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Individual Growth and Development
Individual Growth and Development
Karl E. Garrison in Azlia Abu Bakar. (2005) mentions developments result from
interelation between physical development and learning. All these developments
either structural, behavioral and personality skills are universal and according to
certain natural order. In addition, Paul Eggan and Don Kauchak in Mohd. Ahmad
Sharani (2005) opines that development is a continoues and permanent change in a
person as a result of learning, experience and maturity.
In short, Mok Soon Sang (2008) explains that the development is a qualitative
change that can not be measured quantitatively, but can be seen from the new
attributes that are different from an earlier stage.
Growth
Human growth and development or human enrichment is the focus of the study in
developmental psychology. Developmental psychologists, study the aspects of
human growth and development to see the connection between the factors that
influence them which are genes and the environment. They often try to determine
empirically whether genes or environment has more influence on the growth and
human development. The debate is still going on till this day.
Development