Article History. The main hormones concerned with growth are pituitary growth hormone, thyroid hormone, the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen, and the pituitary gonadotropic (sex-gland-stimulating) hormones.
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Human growth hormone (hGH) —Hormone produced by the pituitary gland in the brain. It is usually released during sleep in response to positive and negative signals from the hypothalamus. Also known as the master hormone of the body, hGH affects growth, development, immunity, and metabolism.
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Growth and development occur across the life stages and focuses on the physical, intellectual, emotional and social changes that humans go through. Growth Centile charts are used to measure changes in growth.
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Differentiate periods of human development. Analyze your own location in the life span. Judge the most and least preferable age groups with which to work. Contrast social classes with respect to life chances. Explain the meaning of social cohort. Critique stage theory models of human development.
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This chapter describes how the human organism grows and develops from fertilization through death. The following stages of life are described in detail: germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
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Physical development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness. Cognitive development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Psychosocial development involves emotions, personality, and social relationships.
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Growth is a pivotal yet occasionally overlooked dimension of human development. Its significance is most pronounced during infancy and childhood, during which physical transformations usher in a diverse array of new behaviors and experiences.
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human development, the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity. Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child gets bigger, there are changes in shape and in tissue composition and distribution.
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Human development refers to the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development of humans throughout the lifespan. What types of development are involved in each of these three domains, or areas, of life? Physical development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness.
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