PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Primitive Reflexes, Prenatal Development
23 Jan 2018
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10. 1 identify ways to think critically about developmental findings. 10. 2 clarify how nature and nurture can contribute to development. Gene-environment interaction: the impact of genes depends on the environment in which the behaviour develops (low mao=increased risk of violent behaviour) Nature via nurture: genetic predispositions can drive us to select and create particular environments. Gene expression: some genes turn on only in response to specific environmental events. 10. 3 track the trajectory of prenatal development and identity barriers to normal development. 10. 4 describe how infants learn to coordinate motion and achieve major motor milestones. Survival instincts: infants are born with a large set of automatic motor behaviors that are triggered by specific types of stimulation and fulfill important survival needs (sucking reflex, rooting reflex) Coordinating movement: motor behaviors are bodily motions that occur as result of self-initiated force that moves the bones and muscles (sitting up, crawling, standing, cruising, walking and running)
