PSYC 363 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition
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World death rate in first 5 years of life has dropped 2% per year since 1990: developed nations: 99. 9% of newborns who survive the 1st month live to adulthood, poorest nations: about 93% of surviving newborns live. Marasmus: type of malnutrition where the child is literally wasting away (just skin and bones. Kwashiorkor: chronic malnutrition, related to protein deficiency. Infant cognition: cognition= thinking, very broad senses. Assimilation: type of adaptation in which new experience are interpreted and fit into old ideas. Accommodation: type of adaptation which old ideas are restructured to accommodate new experiences: these types are how children interpret their new world. Sensorimotor intelligence: piaget"s term for a way infant"s thinking by using their senses and motor skills during their first period of cognitive development (you"ll see babies put everything in their mouths. They"re trying to understand the world with their senses. )
