Psychology - Chapter 3
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- A baby's development, before and after birth, is a marvel of *this*
- maturation
- Begins at conception, when the male sperm unites with the female ovum (egg).
- germinal stage
- Lasting until eithe week after conception. Embryo develops fingers, toes, tail, eyes, etc.
- embryonic stage
- Organism (fetus) further develops the organs and systems that existed in rudimentary form in the embryonic stage
- fetal stage
- having more than two alcoholic drinks a day significantly increases this
- fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
- automatic behaviors that are necessary for survival
- motor reflexes
- importance of touching
- contact comfort
- if the primary caregiver is temporarily away from the child they suffer from this
- separation anxiety
- cry/protest if the parent leaves the room but wlecome him/her back and then play happily again
- securely attached
- resisting contact with the mother at reunion but protesting loudly if she leaves
- anxious or ambivalent
- proposed new theory of cognitive development to explain childish mistakes.
- Jean Piaget
- what you do when you fit new information into your present system of knowledge and beliefs or into your mental schemas.
- Assimilation
- networks of associations, beliefs, and expectations
- schemas
- what you must do , as a result of new undeniable information, you must change/modeify your existing schemas
- Accommodation
- in this stage, learns looking, touching, hearing, putting things in mouth, sucking, grasping.
- sensorimotor stage