PSYCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Only Time, Puberty, Secondary Sex Characteristic
6 Feb 2017
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Although the greatest increase in height and weight occurs during the first year of life, children continue to grow throughout infancy and toddlerhood. Infants integrate their behavior through the development of various rhythms and states, and within a year they develop the ability to sleep through the night. State: degree of awareness an infant display to both internal and external stimulation. Rapid eye moment (rem) sleep: this period of sleep that is found in older children and adults and is associated with dreaming. 3. 2- physical growth during the preschool and middle childhood years. Slow and steady growth overall, economics and culture effect the patterns of growth in children. By age 2, the average child in the us weighs around 25-30 pounds and is close to 36 inches tall. By 6, 46 pounds and 46 inches tall. In middle school: weight changes, height changes, only time when girls are usually taller than boys. Can grow quickly within only a few months.
