Development refers to "good change" that improves living standards, health, well-being, and societal goods. However, the meaning of development remains vague, generally referring to beliefs about social progress. Theories of development have shifted from a focus on macro structures and structuralism to considering individual actors, constructivism, and differentiation. Developmental psychology also examines stages of human development and individual differences in development.

2. WHAT IS DEVELOPEMENT
• DEVELOPEMENT MEANS JUST ‘GOOD CHANGE’
• DEVOLOPEMENT IMPLIES INCREASES LIVING
STANDARDS,IMPROVED HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING FOR ALL AND ACHIVEMENT OF WHATEVER
IS REGARDED AS A GENERAL GOOD BY SOCIETY
• MEANING OF TERM DEVELOPMENT DESPITE IT’S
WIDE SPREAD USAGE,REMAINS VAGUE TENDING
TO REFER TO A SET OF BELIEFS AND
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TH NATURE OF SOCIAL
PROGRESS

3. GENERAL TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT
THEORY
FROM TO
MACRO STRUCTURES ACTOR-ORIENTATION
,AGENCY;INSTITUTION
STRUCTURALISM CONSTRUCTIVISM
GENERALIZING,HOMOGENIZING DIFFERENTIATING
DETERMINISM INTERPRITATIVE TURN,CONSTINGENCY

4. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
• ‘’The ideasof
development
workers,Both when
they are right and
when they are
wrong,are more
powerful than is
commonly
understood’’

5. DEVELPEMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

6. STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPEMENT

7. DIFFERENCES OF DEVELOPEMENT