Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Preterm Birth, Testis Determining Factor

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Shauna Burke

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& cognitive development: inverted u: emerges after birth, peaks, disappears with age; ex. separation anxiety, u shaped: present early in life, disappears temporarily, remerges; ex. newborns turning toward off centered sound. > rubella: blindness, deafness, heart defects, mental retardation. > fetal alcohol syndrome (fas): intellectual (iq), fine-and-gross motor impairments, poor adaptive functioning. > nicotine: miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight; also, ets from fathers. > heroin/cocaine: experience withdrawal after birth: kisilevsky & muir: loud sound=increases in fetal heart rate & body movements, 3rd trimester. > stop responding to repeated presentations of vibro-acoustic & auditory stimuli (st memory) > sounds heard repeatedly during fetal development (lt memory) > birth: 25% of eventual adult weight. > first areas: basic survival functions (heartbeat, breathing); last areas: prefrontal cortex= highest-level cognitive function. > reflexes: automatic, inborn behaviours elicited by specific stimuli-present at birth. > ex. breathing: adaptive value - > regulate ability to feed.