PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: White Matter, Condom, Moro Reflex
1 Nov 2016
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Regulates growth from birth through adolescence, triggers adolescent growth spurt. Signal other endocrine glands (such as ovaries and testes) to secrete their hormones. Affects growth and development of the brain and helps regulate of the body during childhood. Is responsible for development of the male reproductive system during the prenatal period; directs male sexual development during adolescence. Are responsible for regulating the menstrual cycle; estrogen direct female sexual development during adolescence. Play a supportive role in the development of muscle and bones; contribute to sexual motivation. Various glands within the endocrine system produce different hormones that influence development. Myelination in areas involved in language development contributes the vocabulary explosion in toddlers; teenagers think more hypothetical because of myelination in the frontal lobes. Because myelination is continuous into adulthood, that explains why attention, concentration, and integrating thoughts and emotions gets better as we develop. An example of cephalocaudal development is how when a baby is born, its head is about.
