increase in size
growth
occurs through cell multiplication
biologic growth
depends on variety of nutrients in the FOOD a child eats and on
the vast number of biochemical process of METABOLISM that supply the right materials in the right place, and time for forming and
maintaining
physiologic growth
growing TISSUES and ORGANS take
on an increased complexity of function; complex process of integrating structures & function with the
GRADUAL acquisition of physiologic competence; MATURATION OF FUNCTION
development
changes in structure &
function begin in the head, proceed toward the
body and then downward to the legs
cephalocaudal
starts in the central axis &
progresses toward the extremities
proximodistal
INTERDEPENDENT processes
associated with the period from CONCEPTION to MATURITY;
growth and development
attainment
of
body
size,
conformation & physiologic capabilities,
maturation/maturity
body’s
accommodation
or
adjustment to its immediate environment
adaptation
NOT a single independent phenomenon but a combination of
processes that occur at different times, DECLINE of function of cells, organs, and
organism as a whole
aging
begins at conception and ends at death
total life process
BASIC CONCEPTS OF NLS
- growth
- development
- growth and development
- maturation
- adaptation
- aging
NORMAL LIFE CYCLE PATTERN
- birth
- infancy
- childhood (preschool and school age)
- adolescence
- adulthood
Start of human body to undergo several stages, pregnancy and lactation for females
birth
First rapid growth spurt occurs
infancy
[infancy]
6 mos : double the birthweight
1 yr : triple the birthweight
Growth rate slows and become erratic; At some periods there are plateaus, at others small growth spurts occur
childhood
Second growth spurt occurs
adolescence
final phase of normal life cycle
adulthood
old to the point of nonfunctional
senescence
MENTAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH
- mental growth
- emotional growth
- social and cultural growth
Communication skills;
Ability to handle abstract & symbolic material in thinking;
mental growth
Measured in capacity for love and affection;
ability to handle frustration & its anxieties;
control aggressive impulses
emotional growth
ability to relate to others, and to
participate in group living and culture; learned first through relationships with parents, the with family
social and cultural growth
