Social Development

• Social development deals mainly with the way a person lives in society and interacts with others. Social development begins when a child is born. The way parents, siblings and friends react and interact with the child causes social development to begin. A child begins learning manners and the difference between right and wrong, and yes and no. Human values and morals form as a child develops socially. This early social development helps cause people to behave as they do when they become adults.
  
  

Factors in Social Development

• When a child develops socially, there are several factors that affect the child. One is social aspirations, which are values taught by a society and family. These are common values that distinguish the difference between moral choices. The culture a person lives in also is a factor in social development. A culture promotes particular habits or customs that a person tends to develop through being part of that culture.
  
  

Physical Development

• Physical development begins as soon as a baby is born. A baby soon begins to develop physically by learning to sit up, crawl and walk. Physical development is typically divided into gross motor development and fine motor development. Gross motor development is the type that controls activities like jumping, crawling and running. Gross motor skills require the use of at least several body parts at the same time. Fine motor development refers to activities using smaller movements, such as coloring with crayons, building with blocks and putting together jigsaw puzzles.
  
  

Factors in Physical Development

• The way a child physically develops is based on many factors, including attention skills. Children with greater attention skills will likely develop faster physically. The body's senses are required for physical development as well. Children develop physically through using sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. When a child hears a loud sound, he may jump because he is startled. When he smells something unpleasant, he may make a sour face. These senses all help children correlate and make relationships while developing physically. Children are often tested in schools and at pediatricians' offices to find out whether they are developing physically at a normal pace.