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Originally Posted by zubi
Q1 Whats the difference b/w growth, maturation and development??
Q2. What are the phases of growth, maturation and development??
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Growth is one of the characteristics of living organisms.
It is a process which involves to increase the size and complexity and change the shape of the bodies of living organisms. Growth is irreversible
Growth is irreversible. Growth in humans is rapid at two stages- first, during the period of gestation and two years after the birth of a child and second, during adolescence ( the age from 11 to 17 or 18 ).
Maturation has diverse meanings.
One meaning that is relevant to the topic of growth is
"the process of being mature". This period starts by the end of the puberty in human.
The term "development" can be used in a broader sense to define many different forms of life. However, development and growth are not similar.
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Originally Posted by mano g
growth and maturation are almost similar and they are related to nature, whereas development involves nurture....
growth refers to the physical and orderly changes in the body with age, on the other hand development includes experience as well that how your different aspects of life developed with the passage of time....
growth is somewhat physical and development covers vast range of life....
maturation or growth is genetically controlled, development involves environmental domains as well....
i hope it will help you a bit, as it's not the complete answer.
growth includes,physical, mental....then there are certain stages as well...embryonic, prenatal, post natal, early childhood, childhood, late childhood, adolescence, old age etc...
in each phase then we observe social, physical,cognitive and other aspects of development.
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Mano g you have almost said it about development and growth.
However,
development and growth are not similar in a sense.
The growth stops with the start of maturation. Maturity is the point of life when no more true growth occurs. An increase in the number of cells at this stage is solely used for regeneration processes. Whereas the
development continues in many different forms of life