PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Apple Sauce, Persistence Length, Joint Attention

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Heidi Bailey

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1 yr: lose much of the baby fat . Cephalocaudal principle: growth from the head to body (lain head to tail) Proximodistal principle: middle body outward (lain near to far) (arms to ingers) Usually due to severe birth defects, low birth weight, or is an indirect consequence of the death of mother during childbirth. Beyond 1st mon, malnutriion, diseases (blood diseases via mosquitos - malaria) Infant deaths from malaria: 1 million, primarily in africa! Top cause: diarrhea (e. g. , botle feeding with unsafe water) Sids: death within the 1st year of life due to unknown reasons, w. no apparent illness or disorder. Contribuing factors: sleep on stomach, low birth weight and low apgar scores, mother smoked during pregnancy, smoking in the house, overheaing, over-bedding, wearing 2 or more layers of clothing during sleep. Head up, rolling, siing without support, crawling, standing, walking with support, walking.