PSYC 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Mitosis, Habituation, Swaddling
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Through habituation it has been shown that fetuses can learn: studies: a cloth was soaked in the mothers amniotic fluid and they found that a child would turn its head towards the cloth that had their mothers amniotic fluid over someone else"s, mothers were asked to read dr. seuss (cat in the hat) during pregnancy, once the child was born they could be more easily calmed down if those mothers read the cat in the hat, infants prefer people speaking the same language as they are most familiar with (the language the parents speak) over foreign languages. Main developmental consequences: fetal brain injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (facial deformities i. e. small eyes, thin upper lip, smooth bridge between lip and nose, mental retardation, attention problems, hyperactivity etc. : marijuana: affects memory, learning, visual skills, cocaine: fetal growth retardation, premature birth, impaired ability to.
