PSYCH 111 Lecture 11: Lecture 11: Development
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Universal aspects of lifespan development from conception through death; identifies cultural variations. Explores physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Looks at elements of continuity and change over time. Structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass into fetus from mother"s bloodstream; allows waste to pass out. Myelination of brain takes place in the fetal stage. Teratogens: harmful toxins that affect development resulting in defect, damage, or anomaly. Increased understanding of the role of prenatal exposure to drugs on the developing child: Prolonged stress linked with prematurity and low birth weight. Mild stimulant, increases fetal activity, low birth weight, increased sids. Low birthweight, disturbed sleep in newborns, reduced attention to environment. Premature birth weight, tremulous behavior, poor sucking and feeding, rise of sids. Premature size/weight, tremulous, high pitched crying, respiratory & regurgitation problems, rigidity, withdrawal symptoms, deformities. Leading teratogen in the united states causing intellectual disabilities. Physical symptoms: growth retardation, heads and facial abnormalities, microcephaly, skeletal, brain, and heart damage.
