PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, Abstract Logic
17 Apr 2016
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Maturation: biologically growth processes that enable orderly changes in behaviour, relatively uninfluenced by experiences. Developing brain cortex overproduces neurons and then subsides at birth. Brain and mind-neural hardware and cognitive software- develop together. Day your born, have most of brain cells but nervous system is immature. At birth, branching neural networks eventually enable you to walk, talk and remember. Ages 3-6, rapid growth in frontal lobes (rational planning) Thinking, memory, and language areas are the last areas to develop. Use it or lose it pruning process shuts down unused links and strengthen others. As infant"s muscles and nervous system mature, skills emerge. Physical development is universal: sit, crawl, walk, run. Infant amnesia: earliest memories seldom predate our third birthday. Brain areas underlying memory continue to mature into adolescence. Although we consciously recall little from before age 4, our brain was processing and storing information during those years. Cognitive: all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
