PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Longitudinal Study, Measles
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Developmental psychology: change is inevitable, can be continuous or discontinuous. Core developmental issues: nature vs. nurture, not a debate, always both, biological predisposition for everything, critical periods. Physical development: prenatal period has 3 stages, germinal period (1-2weeks after conception, embryonic period (3-8 weeks of gestation) 1/3 of pregnancies will end in miscarriage: fetal period (9weeks to birth) Innate motor responses: rooting reflex: touch on cheek; move its mouth to follow (helps guide feeding, sucking reflex: tactical stimulation of the mouth produces rhythmic sucking, born without, will most likely die. Motor development: averages that have large standard deviations, individual and cultural differences. Piaget"s stage theory: sensorimotor period (birth to 2 years, preoperational period (2 to 7 years, concrete operational period (7 to 11, formal operational period (11 to adult) Personality development: trust vs. mistrust (1st year, autonomy vs. shame and doubt (2 - 3, initiative vs.
