Basic Concepts &

Issues on Human
Development

Introduction
 “Byvirtue of being born to
humanity, every human
being has a right to the
development and fulfillment
of his potentialities as a
human being.”
 -Ashley Montagu
Introduction

 Every living creature is called to become

what it is meant to be.
 The process of dev’t
involves beginnings &
endings.

 What was this organism

then? What will this
organism be?

 Up to the present several

issues on human
development are
unresolved & so the
search for explanations
continue.
 In this unit, you will be acquainted w/ human
development as
 a process,
 the developmental tasks that come along with
each developmental stage and
 relevant issues that are raised about human
development.