1.6 Development

Question 1

What are Critical Periods?

Answer 1

-Milestone moments of an individuals life starting from birth that deal with behavior and physical development

Question 2

What is neurulation?

Answer 2

Development of the neural cord

Question 3

What time does this start?

Answer 3

3-4 weeks into conception

Question 4

Step 1: Neural Groove

Answer 4

-ectoderm furrows into the notochord

Question 5

Step 2: Neural folds and Neural Crests

Answer 5

• two areas on the outside of the furrow

- Neural crest: cells that go out to form tissues

Question 6

step 3: closing of the neural chord

Answer 6

-Formation of the CNS

Question 7

Step 4: alar and basal plates

Answer 7

• alar: sensory neurons

- basal: motor neurons

Question 8

Give some examples of the conditions for a baby to develop?

Answer 8

• temperature
• position
• pressure

Question 9

Placenta?

Answer 9

• Food source for the baby
• oxygen
• nutrients

Question 10

umbilical cord:

Answer 10

hooks the baby to uterus and the placenta

Question 11

Where are the nutrients coming from?

Answer 11

• amino acids and proteins

- blood of mother

Question 12

Why are viruses really harmful to the baby?

Answer 12

• Attack the placenta

- defects in the baby

Question 13

how do pharmaceutical drugs hurt the baby?

Answer 13

-side effects that can cause physical and mental disabilities in babies

Question 14

Example: thalidomide

Answer 14

-drug taken for morning sickness and babies were coming out with deformities

Question 15

Maternal problems: Malnutrition?

Answer 15

• lower immune system
• not having vital nutrients to build up certain things
• intellectual disabilities

Question 16

Maternal Problem: Narcotics

Answer 16

• physical and mental disabilities
• dependence
• premature babies
• low heart rates

Question 17

Maternal Problem: Alcohol

Answer 17

Slow development

Question 18

Maternal problem: x-rays

Answer 18

-rays can cause physical deformities for the baby

Question 19

Reflex:

Answer 19

-reaction that occurs in the body without thinking or using the CNS

Question 20

Primitive reflex:

Answer 20

• reflexes that that occur at birth and slowly go away

- supposed to be ancestors

Question 21

Rooting Reflex:

Answer 21

• touching the cheek of the baby it goes towards it

- smelling of the nipple

Question 22

moro flex:

Answer 22

-When moving the head the baby raises their hands and then cries

Question 23

Babinski Reflex:

Answer 23

-Curling toes when touched

Question 24

Grasping reflex:

Answer 24

holding on to something

Question 25

Why is it good for the baby to kick and do random movements?

Answer 25

-Shows that they are very well coordinated

Question 26

How does the environment develop the baby?

Answer 26

-Allows the baby to develop faster

Question 27

Motor: Gross

Answer 27

-large portion skills

Question 28

Motor: fine

Answer 28

smaller regions such as the fingers and toes

Question 29

Social: 7mnths- 1 year

Answer 29

-anxiety from separation with the mother

Question 30

Social: 2 years

Answer 30

-parallel play with other children without having to control them

Question 31

Social: 3 years

Answer 31

-gender, first and last name, pretend play

Question 32

Social: 5 years

Answer 32

• crushes on people

- finding peers

Question 33

Social: 6-12 years

Answer 33

• same sex friends

- not be in relationships

Question 34

Social: teenagers

Answer 34

• rebellious
• independence
• relationships
• sexual orientation

Question 35

Developmental milestones

Answer 35

-basic behaviors and physical attributes of a growing child