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Child Growth Development: A deficiency of growth hormone during infancy results in the development of a dwarf; these individuals are not deformed and are normal in intelligence and sexual development. An excessive production of growth hormone during infancy or child growth developmenthood will lead to the development of a giant. When growth hormone begins to be produced in excessive quantities after normal growth has stopped, only the hands, feet, and chin enlarge; this condition is known as acromegaly (q. v.).
The child growth development who shows vigorous and well-proportioned growth and has the radiant appearance that comes from good health tends to elicit a favorable response from adults. On the other hand, a small, immature physique may hinder a child growth development's social adjustment, and lower his sense of personal adequacy. Muscular growth, with the accompanying motor facility and strength, makes possible many new activities. Development of the brain and nervous system affect not only the child growth development's intelligence but also his emotional and social adjustment. The reciprocal relation between physical and psychological factors may show up in psychosomatic disturbances.
The rate of a child growth development's development is uneven. There are spurts of growth and accomplishment between periods of relatively slow progress. Certain behavior becomes prominent for a time and then gives place to other preoccupations.
A child growth development's development during the first two years of life is fascinating. He changes every day. His energy is enormous. When he begins to walk 6rst two years and more slowly until about fifteen years. At ages one to two the mean pulse rate for boys and girls was almost the same— 105 and 104 per minute. |
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