Exercise 1.

Answer the following questions below.

1. “Growth is an evidence of life”, What does this mean?
Existence is demonstrated by growth. You can't be alive unless you expand. Bone,
muscle, tissue, and cell growth all contribute to this. As a result, growth must include
sufficient nutrition; otherwise, you will not grow as well as you should, indicating that
you have life.

2. Define development in your own words.

The term "development" refers to an object's advancement and growth. Development is
also the progress of making improvements and adjustments that are necessary for a better
quality of life and existence. It can also refer to something that has gone through a
maturation process.

3. State the 5 major principles of human development from a lifespan perspective. Give at
least one application of each principle in the teaching-learning process. What have these
principles to do with you as you teach learners?
 Development is lifelong.
 Development is multidimensional.
 Development is plastic.
 Development is contextual.
 Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation.

Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation. This principle will allow me
to teach learners improve their development and also my development as a future
educator.

4. Research further on the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development.

a. Illustrate both patterns by a drawing or diagram.

Cephalocaudal patterns of Proximodistal patterns of

development
Growth and development from the
head down is referred to as
cephalocaudal development. This
begins from infancy.
For example, a child's head
develops much sooner than his
or her legs. This is true both in
terms of physical growth and
motor development.
development
Proximodistal growth starts in the
center/core of the body and
gradually moves outwards to the
body's margins. It can be shown in
the ways that the foetus' spinal
cord develops first before the
outside fingers, toes etc.
An example of such a pattern
is the early development of
muscular control of the trunk
and arms relative to the hands
and fingers.
 Exercise 1.2

True or False. Write true if the statement is correct, and rewrite the statement if the statement is
wrong. Write the correct answer in the space before the number.
FALSE 1. Development consists only of biological and cognitive, not socioemotional
dimensions.
FALSE 2. Development ends in adulthood.
TRUE 3. Proximodistal pattern of development wherein muscular control of the trunk and the
arms comes earlier as compared to the hands and fingers.
TRUE 4. Human development begins at birth and continues through lifespan.
FALSE 5. Development is unidimensional.