Correct Answer - Option 3 : Principle of Continuity
Development refers to an increase in structure for better and enhanced functioning of organs.
- It is a wide and continuous process, thus there are some principles that need to be followed for a better understanding of the concept.
- The above-mentioned idea is associated with the " Principle of Continuity".
- This principle defines that development is a continuous process from the womb to the tomb and continues gradually until reaching its maximum growth.
- The child, through the developmental process, passes continuously with changes although the pace and quantity of change vary from stage to stage.
- Although it seems that a child has a maturity level still he/she changes. For example, a child at the age of four has learned some words but later on, s/he will learn to prepare sentences out of it. So, development never ends but it continues till death.
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Other principles of development include:
- Development is cumulative.
- Development is the process of interaction.
- Development follows uniformity of pattern.
- Development is predictable and sequential.
- Development rate varies from person to person.
- Development proceeds from general to specific.
Hence, it could be concluded that the Principle of continuity defines that 'Development is a never-ending process'.
