Maturation
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Maturation could refer to any of the following:
- Fetal developmentFetal developmentPrenatal or antenatal development is the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy, from fertilization until birth. Often, the terms fetal development, foetal development, or embryology are used in a similar sense.After fertilization the embryogenesis starts...
- Developmental biologyDevelopmental biologyDevelopmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis", which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy.- Related fields of study...
- Emotional developmentErikson's stages of psychosocial developmentErikson's stages of psychosocial development as articulated by Erik Erikson explain eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds on the successful...
- Or physical maturation of any biological life form - see individual articles for maturation of different life forms.
- In research, a threat to internal validityInternal validityInternal validity is the validity of inferences in scientific studies, usually based on experiments as experimental validity.- Details :...
in which subjects change during the course of the experiment or even between measurements and the researcher may not be able to determine if the cause of the discrepancy is due to time or the independent variable. - The process of becoming mature.
- The emergence of personal and behavioral characteristics through growth processes.
- The final stages of differentiation of cells, tissues, or organs