Concept information
Preferred term
human development
Definition
- Human development is a normative evaluative approach to studies of development. Human development specifically focuses on achieving human flourishing, and it is different than other development approaches that focus on economic development. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Human Development]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- abuse
- adolescence
- adolescent development
- adolescents and landscape
- adult development
- age integration
- age stratification and the elderly
- aging and older development
- applied developmental science
- birth and infancy
- births
- child care
- child development
- children (age group)
- cognitive development
- community mental health centers
- community schools
- culture and diversity
- death
- death and dying
- disabled in communities
- early childhood development and education
- elder care and housing
- elderly in communities
- family and work
- family violence
- gender roles
- genetics/genetic testing
- healing
- health and well-being
- homeschooling
- household structure
- initiation rites
- intelligence, ability, and aptitude
- key people in human development
- language and communication
- laws and policies
- learning and memory
- liminality
- mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
- middle and young adulthood
- older adulthood and old age
- peer groups
- personality
- physical and biological development
- professional organizations and publications
- race, religion, and ethnicity
- schools
- sexuality and sex
- social development and social behavior
- statistics, research methods, and measurement
- substance abuse
- theories and ideas about development
- youth groups
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/human_development
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