debate about whether development is primarily influenced
by nature or nurture. Nature refers to an organisms
biological inheritance , nature to its enviormental
expeirence.The "nature proponets" claim biological
inheritance is the most important influence on
Nature Vs. Nuture development; the "nuture proponets" claim that
enviormental expeirences are more important.
human growth and the science of studying growth,change, and stability from
development conception until death
biological development physological growth, change, and
stability
physical development health motor abilities *sensory skills
intellectual growth, change and stability
Intelligence language memory Learning reasoning thinki
Congnitive development ng
socieomotional part of the development social and psycho
growth change and stability relationships social influence
psychosocial development *inherit personality
, Physical, congititive, and psychosocial development
What are the three
components?
prenatal, infancy and toodlerhood, early childhood,
what are the eight major middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle
periods of study? adulthood, late adulthood
Prenatal period conception-birth
infancy and toddlerhood birth-two years
early childhood 2-6 years
middle childhood 6-11 years
adolescence 11-18 years
young adulthood 18-40 years
middle adulthood 40-60 years
Late adulthood 60- death
Sigmund Freud pioneering architect of psychoanalytic theory
, Oral-infants pleasure centers on the mouth birth-1 1/2
years
Anal- Childs pleasure focus' on anus 1 1/2 to 3 years
phallic stage-childs pleasure focus' on the genitals 3-6
years
Latency stage- child represses sexual interest and
develops social and intellectual skills 6-puberty
Freuds 5 stages Genital stage- a time of sexual reawakening; source of
sexual pleasure becomes someone outside the family.
puberty onwards
any agent that can potentially cause a birth defect or
negatively alter cognitive and behavioral outcomes. can
teratogen most likley cause problems during germinal stage in
pregnancy
Germinal Stage of two weeks long, zygote travels to uterus, implants itself,
Pregnancy grows by rapid cell division or mitosis.
2-8 weeks in length, umbilical cord that feeds bbaby,
provides oxygen and takes away waste as well as the
embryonic stage of placenta that protects the baby develops
pregnancy
8-40 weeks in length or until birth. baby grows in height
and weight, getting 20x its size. Brain and neurons are
fetal stage of pregnancy being further developed.
babies more likely to: prematurity, higher mortality rates,
Adolescent mothers and underweight babies
, down syndrome, hypertension mom,justianl diabetes
mom, multiples, bleeding prematurity
older aged mothers baby- genetic predisposition or abnormalities, adhd,
sksaphernia, down syndrome
performed one minute and then five after birth
Appreance- pink skin 0-2 0-blue skin 1- blue fingers/toes
or extrematies 2-pink
pulse- heart rate 100-140 bpm
griamce- reflexes/responsivness crys, sneezes, coughs,
facial expressions
Activity- muscle tone and strong movement
APGAR scale respirations- breathing strong breaths
low apgar scale linked to adhd, if baby has a score of four
or less, 75% risk
developed by erikson is the first physcosocail stage that is
experienced during the first stage of life. trust in infancy
sets the stage for a lifelong expectation that the world will
trust vs. mistrust be a good and pleasant place to live.
occurs from 1-3 years of age. After gaining trust in their
caregivers, infants begin to discover that their behavior is
their own, they start to assert their sense of independance
or autonomy. They relaize their will. If infants and
toddlers are restrained too much, they are likely to
Autonomy Vs. shame develop a sense of shame and doubt.