Human Growth and Development

What is development?

• Learning how to prevent injuries

• Increase in height and weight

• It's the qualitative aspect that takes into account biological and behavioral changes of a person

• Growth that stops at a certain age

Which of these is NOT true?

• Growth stops after maturation

• Development is qualitative in nature

• Growth is not a part of development

• development can occur without growth

Which of these is NOT a factor that affects human growth and development?

• Heredity

• Number of friends

• Nationality

• Gender

At what stage in life do athletic abilities develop drastically?

• Infancy

• Early adulthood

• Adolescence

• Childhood

What is growth?

• Quantitative improvement that takes physical changes into account

• Losing more cells as you age

• Growing of the body that never stops

• increase in hair length