Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Programmed Cell Death, Emotional Contagion, Synaptic Pruning
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From childhood into adolescence, brain synapses that are not used disappear through the process of: synaptogenesis, myelination, synaptic pruning, programmed cell death. Jeremiah feels his mother"s breast on his cheek and turn toward the breast. Jeremiah"s older brother places a rattle in his hand, when he wants it back he can"t get jeremiah to let go. This is which reflex: moro, sucking, rooting, grasping. Chapter 6: emotional and social development in infancy and toddlerhood. Erikson"s stage: needed from caregivers: basic trust vs. mistrust (first year): Trusting baby feels confident and therefore will venture out and discover tings for himself, while the mistrusting baby will withdraw: autonomy vs. shame and doubt (second year): Self-confident 2 year old has parents that do not criticize or attack him when he fails at new skills. Happiness: smile: form birth, social smile: 6-10 weeks, laugh: 3-4 months, 8-10 months: smile is deliberate social signal.