Definition and features of growth.
Definition and features of growth.
What is growth? Discuss the characteristics of growth.
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Concept / definition of growth:-
Growth is a physiological process. Every child grows with the help of adaptation in the earthly environment. Every organ of his body grows. The ability to perform physiological activities is developed. Therefore, growth generally refers to the change in the physical size, structure, height, weight, etc. of a person.
Psychologist Frank says - Growth is the multiplication of human cells.
Psychologist Crow and Crow mean structural and physical changes by growth.
Philip Coombs says - Growth is only physiological adaptation.
Psychologist Harlock says, growth is a physiological change that adapts from a previous state to a new physical characteristic.
Discussing the above definitions, it can be understood that growth is a physiological change that is measurable and occurs over time. Growth causes changes in the size, height, weight, etc. of a person's body.
Features of Growth:-
1. Physiological Process:-
Growth is a completely physiological process. Growth causes changes in the physical aspects of the body such as weight, height, size, etc. These physical changes deeply affect the functioning of the person. In addition, physical changes also act as important factors in the formation of the personality of the person.
2. Measurable:-
Every area of growth is measurable. The changes that occur in a person as a result of growth are physical and these physical changes can be measured very easily. Since growth is measurable, another advantage of this is that it can be easily observed whether a person has grown a certain amount at a certain age.
3. Combined effect of environment and heredity: -
Environment and heredity together affect growth. The height, skin color, physical ability of a person are directly dependent on heredity. Again, the natural environment also affects growth. For example, people in mountainous and remote areas are usually short, the skin color of people living in equatorial regions is usually dark - etc.
4. Basis of development: -
Growth is the basis of the development process or the cause of development; or in other words, growth is the cause and development is its result. If a certain amount of growth does not occur at a certain age, it has a strong impact on the development process. Lack of proper physical growth also affects the development process.
5. Natural process: -
Growth is a natural process. The influence of external factors is secondary in the organization of growth. Heredity and the growth of a person in a specific natural environment is built into his physical organization; the external environment cannot affect it much.
6. Specific age: -
Growth occurs up to a certain age; That is, growth is not a lifelong process. For example, a person's height increases up to a certain age. Usually, the growth process occurs during puberty and the next few years.
7. Relationship with exercise: -
Growth is generally not related to exercise practice . However, there is a difference of opinion among educational psychologists on the subject. However, the cases where exercise is related to growth are organized in a fairly limited scope. For example, exercising the muscles of the hands will only cause the muscles of the hands to grow - it has no relationship with the muscles of other parts of the body.
8. Growth rate: -
The growth rate varies at different ages. For example, from birth to two or two and a half years, the growth rate of a child is very high. From then on, the growth rate decreases until two / three years before puberty. Again, during puberty, the growth rate of a child occurs at a very rapid rate; but after a few years of puberty, the growth rate decreases continuously.
9. Continuous and uninterrupted process:-
Growth is a continuous and uninterrupted process. Growth does not start suddenly from any age. The growth process is organized continuously in accordance with a certain age and this process is organized continuously up to a certain age.
10. Importance of growth in education:-
Since growth affects the development process, the importance of growth in education cannot be denied. If an education plan is adopted in accordance with the continuity of growth, it is very likely to be successful. However, since everyone's growth is an event at the same time and equally, the negative side of stratification in education is also present.
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