EDUC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Change, Language Development, Cognitive Development
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Sequence of development is the same for all babies, but the timing may be somewhat different. Gross motor development proceeds from head down head/neck to trunk to legs. The cephalocaudal principle - growth begins with the head and then continues downward to the rest of the body. At birth, brain is the size of adult"s brain. By age 2 it will be 70% of adult size. Experience-expectant development: the brain is primed to expect environmental stimuli in order to develop normally during a specific period of time. Visual stimuli is necessary for normal vision development. That stimuli is critical for normal brain development. Language: during the first two years, the brain is sensitive to language stimuli, and this is important for the development of a primary language. It can be learned later, but less efficiently, and may never be normal. Experience-dependent development: the brain is shaped by the stimuli they experience in the world.
