SDS150R Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stepfamily, Cerebral Cortex, Parenting Styles
1 Aug 2018
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Teratogens what are they, factors impacting risk. Early childhood development: not theory of mind. Crying: cutting brothers hair and normal cry, pain cry when brother hit, angry cry when wouldn"t respond. Maturation of the connection between the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex which enables events that are happening in our life to be saved into our long-term memory. Infants don"t have complete memory of what happened. Earlier memories are more fragmented and smaller in number. Prior to age of 2 or 3 years old. Motor skills: gross motor skills use and movement of large muscles, biggest amount of change happening in this area, run, hop, walk, throw, fine motor skills use and movement of smaller muscles. Involve dexterity, more precise or delicate movements: button up shirt, picking up spoon and put into mouth, better grip of writing tool, improved abilities to draw. *years represent average age for development but variation does exist!
