Human Growth and Development theories

Keywords: human growth, development, behavior, childhood Human Growth and Development Growth and development are two different biological terms that each living organisms will undergo from to transform from childhood to adulthood. There are lots of elements that are associated with growth and development; for example, in human beings, growth involves an increase in parts of body, we grow from being a child to being adults; on the other side, development is that progressive acquiring of skill as one grows (Van den Berg 2018), for example, a child I wasn’t able to speak comfortably, for now, am an adult, have the speaking skills, being able to express my feelings, I am learning new things and am having new relationships every day; all these skills are the parts of my development.

According to Bronfenbrenner (2018), growth and development can be explained in terms of theories, concepts, and different terminologies; therefore for this study, I will major on explaining those theories, concepts, and terminologies that correspond to my individual life, from childhood to thirty-one-year-old adult. Theory of Mind Being born in Lumberton North Carolina, I have gone through a lot of tough childhood development stages; I was raised by a single mom after my alcoholic father was hit by a drunk driver though for that day he wasn’t drunk. It is easy to relate how life turns to be when you are only six years old your move from being raised by two parents to single parenthood. Consequently, it made me learn that in the world we have both living and no living things; it made me learn that people get injured or they can fall sick, and broken parts don’t really repair themselves.

Life-Span Development In growth and development, we have the principles of life-span development; I think most of these principles have applied in my life in one way or other, the first principle is the “development is a lifelong belief”. According to Van den Berg (2018), life doesn’t have specific position or location to end, it is not a must that life should end at adult stage, circumstances can happen and maybe a one-year-old or unborn child dies, this is what happened to my nine months son, he died last year just a few days to give birth and this has really affected me, my life will never be the same as every day I think how my life would have been if I had my son and my daughter.

So life didn’t wait for him to grow to the point of being a father, it didn’t even give him the chance to see the world. In addition, Payne & Isaacs (2017), asserts that development for most cases might turn to have incurred actions that were not present during birth but they will emerge in the process of lifespan. The equivalent however extraordinary cases have connected to me, I wasn't brought into the world a young lady with trust issues, having confusions while managing my conjugal hardships and accommodation, these I have obtained as develop. As a child wished to have a fantasy of having a decent and cheerful family, however, this has officially transformed, I have swung to be a solid autonomous hitched lady, my better half and I we are not in great terms.

The same thing, as I child I was in a very comfortable relationship with my mom and my sister, but today all this has changed, today, we don’t look each other eyes, we have a strenuous relationship with both of them and for realm I think we need a professional therapist to help us, I know it is crazy and weird but I wasn’t born with these behaviors, it just development, I don't know whether it is from my colleagues or have the foggiest idea. However, the same but different cases have applied to me, I wasn’t born a girl with trust issues, having complications while dealing with my marital woes and submission, all of these I have acquired as grow.

As a child wished to have a dream of having a good and happy family, but this has already changed, I have turned to be a strong independent married woman, my husband and I we are not in good terms. My early adulthood years are really making me get a better understanding of life, the life experiences, situations and events I have gone through have really impacted my life; one of the life-impacting events is the death of my father when I was only six years and my older sister only fourteen years old. This really changed my life; my mother, for now, had all responsibilities, being an African American woman she had to work all the time for us to get food and all basic needs.

As result, she taught me how to be a strong and independent woman; I learned how important to have a complete family with both father and mother who can help each other raise their children. After my father passed, my sister began to have awkward behaviors, like lying and stealing, if my father wouldn’t have been there, I think he could have prevented all this. I can say all these are somehow normative and non-normative life events at the same time. References Bronfenbrenner, U.  The ecology of human development. Harvard university press. COUN502 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Liberty University Online, Itunes Access code; Podcast, Science & Medicine, Social Science, Liberty University http://deimos3. apple.  Human development: A life-span view. Cengage Learning.