our
parents, teachers, and friends -
MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
these are environmental factors
DEVELOPMENT
that determine who we are.
● Development is relatively orderly.
● Development is likely to vary
HEREDITY: THE GENETIC SIDE
among individuals.
● Development takes place HEREDITY
gradually.
● Refers to the sum total of
● Development as a process is
characteristics biologically
complex.
transmitted through parents to
offspring and directly determining
As a process, it is a product of…
physical constitution and traits.
★ BIOLOGICAL PROCESS ● It is nature's way of passing on to
- Involves changes in the individual’s children the actual and potential
physical nature. characteristics of parents.
★ COGNITIVE PROCESS
- Involves changes in the individual’s
thought, intelligence and
knowledge.
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