PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Prenatal Development, Heavy Metals, Little Albert Experiment

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Donald Gillis

Document Summary

Philosophical background: middle ages original sin goal of childrearing was salvation, renaissance (14th to 17th cen) John locke spoke of tabula rasa or blank tablet . Goodness or the noble savage: more recently, in 1920"s scientists began carefully observing children. In 1960"s u. s. gov"t put money into programs like head start and developmental psychology took off: development = the study of growth and change over time. Chemical and complex process that requires correct inputs and outputs. Zygote 0 2 wks a few cells, fertilized egg. Fetus 2 9 months features developing: teratogens: anything that causes a birth defect, germs, diseases, (monster makers) Heavy metals like lead & mercury mental issues, and tiredness, exposed from drinking water or paint. Thalidomide sleeping pill causes retardation, no arms and legs or flipper like limbs from the drug because of halted growth. Advantages of breast feeding bottle feeding is not a good as breast feeding.