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- is a lifelong process beginning before birth and extending to death
- each moment in life, every human being is in a state of personal evolution |
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- largely drive the process
- our cognitive abilities advance and decline in response to the brain’s growth in childhood and reduced functioning in old age |
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| Psychosocial–spiritual development... |
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- also significantly influenced by physical growth
- changing body and brain, together with environment, shape a client’s identity and relationships with other people |
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| Human development is the product of... |
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- elaborate interplay of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual influences
- As children develop physically, gaining greater psychomotor control and increased brain function, they become more sophisticated cognitively—that is, more adept at thinking about and acting upon their environment
- these physical and cognitive changes, in turn, allow them to develop psychosocially and spiritually, forming individual identities and relating effectively and appropriately with other people |
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