PSYC 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Preterm Birth, Infant Mortality, Neuroplasticity
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Brain development: we use virtually every single part of our brain, what affects the brain affects the body and vice versa. Sensation and perception sensations - information from environment that is picked up by sense organs perception - the process of the brain putting together the sensory info received to interpret what is happening and attach meaning. Development of the five senses vision visual acuity - ability to see things in sharp detail able to see from time of birth but weak. +10 inches or 50% to length at birth after second birthday, growth slows. 2 year olds are at about half the height they will be in adulthood. Effects of motor skill development the timing of motor skill development interacts with other areas of infant development: gibson"s plexiglas covered table - visual cliff. 20 teeth formed below gums central bottom teeth first, top center, side of central, ends, middle teething - uncomfortable, causes fussiness sore gums.
