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| A sperm cell penetrates and fertilizes |
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| - fertilized cell (Conception |
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– harmful agents (alcohol, radiation, viruses)
Especially during first trimester (3 mos) |
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Due to mother ingesting alcohol during pregnancy
- Low birth weight
- Body, facial defects
- Emotional and cognitive impairments |
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How much alcohol can affect fetus?
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| - One binge drinking episode (> 5 drinks) cause brain damage in fetus (Mattson et al., 1998) |
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| tendency to open mouth, and search for nipple when touched on the cheek |
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§touch the infant’s palm and he/she spontaneous grasps your finger
§helps prepare the infant for later voluntary fine motor development |
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§biologically determined growth processes |
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§cephalocaudal- head to tail
§proximodistal- center of body to extremities |
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| - 2- 8 weeks after conception |
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Cognitive Development
§Schema
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§a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
like files in a filing cabinet |
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Cognitive Development: Piaget’s Theory
§Assimilation
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§interpreting new experience in terms of existing schemas |
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Cognitive Development: Piaget’s Theory
§Accomodation
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§adapting current understandings (schemas) to better describe new information |
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Cognitive Development
§Object Permanence
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| §the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived |
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Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor |
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Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Preoperational |
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Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Concrete operational |
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Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Formal operational |
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About 12 through
adulthood |
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§seeking closeness to caregiver and displaying distress upon separation |
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§Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Study
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§Secure Attachment- child seeks out parent for comfort 65%
§Avoidant Attachment- avoids parent and slow to greet parent 20%
Resistant Attachment - displays angry/ resistant behavior 10-15% |
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