9/30/21
Thalidomide- has an effect on prenatal development o Congenital scoliosis as a result of teratogenic exposure- fumes from reworked machines filling the air in a poor area; a woman at a particular stage of pregnancy (when the spine was being formed) exposed to the fumes at that particular time could have a child with scoliosis o Thalidomide is a teratogen Maturation- we grow in a particular way over time; there is a process and we can identify different milestones for life (ability to crawl, walk, language abilities, etc.) Piaget: how our minds develop (cognitive development); Ages and Stages Model certain ages associated with different stages Sensory motor stage: birth to age 2; most of the learning that happens is based on interaction with environment (what they see, taste, smell, etc.); perception based on body sensations Milestones that need to be met: object permanence (10-11 mos)- they know things exist even if they don't see them (peekaboo) Pre-operational stage: 2-6 years
explain the world Schemas: symbolic representations of the world; we make accommodations to these schemas as we learn more and more Noam Chomsky: language development theorist; said we develop language skills very quickly from ages 2-3.5 years of age Milestone: conservation (age 6)- ability know that things maintain their characteristic properties even if our senses don't detect those properties Concrete operations stage: ages 6-puberty (approx 12 for girls and 13 for boys) Children are very aware of the physical world Math, science learning o Formal operations stage: 15/16 years old We are capable of abstract thinking Criticisms of cognitive development stages: o Not everyone goes through them o Not everyone goes through them at the ages Piaget describ