PSYCH 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Low Birth Weight, Jean Piaget
26 Mar 2017
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Fetus the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. They are exposed to sounds in the womb. Teratogens agents such as viruses and drugs that can damage an embryo or fetus. Fas or fetal alcohol syndrome: the effects a child has from their mother drinking alcohol while they were in the womb. Low birth weight, birth defects, lower intelligence, hyperactivity etc. Experiences activate and strengthen some neural pathways while others weaken from disuse. There is a critical period for some skills. A maturing brains rule: use it or lose it. The brain"s development does not end at childhood. Because of it"s plasticity, our neural tissue is ever changing and reorganizing in response to new experiences. We have our earliest memory at around 3. 5 years. But a lot of times, what the conscious mind does not know and cannot express in words, the nervous system and our two-track mind somehow remember.
