PSC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Period, Synaptic Pruning, Frontal Lobe
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Psc 001 lecture 3 human development. Developmental psychology is the study of change over time - in physiology, cognition, emotion, and social behavior. Nature and nurture both play a role in development. Emphasis on change, individual differences, experience, context. The consequences of extreme social isolation on language development. Critical period for language between the ages of 5 and puberty. Childhood: end of infancy onset of puberty. Adolescence: end of childhood 18 - 21 years. Periods of prenatal development (3 distinct stages) Fetus: 2 months birth (optional viewing: nova life"s greatest mira(cid:272)le - http://www. pbs. org/wgbh/nova/body/life-greatest-miracle. html) Teratogens - agents from the environment that may cause harm in a growing human organism. Sources (cid:374)ature, i(cid:374)dustry, agri(cid:272)ulture, phar(cid:373)a(cid:272)euti(cid:272)als, disease, (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior . The embryonic period is the most sensitive time of prenatal development. Individual differences in susceptibility also influence the effect of exposure to teratogens. Exposure to lead stays in the bones of the mother. Exposure to iron can go to the bloodstream of the mother.
