DEVELOPMENTAL ?

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DEVELOPMENTAL ?

• Prenatal Development,
• Infancy Childhood

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Prenatal Period

• From conception to birth, the rate of growth and
  development is very rapid
• 40 weeks (9 months)
• If the pace continued after birth
• 60 200 lbs. _at_ 1 year!
• Three Stages in Prenatal Period

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1. Germinal Stage

• First two weeks after conception
• Zygote is created through fertilization of egg
• Zygote implants itself in uterine wall to begin
  growth process

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2. Embryonic Stage

• Two weeks through 2nd month
• Now called an Embryo
• Cell division is specialized
• Most major birth defects happen in this stage

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3. Fetal Stage

• Two months through birth
• Now called a fetus
• Becomes capable of movement
• At six months can usually survive premature birth.

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The World of the Child

• Do you have a brother?
• Yes.
• What is his name?
• Jim.
• Does Jim have a brother?
• No.
• - Conversation between a researcher and a
  four- year-old boy.

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Why does the child respond this way?

• Children can only see the world from their own
  point of view.

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Infancy ChildhoodPages 278-290

• Heredity vs. Environment
• Focus on Heredity
• Twin Studies
• Developmental Patterns
• Maturational Processes
• Growth Cycles
• 7-8. Critical Periods
• 7. Paragraphs 1-4
• 8. Paragraphs 5-7

1. The Family Child Development
2. Mothers Working Outside the Home
3. The Father
4. Parenting Styles
5. Other Influences
6. Child Abuse