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A comprehensive overview of growth and development, covering key theories and concepts relevant to nursing practice. It explores various stages of life, from infancy to older adulthood, highlighting the importance of understanding developmental tasks and challenges. The document also delves into biological theories of aging, emphasizing the role of both programmed and stochastic factors. Key concepts such as erikson's stages of psychosocial development, piaget's theory of cognitive development, and freud's psychoanalytic model are discussed, providing valuable insights for nurses working with individuals across the lifespan.
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Growth - โโ- quantitative (an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in overall size or weight of the body and its parts)
Developmental tasks for older persons - โโ- adjusting to decreasing health and physical strength
Stochastic (error) Theories - โโ- ageing is seen as events that occur randomly and over time
Kohlberg's theory of moral development - โโ- developing children progress through a predictable sequence of stages of moral reasoning (preconventional, conventional, postconventional).
Communication development - โโ- includes speech and language