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8/23/24, 12:31 AMSocial Science Psychology Developmental Psychology
AP PSYCH - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Jeremiah
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biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively
uninfluenced by experience (nurture)
Maturation
THE NATURE part
optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or
critical or sensitive period
experiences produces proper development
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Zygote
3 stages of prenatal development Embryo
Fetus
fertilization - 2 weeks
Zygote the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an
embryo
2-8 weeks
embryo
basic formation of important systems of body
organ suppling oxygen and nutrients to fetus, removes waste and filters teratogens
Placenta
(connected by the umbilical chord)
anything disrupting the development of an embryo or fetus, may cause birth defect,
malformation, or even terminate pregnancy
Teratogens
examples: drugs, chemicals in birth control, alcohol
physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
drinking. In severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial disproportions
9 weeks to 40 weeks (birth)
Fetus
the developing human organism, feels movement & responds to sound
A technique of prenatal diagnosis in which amniotic fluid, obtained by aspiration from a
amniocentesis needle inserted into the uterus, is analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital
defects in the fetus.
neurological development, but if the reflex stays longer than normal then it can also be
Reflexes are a sign of
sign of brain or nervous system damage
a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the
rooting reflex mouth, and search for the nipple
(0-4 months old)
aka gripping reflex, something that is placed in the infants hand, the infant grasps the
Palmar grasp reflex
item and can hold on well almost enough to support their own weight
aka Toe Curling reflex, in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is
Babinski reflex
touched
aka startle reflex, in which a newborn stretches out the arms and legs and cries in
Moro reflex
response to a loud noise or an abrupt change in the environment
stroking of infant's lower back, next to spinal cord = the infants curves toward stroked
Galant Reflex/ tonic neck reflex
side (like a fencer)
Reflex that causes newborn babies to make little stepping motions if they are held
stepping reflex
upright with their feet just touching a surface
vision birth: 20/600 = born blind, 20/20 vision at 3-4 years old
By 3 months, babies distinguish... mom's face from others
intact in womb at fetal stage
hearing
at 1 month, tell the difference between pah & mah
By 1 & 2-5 days months, babies prefer... mom's voice (1 day) & other guardians 2-5 days)
Touch... human contact is CRITICAL to healthy development, elicits reflexes
birth, prefer the scent of mom's milk & at 6 weeks can distinguish mom's scent vs
smell
stranger's scent
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