Unit 3 — Motor Development and Skills Development

Section 18: Human Growth and Development

 

Section Objectives:

• The four key components of human development
• The relationship between physical development and age, and the various methods used to measure age
• The study of human morphology and the three morphological types
• The four basic stages of physical human growth and development
• The four distinct phases of movement
• The various rates of growth for different body parts
• Key factors that affect physical growth
• Definition of cognitive development and the ways in which it occurs in children
• An exploration of socialization and how it relates to cognitive development