Introduction to growth and development

1. Introduction to
Growth and Development

2. Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour, according
to the American Psychological Association

3. Developmental Psychology
• Developmental Psychology Studies Humans Across the
Lifespan.
• Developmental Psychology is a branch of psychology and the
scientific study of how people grow and change over the
course of life time.
• Developmental psychologists focus on human growth
and changes across the lifespan, including physical,
cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality
and emotional growth.

8. Definition by Elizabeth Hurlock
Development means a progressive series of changes that
occur in an orderly predictable pattern as a result of
maturation and experience.