Which of the following statement or statements is/are false ?
(a) It is not necessary to understand that each child is unique.
(b) The child develops as unified whole.
(c) Any problem in one aspect of development is likely to affect the others.
(d) Development is a sequential process.
- ((a))
(a), (b) and (c)
- ((b))
(b) and (c)
- ((c))
(c) and (d)
- ((d))
Only (a)
Show Answer
Only (a)
Human beings keep changing. During their lives, they change in size, appearance, and psychological makeup. The way they change differs from individual to individual.
- But the fundamental underlying patterns of growth and development remain more or less the same and take place in an orderly way.
- Each individual, with his unique heredity and the way he is nurtured, determines the way he traverses the broad highway of his life at his rate of progress.
- They will attain the size, shape, capacities, and developmental status in a way that is peculiar to them at each stage of life.

Key Points
- Development refers to qualitative changes taking place simultaneously with quantitative changes of growth.
- It may be defined as a progressive series of orderly, coherent changes.
- The term progressive signifies that changes are directional, that they lead forward rather than backward.
- Orderly and coherently suggest that there is a definite relationship between the changes taking place and those that precede or will follow them.
- The development represents changes in an organism from its origin to its death, but more particularly the progressive changes which take place from origin to maturity.
- Thus, development may be explained as the series of overall changes in an individual due to the emergence of modified structures and functions that are the outcome of the interactions and exchanges between the organism and its environment.
Hence, taking into account the above statements, we can conclude that option a is the wrong statement because we need to understand the individual differences existing among individuals.



















