PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14 & 15: Prenatal Development, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cell Growth
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 14: developmental issues, prenatal development, and the newborn & module 15: infancy and childhood. Developmental psychology: physical, cognitive, social change throughout life span: nature and nurture, continuity and stages, stability and change. Pass through stages in a slow order. Everyone goes through the stages of life. Embryo: 2 weeks after fertilization 2nd month. Teratogens: agents that can reach the embryo/fetus during development and cause harm. Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas): physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by pregnant woman drinking. Maturation: biological growth processes, enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. Cognition: mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, communicating. Assimilation: interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas. Accommodation: adapting schemas to incorporate new information. Sensorimotor stage: birth 2 years old; infants know the world in terms of sensory impressions and motor activities. Object permanence: awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.
