PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Harry Harlow, Prenatal Development

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

The course of prenatal development: germinal stage: first stage of prenatal development, encompassing the first 2 weeks after conception. Exploring the world: motor development: maturation: development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one"s genetic blueprint, developmental norms: indicate the typical (median) age at which individuals display various behaviors and abilities. Early emotional development: attachment: attachment (know theories and patterns): close emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers. Harry harlow: cloth baby or metal baby. Avoidant attachment: separation anxiety: emotional distress seen in many infants when they are separated from people with whom they have formed an attachment. The growth of thought: cognitive development: piaget"s theory and stages of cognitive development. Sensorimotor: coordination of sensory input and motor responses; development of object permanence. Object permanence: child recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible. Preoperational: development of symbolic thought marked by irreversibility, centration and egocentrism.