PSYC 2500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ectoderm, Operant Conditioning, Placenta
6 Nov 2013
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Critical period: time during which a child is ready and able to learn something. Imprinting: forming an emotional bond between child and the first moving object (usually the mother) Blastocyst: the fertilized egg 4 days after conception, which consists of about 100 cells and resembles a hollow ball. Germ disc: a small cluster of cells near the centre of the zygote that develops into the baby. Placenta: the structure through which nutrients and wastes are exchanged between the mother and the developing child. Age of viability: occurs at 22 to 28 weeks and fetus has a chance to survive. Duola: acts like a coach" during labour and delivery. Midwife: provides care throughout the pregnancy and even after the birth. Development is determined by how a child resolves conflict at different ages. Freud: 3 components of personality: id, ego, superego, during each psychosexual stage of development, different parts of the body are the focus of pleasure, oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital.
