PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Animal Communication
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A baby learns to walk without formal teaching. Learning to walk progresses along a fixed, time-ordered sequence characteristic of all humans. Environment determines which of the genes you possess become expressed. Hormones influence the fetus, i. e. lower thyroid hormones greater risk for baby having low iq. Stressed mothers release stress hormone which can cause low birth weight. Androgens, such as testosterone, affect sexual orientation, and affects behaviors from eye contact to developing a vocabulary. Maternal hormones may play an important role in autism, a communication and cognitive disorder. Those who sleep on backs crawl much later. Environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus i. e. drugs, alcohol or illness, i. e. Environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus i. e. drugs, alcohol or illness, i. e. fetal alcohol syndrome. Newborns come into the world able to see, smell, hear, taste, and respond to touch. Although these skills are not fully developed at birth, the newborn is capable of processing some sensory stimuli.
