2. Growth ⚫Growth: Quantifiable change in structure
⚫Physical Changes: Physical changes in height, weight, and head
circumference
3. Measuring Growth
❑ Growth patterns
➢ Growth rate not steady (infancy vs. school-age)
➢ Different body parts grow at different rates
❑ Growth charts
➢ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
➢ Chart linear, weight, and head circumference
(infants); body mass index-for-age
➢ Serial measurements best reflection of growth
6. Learning
&
Maturation
⚫Learning: the process of gaining specific knowledge or
skills that results from exposure, experience, education, and
evaluation
⚫Maturation: an increase in competence and adaptability
that reflects changes in the complexity of a structure that
make it possible for that structure to begin to function or to
function at a higher level
Learning cannot occur unless the individual is mature
enough to understand and control behavior.
