PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Autobiographical Memory, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Libido

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

Document Summary

Developmental psychology the study of changes in physiology, cognition, and social behavior over the lifespan: human development follows predictable progression. Prenatal periods, body develop in fixed sequence. Newly born all make eye contact quickly after birth. 1st social smile ~ 6 weeks then roll over, sit up, crawl, stand, walk, talk: environmental influences development throughout. B/c diff infant care btwn diff places. Ex. infants sleep on backs crawl much later. Development starts in the womb: zygote formed when sperm united w/ egg, embryo 2 weeks to 2months of development. Internal organs (heart, lungs, liver, kidney, sex organs nervous system) forms: fetus after 2 weeks of development, great physical growth, body takes infant form. Final trimester, healthy fetus capable surviving outside womb: physical development. Prenatal brain dev. govern by genes & environment in womb. Basic brain areas form by week 4 future cortex cells visibly by week 7, thalamus & hypothalamus week 10, left/right hemisphere week 12.