5
Objectives
After studying this chapter, you will be able to
discuss how human development involves physical,
intellectual, and socio-emotional development.
identify how development occurs in an orderly and gradual
manner.
describe how every person’s rate and timing of development
is unique.
explain how physical, intellectual, and socio-emotional
development are interrelated.
summarize the current issue of nature versus nurture in
human development.
compare and contrast pedagogy and andragogy.
An Introduction to
Lifespan Development
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Key Terms
human development
physical development
gross-motor skills
fi ne-motor skills
cognition
cognitive development
socio-emotional
development
heredity
environment
nature versus nurture
debate
continuity
discontinuity
pedagogy
andragogy
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