The Mental Insider

  What is Human Growth and Development About?            Why are people different from one another? What makes “you” you? Who am I? Why do some succeed in life and others do not? These are a few questions that maybe we have asked at some point in our lives. Human growth and development is a complicated subject that has many variables that include biology, environment, culture, and personal factors that influence who we are. Human growth and development encompass the lifespan from conception to elderhood. It gives us a pathway or stages to follow and an appreciation for growth. Man has been trying to define human behavior and how it fits into human growth and development for centuries. As we evolve as humans, we are coming to understand that there are many factors that influence growth and development.             The early 1900’s saw an explosion in the subject of human growth and development with Sigmund Freud and hi...