FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mental Model, Dazed, Prosocial Behavior

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Unknown

Document Summary

Section 1- physical development: toddlerhood is a time of dramatic advancement in both gross and fine motor development. Brain development: steep increase in synaptic density- number of synaptic connections among neurons in the brain, peaks around 3 years of age, after the peak of synaptic density, a long period of synaptic pruning begins. This is when connections between used neurons become stronger and unused connections deteriorate. Fine motor development: the second year of toddlerhood is marked by extension of skills. Toilet training: it is best to wait until children show signs of readiness(usually between 18-30 months) to begin toilet training. Weaning: in most cultures people breastfeed for 2-3 years, much shorter in modern cultures, weaning- cessation of breast feeding, sometimes hard for child to make change to other forms of eating. Sensorimotor stage 5: tertiary circular reactions: occurs age 12-18 months, toddlers intentionally try out different behaviors to see what the effects will be, perform actions repeatedly.