Talk:Human development (biology)

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[edit] Missing classification?

I'm wondering to what classification a 3-10 year old human belongs. The article mentions birth-3 years, then jumps to 10 years. What is this middle ground (scientifically) refered to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.143.155 (talk) 07:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Does "Human development" refer only to biological development?

The article is heavy on biological aspects and takes a decidedly materialistic view, making a human being little more than an organism.

I think this quote provides additional perspectives that can lead us to explore additional aspects of human development in the article:

We can conceive of human development in a variety of ways. In political-economic terms, human development has to do with stability, security and relative prosperity. In social terms, it has to do with literacy, education, social relationships, quality of life, etc. In moral terms, it has to do with the development of the conscience, moral awareness, and the will and capacity to act according to our knowledge of what is right. In psychological terms, human development has to do with mental health, self-esteem, success in significant relationships, happiness. [1]

--Uncle Ed 14:14, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Nice quote. There is certainly more to human development than just biology. However it may be that each of these topics (social development, moral development, etc) are best handled in their own articles. -Willmcw 19:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree. The article's even called "Human Development (Biology)". --Partymetroid 06:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested merge

where do we discuss the suggested merging?+Human development is a disambig pg

i see no specific section marked out for the suggested merging discussion...so i'll just comment here. (if there is a specific place to discuss this, pls tell me...thanks.)

i clicked on the link to Human development...and it is a disambig pg, on which Human development (biology) is listed. can somebody pls clarify this? thnx. i'm just v confused... 202.156.6.54 13:24, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that anyone who would propose or support a suggested merge of Human development (biology) into Human development is not aware that Human development is also a psychological field by the same name. Biological human development simply cannot have the name all to itself. I just Googled "Department of human development" which found 180,000 pages, and ALL of the top ten pages refer to the psychological study of human development. There needs to be more than simply a redirect of Human development (psychology) to Developmental psychology. -DoctorW 17:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
The person who placed the proposed merge tag in June never commented! (Neither has anyone else.) I'm going to remove the tag. I believe that the existence of a disambiguation page in this case is non-negotiable anyway (see my comments immediately above). The psychological study of "human development" (known by that name as well as by the name "developmental psychology") cannot be ignored. Academic departments named "Human Development" refer to the psychological study. It has its own identity, and a very significant presence. Wikipedia has no choice but to acknowledge it. -DoctorW 03:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holistic Human Development?

I removed this paragraph from the article:

We can conceive of human development in a variety of ways. In political-economic terms, human development has to do with stability, security and relative prosperity. In social terms, it has to do with literacy, education, social relationships, quality of life, etc. In moral terms, it has to do with the development of the conscience, moral awareness, and the will and capacity to act according to our knowledge of what is right. In psychological terms, human development has to do with mental health, self-esteem, success in significant relationships, happiness [no punctuation or clear end of sentence]

...Otherwise the article is entirely about biological development. Perhaps some one would like to make it more coherent, more academically sound, and expand it into an article. On the other hand, it deals with such gigantic, sweeping generalities that it may be too unwieldy to make into a good quality article. -DoctorW 04:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Humandevelopment

Please see Template talk:Humandevelopment. -DoctorW 19:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Embryo

... Why doesn't this article include the embryo process? --Partymetroid 06:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, okay. There's already an article called "Human embryogenesis". Whoops. I guess it would be cryptic calling it "Post-birth Human Biological Development". ^_^; —Preceding unsigned comment added by Partymetroid (talk • contribs) 06:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Okay, needs some cleanup

These are the life stages I've been tought to know

  • Childhood(A Child is one who has not yet reached or is still going through puberty)
    • Infancy(Baby/Neotate/New Born: One who is newly born)
    • Toddlerhood(One who is learning ABC's, talking, walking, etc.)
    • Middle Childhood(Elemtry age/Primary education: one is knows there ABC's, etc. put is not mature enough for responsibility)
    • Preteenhood(Tween/Middle School age: One who is old enough for responsibility)
    • Adolescence(Teenhood/Late Childhood: One who is going through puberty)
  • Adulthood(One who is done with puberty)
    • Young Adult(One who is done with puberty but still has some growing up to do)
    • Middle age(One who is done growing up but is still able to produce offspring)
    • Old age(Senior Citizen/Advanced Adult: One who is too old to produce offspring)

The Average age for these would be

If anyone here agree's or disagree's tell me

--Mr. Comedian 16:31, 17 October 2007 (UTC)