PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Prenatal Development, Menarche
Document Summary
Physical growth & motor development go together. Body"s physical growth continuously and drastically until first 2 decades of life until adulthood hits. Infants have big head and small body head is of total body length but as adult it decreases w/ head being 1/7 th of body length. In puberty there are dramatic changes to physical growth & have psychological affects as well: for rats puberty after 1-2 years of life, apes its takes about aprrox. This extension b/w birth and timing of puberty is associate w/ increase prenatal growth in primates especially with human: this increase means there is longer time for young to get social and cultural acquisition. Time of infancy there is rapid gain in height and weight but slows down after & starts again in adolescence. Distal growth curve plots the growth of particular body dimension each year & can use it determine facts about physical growth & prediction.
