CHD-2220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intellectual Disability, Zygote, Fetus
Document Summary
Chapters 1, 3, 4 review children"s behavior and developments. Purpose: to empower all those who engage themselves in the lives of children. Changes we see in our children over long periods of time with significant impact on their lives. Gradual accumulation and integration of relatively permanent, age related changes in biological and psychological systems through transactions with the environment. Does not start at conception, it starts way before. The study of the transactions between an active growing human being and the settings in which the developing person lives. Study of relationships between living organisms and their environments. Parents should minimize risk and maximize opportunity. When a baby is lying on a floor or flat surface . Cultural-societal values reflected in social policies toward children. The individuals who support the baby and are present in the baby"s life. People in the group must be emotionally stable and prepared. Stomach, promotes change- higher risk of death may stop breathing.