PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Preterm Birth, Lawrence Kohlberg
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Developmental psychology: changes in biological, physical, psychological and behavioural processes. Issues: nature vs. nurture, critical and sensitive periods (age where experiences must occur), sensitive periods (optimal age range) Continuity vs. stages: researches who see development as a function of experiences tend to see development as continues and gradual, nurture is continues, nature has stages, stages: 3 different types of development, lawrence kohlberg, erik erikson, jean piaget. Brain: at birth is about 25% of body weight, 6 months = 50% of adult"s brain weights. In the womb, the number of neurons grows by about 750000 new cells per minute in the middle trimester. In early childhood, neural connections proliferate in the association areas: stages, first areas: brainstem, last areas: associative areas of cortex, growth rate: 5 years = 90% of adult size. Motor development: reflexes: innate behaviour, most skills follow stage-like sequences (age of acquiring skill varies, stepping reflex)
