PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Umbilical Cord, Prenatal Development

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Chapter 11 human development across the life span. Prenatal development: conception and fetal development, teratogens, fetal learning. Infancy and childhood: sensory development, motor development. Infancy and childhood: linguistic development, cognitive development, attachment. Linguistic development: ability to acquire language is biologically-based, criti(cid:272)al period: see ge(cid:374)ie"s (cid:272)ase. Input begins in the womb: factors that make children experts, social interest, speech perception abilities, speech production, language acquisition device, twins talking. What do they think: piaget principles, assimilation. To bring the caregiver close (proximity), with the ultimate goal of security. John bowlby (1969, 1973, 1980: human infants have a biological tendency to emit behaviours (e. g. , smiling, clinging), that trigger protective responses from caregivers, adults will then respond in a warm, sensitive manner. Assessing attachment (strange situation procedure: three attachment patterns by ainsworth (1978, secure. Attachment patterns: secure attachment, play, explore comfortably when mother is present, visibly upset when she leaves, calms down upon return.