Why Is Human Development Important - 2510 Words

Why Is An Understanding of Human Development Important In Care Work? In this essay I will look at the different stages of human development and how this understanding can be useful for care workers and also the dangers that can occur to individuals as well as care professionals if care workers do not have the proper knowledge or understanding to help their service users. I will also look at the different theories on human development and what factors affect human development. Human Development is a very complicated process which is why it is important for care professionals to understand the strands of human development so they can understand the changes people are experiencing at different points of their life and help you to better†¦show more content†¦Emotional development-learning what emotion is and also how to show emotion. Cultural development-learning own countries language, learning customs of your country. All of these are important to understand in order for care workers to know if the service users are on the right track or if th ere is anything that needs to be done that could help them to improve their lives for example if a child is not meeting their milestones they may have an illness that needs to be addressed or there may be abuse or neglect that care workers need to be aware of. (Class Notes 2014) (Encyclopedia Britannica 2014) There are many theories on Human Development which include Psychoanalytic theory- this help us to understand human behaviour, it tells us that to understand adults we have to look back at what happened to them as children for instance an adult who can not cope in a social setting may have been bullied as a child and is now afraid to speak to new people or Every time the vehicle she is riding in stops suddenly, Mrs. Smith panics. She thinks this is because she was in a car accident when she was a child, and in each new situation the fear of another accident crashes over her like a wave or another example is Jack’s mother left his family when he was a child. Ever since then, he has had a very difficult time trusting people because he is afraid they will abandon him. Sigmund Freud is said to be the founder of this theory â€Å"Freud believed that the