PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Habituation, Microcephaly, Object Permanence

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Hypnosis: a social interaction during which a person, responding to suggestions experiencing changes in memory; in fmri, the electricity in their brain is altered when hypnotized. Concentrative medication: focus all of your attention on one particular thing. Mindfulness meditation: let your thoughts flow freely, paying attention to them, but not reacting to them; in order to decrease the stress created by particular event. Focuses on the physiological, cognitive and social changes that occur across the lifespan. Rapid development: utero continues rapidly after birth; gains in domains of functioning (0-3 years) Motor development: learns how to control both large muscle groups (walking) and small muscle groups (grasping) Language development: produces the first world around 12 months old. Social development: young infants form social connection with the primary caregiver (within. Teratogens: e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal age(cid:374)ts that i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t (cid:271)a(cid:271)ies" de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:374)egati(cid:448)el(cid:455) du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g pregnancy; shortening of arms and legs; affect the cognitive functioning like attention and intelligence.