Unit 9 Flashcards
Developmental Psychology
Studies development for cradle to grave
Prenatal development plays a role in…
Who you are
Babies born at _____ weeks are considered viable
24 weeks
90% of babies are born within ____ weeks of their due date
2 weeks
Premature
Lungs not fully developed
Preterm
Born before 38 weeks
Prenatal period
40 weeks
Zygote
Fertilized egg
First 2 weeks
Cells start to differentiate
Embryo
Developing human organism
2-8 weeks
Most major organs formed
Fetus
9 weeks - birth
Placenta
Cushion of cells in the mother that nurtures and gives oxygen to the fetus
Teratogens
Harmful substances that cross the placenta barrier and prevent the fetus from developing normally
ex. radiation, toxic chemicals, viruses, alcohol, drugs, nicotine
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Physical/cognitive abnormalities that appears in children whose mothers consumed large amounts of alcohol while pregnant
Oxytocin
Chemical that causes cervix to dualste
Bonding chemical
Causes contractions
Habituation
Decreased responsiveness to repeated stimulus
Colors babies can see at birth
Red, white, black
How far babies can see at birth
8-12 inches
Important newborn reflexes
Rooting - touching baby’s cheek causes it to search for a nipple
Stepping - baby makes walking motion if held so feet touch ground
Moro - startle reaction
Palmer - grasp anything that touches hand
Babinski - toes spread when sole of foot is stroked
Maturation
Biological timing of walking, talking, and physical changes
Maturation is to ________, as nature is to nurture
Education
Last sense to develop in a newborn
Sight
Important periods of brain development
8-16 weeks (uterus) - brain develops
3-6 years
Pruning process
8-10 months
Brain rods itself of ineffective and weak brain connections
Infantile amnesia
Not remembering life before 3
Lack of proper neural connections
Motor development
Includes all physical skills and muscular coordination
Cognition
All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering
Sigmund Freud
Psychosexual stages of child development
Erik Erickson
Psycho-social stages of child development
Lawrence Kohlberg
Moral stages of child development
Jean Piaget
Cognitive stages of child development
Schema
Mental mold
Assimilation
Add new ideas
Accommodation
Update schema
Piaget - sensorimotor stage
Birth-2 yrs
Babies learn about the world through sensory impressions and motor activities
Object permanence
Stranger anxiety
Piaget - preoperational stage
2-6 yrs
Child learns to use language, CANNOT think logically
Egocentric
Animism
Theory of the mind
Autism usually diagnosed at this stage
Theory of the mind
People’s ideas about their own and others’ mental state
Autism is an impaired theory of the mind
Piaget- concrete operational stage
6-11 yrs
Child gains mental skills that let them think logically about concrete events
Conservation