Chapter 4 Developing Through the Life Span Flashcards
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Zygote
A fertilized egg which attaches to uterin wall (from 0-2 weeks)
Embryo
2-8 weeks Organs begin to form and function. Begins looking “human”
Fetus
9 weeks-birth
Tail goes away, head gets more normal shaped. Organss develop enough to give baby a chance if born prematurly
Teratogens
Agents such as toxins, viruses, and harmful drugs that can damage the embryo or fetus
What effect can drinking alcohol during pregnancy have on offspring?
Increase chance of alcohol dependency and alcohol use disorder
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Small misproportionate head and lifelong brain abnormality associated with drinking during pregnancy causing epigenetic effect
The 7 characteristics of a compentant newborn
Sucking, Rooting, Startle, Stepping, Grasping, Babinski, Yawning, Crying
What is the Competnant Newborn Thoery
The idea that newborns are born with nuearal hardrives and reflexes that allow them to survive such as crying when hungry and rooting for their mothers nipple
Habituation
decrease in response with repeated stimulation
Maturation
The orderly sequence of biological growth
What sets the orderly sequence of biological growth regardless of culture?
Maturation
What portion of the brain is developting most rapidly from ages 3 to 6?
The frontal lobe (associated with rational planning)
What are the last cortical areas to develop in adolescence?
The association areas linking memory thinking and language
What role does the cerebellum play in biological development?
It allows us to walk at age 1 regardless of culture or enviroent
What is Jean Piaget’s Theory
Stage Theory-We got through life and develop in stages (from birth children and active mentally and physically)
Constructivist Approach
construct knowledge in response to experience
Schemas
concept taht organizes and interprets information in mind (makes similar to eachother)
Assimilation
Perceptions of outside world incorporated to existing schemas without chaning them
Accomodation
Schema change to fit evidence with which it is confronted and adapted
Example of Assimilation
Daughter sees bear and say dog
Example of Accomodation
Daughter sees bear and says animal bigger than dog and has shorter legs so makes a bear category in brain
Sensorimotor Stage
0-2
- View world through senses
- Have form of locomotion
- Lack object permeance
Sensorimotor stage (0-6 months)
-lack object permanence-meaning if something is out of sight it literally ceases to exist
At what age to infants begin to gain object permeance?
About 8 months
