PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jean Piaget, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Fetus

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Kim Elizabeth

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In the womb, the number of neurons grows by about 750,000 new cells per minute in the middle trimester: beginning at birth, the connections among neurons proliferate- as we learn, we form branches and more neural networks. Insecure attachment (anxious style): not exploring, clinging to mother, loudly upset when mother leaves, remaining upset when she returns. Adolescence: transition period from childhood to adulthood, period of development ranging from puberty to social independence, puberty is the time of sexual maturation (becoming physically able to reproduce) In some countries, added years of education and later marriage has delayed full adult independence: this seems to have created a new phase which can be called emerging adulthood (ages. 18-25: three different stages of development (cognitive, moral, and psychosocial) have been running in parallel, are they really separate stages, or a continuous process of development, nature has stages- nurture is continuous.