Category:Human development

Human development refers to the biological and psychological development of the human being throughout ones lifespan. It consists of the development of the neonate throught infancy. It describes the development of the child by parenting, and the childs development through adolescence to adulthood. It also describes the characteristics and stages of adult life, leading to old age and death of the human individual. The scientific study of human development is called as Developmental psychology.

Subcategories

There are 7 subcategories to this category.

Adoption Aging

C Child rearing Childhood I Infancy

I cont. Interpersonal relationships P Parenting

Articles in category "Human development"

There are 38 articles in this category.

Adolescence Adult Attachment theory B Birth order C Child Childbirth Childhood amnesia Concrete Operational stage D Developmental psychology Developmental stage Dysfunctional family E Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

F Family Father Formal Operational stage Freudian psychosexual stages I Imaginary friend Imprinting (psychology) Individuation K Kohlberg's stages of moral development M Maslow's hierarchy of needs Mid-life crisis Mother N Nuclear family O Object permanence

O cont. Observational learning Old age P Postpartum period Pre- and perinatal psychology Preoperational stage Psychosexual development Puberty S Sensorimotor stage Seven ages of man Social cognitive theory of morality T Theory of cognitive development Theory of multiple intelligences Y Young adult