MSW                                      Paper-III 
           
           
             HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT- DEVELOPMENTAL 
                                 PSYCHOLOGY 
           
           
                                     Author 
                             Dr. Pratima Kumari Mishra 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
      Syllabus 
        Unit-I Growth and Development. 
      Psychology: Relevance of Psychology for social work practice, Meaning of 
      growth and Development, Approaches to study of Human Development, 
      Principles of Human Development, Biological influences of Human Growth 
      and  Behaviours,  Personality  Theories,  Psychodynamic  and  Behavioural 
      Theories. 
       
        Unit-II Development Stages: 
      Physical, Social and Educational Aspects of the following developmental stages 
      with special  reference  to  Indian  conditions  (a)  infancy  (b)  Babyhood  (c)  Early 
      Childhood (d) Late childhood (e) Adolescence (f) Early Adulthood (h) Middle Age 
      (i) Old Age.  
         
      Unit-III Medical and psychiatric Information. 
      Concept of health and Hygiene. Communicable and deficiency diseases. 
       
      Unit-IV. Concept of normality and abnormality. 
      Symptoms, causes and treatment of the following Neurosis Psychopathic 
      disorders and Mental retardation role of Social Worker in promoting health. 
       
       
       
       
       
                                                         UNIT-I 
                                        GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
               CONTENTS  
               UNIT-I 
                       
               1.0.   OBJECTIVES 
               1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION 
               1.2.  PSYCHOLOGY  AND  SOCIAL  WORK:  THE  RELEVANCE  OF 
               PSYCHOLOGY TO SOCIAL WORK 
               1.3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 
                      1.3.1 GROWTH: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 
                      1.3.2. DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 
               1.4. PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
               1.5. FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
               1.6. PERSONALITY: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 
                      1.6.1. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 
                      1.6.2. STRUCTURING PERSONALITY 
                      1.6.3. TYPES OF DEFENSE MECHANISMS 
                      1.6.4. DEVELOPING PERSONALITY: PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES 
               1.7. COMPARISON OF PERSONALITY THEORIES 
               1.8. LET US SUM UP 
               1.9. CHECK YOUR PROGRESS 
                
                
                
                
                       
               1.0.   OBJECTIVES 
                      After learning this unit, the students will be able to: 
                       
                     Define Psychology 
                     Importance of Psychology for social work practice 
                     Differentiate between growth and development 
                     Learn about various approaches and principles of human development 
                     Understand the biological influences on human growth and behaviors 
                     Know about various personality theories of growth and development 
                       
               1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION 
                     Psychology owes its origin from Philosophy. In the year 1950, Rudolf Goeckle 
               first used the word „Psychology‟. The term „Psychology‟ is a combination of two 
               Greek words „Psyche‟ and „Logus‟ which mean „Soul‟ and „Science‟, respectively. 
               It has a long history. A review of the history of psychology reveals that during the 
               Greek  period  philosophers  dominated  the  field  of  psychology.  At  that  time, 
               Psychology was not a separate discipline. It got scientific status in the year 1879, 
               when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychological laboratory at Leipzig in 
               Germany.  It  has  been  defined  differently  by  different  philosophers  and 
               psychologists. The most appropriate definition of psychology has been advocated 
               by R.S. Woodworth (1910-1960). According to him, “Psychology is the scientific 
               study of the activities of the organism in relation to its environment”. Psychology 
               is  a  positive  science  which  helps  to  understand,  predict  and  control  human 
               bbehaviour. It uses scientific methods to study different activities and experiences 
               systematically. The word „activities‟ includes both external behaviours and internal 
               mental processes. It studies behavior of living organisms, both animals and human 
               beings.  It  acknowledges  the  role  of  environment  in  shaping  the  behavior  of 
               organisms.  Thus,  it  is  concluded  that  psychology  is  the  scientific  study  of