Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion
- Foundations of growth and development
- Growth
- Increase in number and size of cells as they divide and synthesize new proteins
- Development
- Gradual change and expansion
- Advancement from lower to more advanced stages of complexity
- The emerging and expanding of the individual’s capacities through growth, maturation, and learning
- Maturation
- Increase in competence and expansion
- Differentiation
- Process by which cells and structures are modified and altered to achieve characteristic physical and chemical properties
- Sometimes used to describe the trend of mass to specific; development from simple to more complex activities and functions
- Growth
