PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Konrad Lorenz, Spina Bifida
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Formation of the neural tube: folds in and develop into brain and spinal cord, folic acid. Pa(cid:396)t of the spi(cid:374)e does(cid:374)"t p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)l(cid:455) de(cid:448)elop. Intellectual difficulties: appearance differences, most of them develop alzheimer disease when they reach 40 to 50 years old, suggest that chromosome 21 plays a role in alzheimer disease. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: teratogen something that compromise the development of fetus, affects 5 steps of human brain genesis. Phenylketonuria (pku: phenylalanine (from aspartame) cannot be processed, causes seizure, mental retardation, can be identified in fetus. They are born with a set of reflexes (e. g. rooting, sucking, babinski etc. ) Newborns have no control over their body at all. Gaining voluntary control : cephalocaudal and proximodistal rule. New stage comes with a new set of abilities and resolve all previous stage problem: With advancement of technologies, children reach each stage earlier: sensorimotor stage. They want to engage with the world around them.
