This document discusses human development and the factors that influence it. It notes that development refers to the series of qualitative changes an organism undergoes from embryonic stage to maturity. The main factors affecting human development include heredity, environment, home/family, culture, socio-economic status, education, training, air, sunlight, and nutrition. It also outlines some common hazards during infancy, childhood/pre-adolescence, and adolescence, as well as reasons for failure to complete developmental tasks like lack of learning opportunities and motivation.

1. A Presentation by
Dhanya Vijay. P.V

2. Development refers to the
qualitative changes in the organism as
a whole.
In Webster,s dictionary,
development is defined as “the series
of changes which an organism
undergoes in passing from an
embryonic stage to maturity.”

3. Factors Affecting Human
Development.
Hereditary.
Environment.
Home Environment or Family.
Culture.
Socio-economic Status.
Education and Training.
Role of air, sunlight and nutrition.

4. Common Hazards of Development
at Different Stages.
Infancy.
Childhood or Pre-Adolescence.
Adolescence.

5. Reasons for Failure in
Developmental Tasks.
Lack of Learning Opportunities.
Lack of Motivation.

6. Regardless of their origin, hazards
can and do affect the physical,
psychological, and social adjustments
of a person.
As Erikson has explained, “the
struggles that inevitably characterize
all growth can generate utterly
reliable talents as well as intractable
problems.”