Description should include physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth and how each type of growth relates to the others.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

What factors affect an individual’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
What criteria can be used to evaluate an individual’s stage of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
How would you classify the developmental stages from birth to death?
What is the relationship between late adulthood and social withdrawal?
What is the relationship between the identities of self in relation to others?
How does childhood trauma affect human growth?

Communication

How are physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth interrelated?
How does an understanding of human growth and development help build strong families?
What are the consequences of poor communication on an individual’s growth?

Leadership

Why are observation skills crucial when working in a child care setting?
How do cognitive abilities change as people move throughout the lifespan?
What leadership skills promote physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth in ourselves and others?
What happens to one aspect of human growth if another is neglected? For example, what happens to an individual’s social growth if emotional growth is not nurtured?
What additional skills are needed when working with children who have experienced trauma?

Management

What could be done to manage emotional stress?
What data would you use to measure a child’s development?
How could you prove that culture affects human development?
What cues help people recognize milestones in their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
What are the milestones in your physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
How can family activities be managed to enhance family members’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?