CYAF 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Synaptic Pruning, Toilet Training, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
20 Feb 2017
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Toddlerhood: bodily growth, toddlerhood: age 2-3 yrs, children lose baby fat & become leaner, toddler (cid:314) to toddler: to move with short, unsteady steps, gross motor development a. Alk up and down stairs: fine motor development a. Feed self with spoon preference for left/right. Staying dry for 1-2 hrs. during the day. Directly asking to use the toilet or wear underwear: nutritional issues, kwashiorkor: protein deficiency i. Symptoms: lethargy, irritability, thinning hair, swelling of the belly (cid:314) water ii. Lower immunity to diseases (cid:314) coma (cid:314) death: prader illi syndrome i. ii. iii. a genetic condition that can cause a constant desire to eat food. Brain development: brain development, early brain development is marked by 2 key developments i. ii. Increased efficiency by allowing unused synapses to wither away. Mental representations: sensorimotor substage 5: tertiary circular reactions. Interested in different properties of objects & how they can manipulate them: explore different shapes, colors, sounds, textures, explore by banging, hitting, shaking.
