Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Trends and issues
- List of Family life-cycles
- List of Figures and Tables
- Note to the Student
- Note to the Instructor
- How to use the CD-ROM
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 The Study of Human Development
- Part 2 Conception and Birth
- Part 3 Infancy
- 6 Physical Development in Infancy
- 7 Cognitive Development in Infancy
- 8 Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
- Part 4 Toddlerhood
- Part 5 The Pre-school Years
- Part 6 Middle Childhood
- Part 7 Adolescence
- Part 8 Studying Human Development
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM
6 - Physical Development in Infancy
from Part 3 - Infancy
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Trends and issues
- List of Family life-cycles
- List of Figures and Tables
- Note to the Student
- Note to the Instructor
- How to use the CD-ROM
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 The Study of Human Development
- Part 2 Conception and Birth
- Part 3 Infancy
- 6 Physical Development in Infancy
- 7 Cognitive Development in Infancy
- 8 Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
- Part 4 Toddlerhood
- Part 5 The Pre-school Years
- Part 6 Middle Childhood
- Part 7 Adolescence
- Part 8 Studying Human Development
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM
Summary
… He Sorted Out Those of the Largest Size
‘I weep for you’, the Walrus said
‘I deeply sympathise’.
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.’
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking GlassKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Growth
Development
Norms
Low birth weight
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
Maturational theory
Genogram
Introduction
Everyone understands in a general way what is meant by growth. You only have to walk into a nursery or school and see the wall charts that enable parents or teachers to assess the heights of children. Listening in on any conversation between parents and grandparents about a grandchild will also generally reveal a reference to the child's growth at some point.
The British Medical Dictionary defines growth as ‘The progressive development of a living being or part of an organism from its earliest stage to maturation including the attendant increase in size’. In the same dictionary, the definition of ‘development’ is: ‘The series of changes by which the individual embryo becomes a mature organism’. ‘Growth’ tends to have the restricted meaning of anatomical and physical change. That is, it refers to an increase in size. Its progression is mainly structural and can be measured or quantified. Development refers to an increase in complexity involving both structure and function and, as such, covers the emergence of psychological attributes, ideas and understanding, as well as the acquisition of motor and sensory skills.
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- Child, Adolescent and Family Development , pp. 121 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002