Infancy & Childhood Development by Daryna Krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr Psychology en-us 2017-09-21 11:59:32 UTC 2017-10-06 12:42:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Infancy daryna_krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189698301 The developing brain cortex actually overproduced neurons, with the number peaking at 28 weeks and then subsiding to a stable 23 billion or so at birth. ]]> 2017-09-21 12:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189698301 Childhood daryna_krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189698976 From ages 3 to 6, the brain’s neural network is sprouting most rapidly in the frontal lobes, which enable rational planning. 
At 5 years old you have a sense of self and longer term memories ]]> 2017-09-21 12:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189698976 Adolescence daryna_krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189700428   The association areas of the cortex—those linked with thinking, memory, and language—are the last brain areas to develop. As they do, mental abilities surge ahead. Fiber pathways supporting language and agility proliferate into puberty, after which a pruning process shuts down excess connections, while strengthening others.
  Kohlberg's Moral ladder
80% of teenagers like the way they are and choose to continue living that way, while 20% wish they were somebody else.]]> 2017-09-21 12:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189700428 Definitions daryna_krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189701626  Maturation- Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively in influences by experience. (Predictable development, usually in childhood
 Schemas- mental molds into which we pour our experiences
 The process of assimilation involves incorporating new experiences into our current understanding (schema). The process of adjusting a schema and modifying it is called accommodation.
   In sensorimotor stage babies take in the world. Children younger than 6 months do not have object permanence, i.e., objects that are out of sight are also out of mind]]> 2017-09-21 12:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/189701626 Piaget's Stages of Development daryna_krupka https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/191619177                         sensorimotor
                       preoperational
                  concrete operational
                    formal operational
]]> 2017-09-27 12:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/daryna_krupka/743a4jzu0vlr/wish/191619177