HKIN 425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Egg Cell, Lean Body Mass, Antibody
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Growth: an increase in the size of the body as a whole and of its parts. Often involves differential timing - within (legs vs. torso) and between individuals (maturational differences) End point differs in each individual all though each finishes as fully grown . Development: acquisition of behavioural competence learning appropriate behaviours as ex- pected by society. The process by which children and adolescents learn to behave in culturally appropriate ways. Difficult to measure (neuromuscular control, skill, social behaviour) Adaptation: the body"s accommodation to the immediate environment (external processes). Examples: antibodies in response to infection, lean body mass and or bone in re- sponse to training, reduced growth in height in response to second hand smoke and re- duced overall growth due to malnutrition. Of the primates, humans are the longest growing. Time to increase capacity for fine motor skills, coordination, etc. Pattern of growth - every child passes through the same stages.
