PSY 1102 Lecture : PSY1102

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Really tuned in to the sights and sounds of the world. Learn about smell in the womb based on moms diet. Shortly after birth they recognize the smell of mom compared to the smell of other wome. Infancy and childhood: physical development, physical development. Maturation: we re talking about a genetic ally driven process. Genes determine the exact sequence of development of a certain skill or area. Brain development: the brain is still not finished developing during infancy. By the time the baby is 6 years old, the brain 9/10 the size of the adult brain. Any synapse that is not used will be chopped of/gotten rid of. Researchers believe that it will help the brain work better. Maturation and memory: childhood amnesia means that us as grown-ups cannot remember the first 3 years of our lives. This is because the centers in our brain responsible for long term memory storage are not fully developed.