PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prenatal Development, Teratology, Empiricism
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Use understanding of physiology to explain the development. Describe basics of piaget"s theory o schemas o assimilation/accommodation o describe each stage and tasks. Where do our knowledge and our traits come from? o empiricism: knowledge (and traits) comes from experience. o vs. Nativism: knowledge is innate, build-in. (personality + cognitive variables are fixed before birth) (not tested on the numbers just think about) 6. stand on one foot for 10 seconds: 7. recognizing + smile at mother or father: 9. think about things that cannot be seen: 1. we all start off as generic vertebrates. 3. if androgens kick in around week 8, girl becomes boy. 4. brain development is extremely easy to disrupt in utero by teratogens (aka alchohol) One big short-circuit (although it is smarter than it seems. Causes universal progression of skills (ex. walking, talking, thinking) Environmental shapes + tunes dendritic growth, guides neuronal pruning.
