PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lev Vygotsky, Dsm-5, Attachment Disorder
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Arrives with automatic reflex responses that support survival: sucking, tonguing, swallowing, and breathing. They have specific cries for specific purposes that mothers can recognize. Searches for familiar imagery sights and sounds linked to other humans, especially mother. Smells and sees well and uses sensory equipment to learn. Possess a biologically rooted temperament often associated with easy babies and. Difficult babies (depends on their reactivity to the environment) Pruning: after all the neurons and connections are made, they are pruned in order for the nervous system for be more efficient and streamlined for the preservation of energy. Schizophrenia is often caused because of excess pruning. The frontal lobe is often fully developed by the age of 25. When born, infants are already learning and retaining memories for a short amount of time. Because it is short termed, most people have no memory of their early childhood. Brain cells are sculpted by heredity and experience. Birth: neuronal growth spurt and synaptic pruning.
