Infant, child and adolescent development Flashcards
Define stages: prenatal, fetus, infant, toddler, preschool
Prenatal= conception -> 8 weeks
Fetus= ->birth
Infant= ->15 months
Toddler= -> 2.5 years
Preschool= -> 6 years
Stage of fetal movement, hear, retinal response, taste, eyelids open, grasp, moro, sucking, cerebral cortex
movement 16-20w, hear 18w, retinal response 20w, taste 7mo, eyelids open 7mo, grasp 17w, moro 25w, sucking 28w, cerebral cortex 10mo
PND tests
Amniocentesis
USS
CVS
aFP (+in NTD)
Fetal blood/skin
Fetoscopy
Xray
When is white matter particularly susceptible to ischemic and metabolic injury
<32 weeks
Brief overview of maternal stress effects on fetus
+BP, HR, activity=
hyperative, irritable, LBW, feeding and sleeping difficulty
Features of fetal alcohol syndrome
33% alcoholic pregnant women affected
Growth retardation-> ht, wt, micropthalmia, short palpebral fissue, midface hypoplasia, short philtrum, thin upper lip
Microcephaly
Delayed development, seizures
?ADHD association due to alcohols effect on reducing DA
Normal behavioural development
Common causes of human malformation observed during first year of life
Marijuana effects on fetus
LBW, premature, withdrawal= irritable, tremor, hyperemesis
Language development
Cognitive development
Emotional development
Types of attachment
Stages of separation-individuation
Drawings during childhodd- brief representation
Early= representational and formal
Middle= perspective
Adolescence= affect laden
Reflect body image, sexual and aggressive impulses
Age of imaginary companion and purpose
50% of 3-10 year olds
Usually friendly, people/objects anthropomorphosised, relieve lonliness, reduce anxiety
Can occasionally persist into adulthood however usually end age 12
Girls without identification with mother
Become stuck at 6 yo level, fear women/men or both or become seductively close with them