Module 1

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Meaning,

Concepts and Approches
Learning
Outcomes
o Define Human Development in your
own words
o Be able to explain the principles of
human development
o Distinguish between the traditional and
life span approach of development
WHAT IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?
 SANTROCK 2002
o the pattern of movement or change
that begins at conception and
continues through the life span
o includes growth and decline
o can be positive or negative
 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

1. RELATIVELY ORDERLY
PROXIMODISTAL
PATTERN

Development
proceeds from the
center of the body
 LANDMARKS
OF MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
 CEPHALOCAUDAL
PATTERN

Development proceeds
from the head
downward
 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

2. While the pattern of development

is likely to be similar, the outcomes of
developmental processes and the
rate of development are likely to
vary among individuals.
A B
 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

3. Development take place

gradually.
 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

4. Development as a process is
complex because it is a product
of biological, cognitive and
socio-emotional process
 Biological process

Changes in
Height the Hormonal
and individual’s changes
Weight physical
nature
Cardiovascular decline
during late adulthood
 Cognitive process

Changes in the
individual’s
thought,
Sentence intelligence Sound
and language

word
 Socioemotional
process

Changes in the individual’s

relationship with other people
emotions and personality
 Traditional Approach

APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT

Life-span Approach
CHARACTERISTIC
OF LIFE-SPAN
 LIFE-LONG

It does not end by adulthood

and no development stage
dominates the development.
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL

Development consist of
biological, cognitive and
socio-emotional dimensions.
 PLASTIC

Development is possible
throughout the life-span.
CONTEXTUAL

Individuals are changing

beings in a changing
word.
GROWTH MAINTAINANCE
AND REGULATION
These are considered goals
in that varies in every
developmental change
 SOURCES:

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/urdaneta-city-
university/education/human-development-meaning-
concepts-and-approaches/34062664

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/surigao-state-
college-of-
technology/education/educ1learningmodulecompleted-
220326160014/51468898
Thank you CMCian.