CHARACTERISTICS OF GROWTH;

Development includes both the growth and maturity.with respect to growth,you can write different stages of human development like.dividing into
i.infancy birth to 4 years of life
ii.childhood 4 to 10 years
iii.preadolescence 10 to 14 years
iv.adolescence 14 to 19 years
now add some changes ,by keeping in mind physical aspects of growth.like infants' dependence to mother for all the needs,affiliation and all .similarly certain changes are experienced in childhood stage and so on.do write them too.
CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPMENT;

try to cover the psychological aspects of development i this section as ,the physical one is discussed above.few important ones are
i.individuality 19 to 23 years
ii.alliance 23 to 30 years
iii.practice 30 to 35 years
iv.evaluation 35 to 40 years
so add some relevant details here too.you can add some more like self confidence,emotional stability and etc.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MATURITY;

i.self awareness 40 to 43 years
ii.readjustment 43 to 45 years
iii.mastery 50 to 55 years
iv.reevaluation 55 to 60 years
add the details here too.
tried to present the answer in an easier way.if anybody finds something ambiguous ,let me know .will try to explain.