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Piaget's theory of cognitive development

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Chapter 10: Human Development Across the Life Span Progress Before Birth: Prenatal Development 3 phases germinal stage = first 2 weeks conception, implantation, formation of placenta embryonic stage = 2 weeks ? 2 months formation of vital organs and systems fetal stage = 2 months ? birth bodily growth continues, movement capability begins, brain cells multiply age of viability Figure 10.1 Overview of fetal development Environmental Factors and Prenatal Development Maternal nutrition Malnutrition linked to increased risk of birth complications, neurological problems, and psychopathology Maternal drug use Tobacco, alcohol, prescription, and recreational drugs Fetal alcohol syndrome Environmental Factors and Prenatal Development Maternal illness

Human Development across Lifespan

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Grant Clay Period 3 11/2/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 11: Human Development across Lifespan Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Development ? Sequence of Age-Related Changes that occur as a Person Progresses from Conception until Death. Prenatal Development Zygote ? 1 Celled Organism formed by Union of Sperm and an Egg. Prenatal Period ? Period from Conception to Birth, usually 9 Months of Pregnancy. Prenatal Development Germinal Stage ? First Phase of Prenatal Development, encompassing the first 2 Weeks after Conception. Placenta ? Structure that allows Oxygen & Nutrients to pass into Fetus from the Mother?s Bloodstream and Bodily Waste to Pass Out the Mother.

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DEVELOPMENT Developmental psych-studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span Issue #1: Nature v. Nurture- how to genetic inheritance and experience influence our behavior John Locke ? tabula rasa (blank slate)?nurture Jean-Jacques Rousseau ? children should be allowed to grow as their nature dictates, don?t interfere-nature John B. Watson? everything is learned Issue #2: Continuity v. discontinuity (stage theorists) Continuity ? development is very gradual and there are few, if any, dramatic shifts in development (like riding an escalator) Discontinuity ? specific stages in cognitive and moral development- do our early personality traits persist through life, or do we become different as we age

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DEVELOPMENT Developmental psych-studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span Issue #1: Nature v. Nurture- how to genetic inheritance and experience influence our behavior John Locke ? tabula rasa (blank slate)?nurture Jean-Jacques Rousseau ? children should be allowed to grow as their nature dictates, don?t interfere-nature John B. Watson? everything is learned Issue #2: Continuity v. discontinuity (stage theorists) Continuity ? development is very gradual and there are few, if any, dramatic shifts in development (like riding an escalator) Discontinuity ? specific stages in cognitive and moral development- do our early personality traits persist through life, or do we become different as we age
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