PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Latency Stage, Anal Stage, Genital Stage
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Teratogens: throughout the entire time we spend in the womb, teratogens can affect our central nervous system. Women might be pregnant for a period of time before they realize that they are pregnant. The infant mortality rate in the us is higher than canada. In canada, we have a universal health care system, that is the difference between the two countries: the infant mortality rate is caused by exterior factors to the infant that are out of their control. Early motor development: the cephalocaudal trend means that our movement starts close to our heads and then spread out. Some people will swaddle their infants to carry them for longer than other societies would: at 4 months you can turn from your stomach to your side. At 6-7 months you can turn from your stomach to your back. 10 months you can stand with help: gross motor skills develop first in children.
