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Growth and Development
WHAT’S INSIDE
This chapter will cover the following important topics:
1. Growth and Development
2. Difference between Growth and Development
3. Principles of Development
4. Types of Development
INTRODUCTION
The word psychology is derived from two Greek words “psyche” and “logos”. Psyche means soul (life) and logos means knowledge (explanation) or the study of the soul. The founders of psychology were both philosophers and psychologists and both tried to find answers to philosophical questions in a scientific manner, like the distinction between nature and nurture, existence of free will, etc.
The word ‘psychology’ ...
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