PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mental Chronometry, Lawrence Kohlberg, Problem Solving
22 Jan 2015
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Developing through the life span - chapter 5: lifespan development, study of patterns of growth, change and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire human lifespan. Sense of balance at 5 months: vision. Responds to light (heart rate changes, increased movement) at 26 weeks: sound. Can discriminate outside sounds, but hears mother"s voice best: teratogens, environmental agents that cause deviations from normal development and can lead to abnormalities or death, drugs. Including prescription drugs, caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methadone: infections. Including rubella and hiv: radiation or pollution at high levels, the newborn, equipped to survive, reflexes. Facilitate basic functions; controlled by the brain stem. Others disappear between 3-6 months & reappear later in development as voluntary behaviors (e. g. , rooting, sucking: let"s see them , stepping, sucking, grasping, rooting, moro, babinski. Prefer motherese (baby talk: vision: babies are near-sighted. Preference for moving human faces http:// www. youtube. com. Jean piaget"s stage theory: children as active learners, little scientists .
