PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Moro Reflex, Low Birth Weight

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

Con: cohort effects (time period in which one is born may influence their development) Understand how people develop from birth to adulthood. Know the stages of development (moral, cognitive, psychosocial) Developmental psychology: branch of psych devoted to understanding changes that human beings experience throughout life. Con: time consuming, expensive, sample size gets smaller over time. Germinal stage: fertilized egg (zygote) begins to divide and form a ball of hundreds of cells (blastocyst) Environmental agents that cause abnormal prenatal development are called teratogens. Alcohol interferes with baby"s ability to receive oxygen and nutrients. Milder forms of deficits from exposure to alcohol in the womb. Underdeveloped prefrontal cortex (born with lack of inhibition, reckless, low attention span) Grasping, rooting, stepping, moro reflex (startling reflex=loud noise causes movement) Terrier = st. bernard = collie = dog. Terrier = st. bernard = collie = cat = dog. Loss of neural connections that are not useful or efficient.