Ch. 08 Human Growth and Development
What is Growth?
The measurable physical changes that occur throughout a person’s life.
What is Development?
Changes in intellectual, mental, emotional, social, and functional skills that occur over time.
What are Life Stages?
Stages of growth and development each person passes through from birth to death.
What is Physical Development?
Body growth, including height and weight changes, muscle and nerve development, and changes in body organs.
What is Mental (Cognitive) Development?
Intellectual development, such as learning how to solve problems, make judgments, and deal with situations.
What is Emotional Development?
Development of feelings, including dealing with love, hate, joy, fear, excitement, and other similar feelings.
What is Social Development?
Interactions and relationships with other people.
What is Infancy?
The life stage from birth to 1 year.
What is Early Childhood?
The life stage from 1–6 years of age.
What is Late Childhood?
The life stage from 6–12 years; also called preadolescence.
What is Adolescence?
The life stage from 12–18 years.
What is Early Adulthood?
The life stage from 19–40 years.
What is Middle Adulthood?
The life stage from 40–65 years.
What is Late Adulthood?
The life stage from 65 years and older.
What is Puberty?
The development of the sexual organs and secondary sexual characteristics.
What are Needs?
A lack of something that is required or desired.
What are Physiological Needs?
Physical or biological needs required by every human to sustain life, such as food, water, oxygen, and sleep.
What is Safety?
The need to be free from fear and anxiety and to feel secure in the environment.
What is Affection?
A sense of belonging and the ability to give and receive friendship and love.
What is Esteem?
The need for self-respect and the approval of others.
What is Self-Actualization?
Obtaining full potential; being confident and self-secure.
What does it mean to be Motivated?
To be stimulated to act so that needs will be met.
What is Satisfaction?
A feeling of pleasure or fulfillment that occurs when a need is met.
What is Tension?
An uncomfortable inner sensation that occurs if a need is not met.
What is Terminal Illness?
A disease that cannot be cured and will result in death.