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Childhood Development

Childhood Development. Developmental Psychology. Examines how people are continually developing Nature and nurture Continuity and stages Stability and change. Childhood. Physical Development. The Competent Newborn. Babies are born with a remarkable set of survival instincts Rooting

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Childhood Development

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  1. Childhood Development

  2. Developmental Psychology • Examines how people are continually developing • Nature and nurture • Continuity and stages • Stability and change

  3. Childhood Physical Development

  4. The Competent Newborn • Babies are born with a remarkable set of survival instincts • Rooting • Tonguing, swallowing, and breathing • crying

  5. The Competent Newborn • We are born with preferences • Sound of mother’s voice • Face like images • Objects 8 to 12 inches away

  6. At birth 3 months 15 months Cortical Neurons Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development • Brain development • Neural connections enable us to walk, talk, and remember • Rapid growth from 3 to 6 • Association areas develop last

  7. Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development • Motor development • The motor development sequence is universal • There are individual differences in timing

  8. Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development • Motor development • Maturation: brain development that enables motor skills at a certain age

  9. Maturation and Infant Memory • Infantile amnesia: conscious memories seldom predate 3 years old • Memory processes information to allow learning

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