PY - Psychology PY 100L Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Arnold Gesell, Jean Piaget

• School: NMU
• Department: PY - Psychology
• Course: PY - Psychology PY 100L
• Professor: Dr.Susan Kapla

Document Summary

Nature vs. nurture: arnold gesell- nature. Development unfolds in a fixed sequence due to maturation. Childre(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges due to i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith the e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. They work together to make people similar and make people unique. Infant development: fertilized egg (zygote) carries 23 pairs of chromosomes, stages of prenatal development. Rapidly dividing cells form a neural tube which later become the central nervous system. Organs are created and begin to develop. Organs grow and function more efficiently: prenatal risks. Baby has thin upper lip, smooth philtrum, short nose. Less than 10% of babies born in the us will have physical/mental problems resulting from harmful factors. Moms who drink give babies a 44% chance of suffering from a deformity. Capabilities of newborns: ocular- very poor vision, olfactory- prefer odor of mother, gustatory- prefer sweet tastes, hearing- prefer high-pitched tones and rising tones. Involuntary unlearned reactions: several are present at birth and then disappear.