PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Short-Term Memory, Object Permanence, Developmental Psychology
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How does the child change physically: weight increases 15-20 times in body weight than infants at birth, body proportions change, head is about child"s full body size to an adult proportion, where head is now. 1/7 of child"s body height: physical growth is not just a matter of getting taller and larger, but is a complex process of changes in size, proportion, composition. Growth of particular body dimension each year. Better than distance curve at identifying timing of growth spurts. Genital more slowly; growth spurt in adolescence. Changes in body proportions: cephalo-caudal development. Lower part of body catches up in adolescence. In infancy, upper part of body grows fast. But infants were accurate in making contact w/ objects w; feet before with hands. Reaching ability better in legs than arms: proximal-distal development. Growth begins near center of body axis then grows outward. Trunk of body grows before upper arms. Upper arms grow before lower arms and hands.
