PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Prenatal Development, Mitosis, Birth Weight
23 Nov 2017
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Prenatal period: conception until birth (tremendous amount of growth) ~9 months. Infancy: birth to 18-24 months, dependent on adults during this period. Early childhood: 3 to 5 or 6 years old, more self sufficient and school readiness skills. Middle and late childhood: 6 to 11, exposed to larger social world, academic skills. Adolescence: transition period from childhood to early adulthood. Early adulthood: late teens/early twenties to the thirties, more economic independence. Challenges: accepting declines in physical health, mental capabilities, Development lecture notes: cartilage and bones, rapid growth, can kick legs, squirm, suck thumb b, by 7 months, fetus is roughly 2 pounds. [tera: greek word for monster: alcohol: tremendous impact on development, social drinking can impact the unborn child just as much as binge drinking, slower to process information, less likely to play in playful imitation, fetal alcohol syndrome. Lower birth weight premature birth die during pregnancy sudden infant death syndrome overweight and obese as adults.
