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The word Maturation was first used in child psychology by
1. William McDougall
2. J. B. Watson
3. A. Gesell
4. None of them

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : A. Gesell

Gesell was one of the first psychologists to systematically describe children’s physical, social and emotional behavior through a quantitative study of human development.

  • He was the first who used the maturational viewpoint that was used in child development. 
  • According to the maturational viewpoint, all children go through the same stages of development based on the maturation of their brain and body. This includes everything from the changing ability to grasp objects in infancy to the changing way in which children acquire or collect objects.
  • You might have noted that development follows an orderly sequence and that the biological and evolutionary history of the species decides the order of this sequence.
  • This viewpoint has been criticized as it did not acknowledge individual and cultural differences in child development.
  • He created a foundation for subsequent research that described both average developmental trends and individual differences in development.

Educational Implication of Maturational Viewpoint

  • The maturational viewpoint of Arnold Gesell in school readiness of children and in early childhood classrooms.
  • According to the maturational viewpoint, readiness is seen as a phenomenon that happens within the child’.
  • Though, we know that all children follow the same stages of development, there will be differences in the rate of development due to genetic make-up.

Hence, we can conclude that The word Maturation was first used in child psychology by A. Gesell.

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