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GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 36

Development Across the Life Span · Physical, Cognitive and Psychosocial Development: Infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Proximo-distal direction of development explains the nature of the development from _____.

  1. Top to bottom
  2. Internal organs to external organs
  3. Centre to periphery
  4. Sensory organ to motor organs

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Correct answer: (C) Centre to periphery

Explanation

Proximodistal development goes from the centre of the body outwards (trunk before arms and hands). Top to bottom is the cephalocaudal direction.