The Life of Tom by Lynsie Lightman https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89 AP Psychology en-us 2020-11-13 15:12:28 UTC 2025-11-02 16:07:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Tom was conceived! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920448123 His mother's unfertilized egg and her fathers sperm fused together in Conception


]]> 2020-11-13 15:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920448123 Prenatal 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920449179 2020-11-13 15:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920449179 Tom is now a Zygote! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920449270 Zygote (BOLD)
The fertilized egg, it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo.


]]> 2020-11-13 15:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920449270 Tom is now an Embryo! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920450075 Tom transitioned from being a zygote to an embryo, 
a developing human organism from about two weeks after fertilizations through the second month.  
]]> 2020-11-13 15:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920450075 Tom is now a fetus! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920451557 Tom transgressed from being an embryo to being a fetus, the developing human organism from nine weeks after conception to birth.


]]> 2020-11-13 15:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920451557 Tom did not experience any Teratogens! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920452965 Teratogens, agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach a developing embryo or fetus during prenatal developement that can cause harm, were all avoided and top is healthy! 


]]> 2020-11-13 15:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920452965 Tom's mother didn't drink during pregnancy! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920453654 When mothers drink alcohol during pregnancy, Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome (FAS) can occur. This is when physical and cognitive abornmailities in children including possible head and abnormal facial features occur as a direct result of the mother's drinking. 
]]> 2020-11-13 15:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920453654 Newborn 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920454106 Now he’s a newborn baby! ]]> 2020-11-13 15:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920454106 Infancy/Childhood 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920454676 2020-11-13 15:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920454676 Pruning process 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920458431 Throughout infancy and childhood, Tom will go through something called the Pruning Process. This is a use-it-or-lose-it process that will shut down unused links within your memory, thinking, etc. processes. Due to this, it will strengthen other areas. ]]> 2020-11-13 15:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920458431 “It’s not imitation, it’s maturation” 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920459610 Tom with many other infants will start crawling before they learn to walk. This isn't because they just want to crawl, crawling is the process before walking. Tom is maturing and learning about life and what is included. ]]> 2020-11-13 15:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920459610 Cerebellum 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920460501 A lot of childhood and infancy has to do with maturing and the readiness to learn. The cerebellum is part of that process as the rapid development throughout the cerebellum enables Tom's readiness to learn how to walk at the age of 1. ]]> 2020-11-13 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920460501 Infantile Amnesia 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920461193 Many infants and children will remember their early years vaguely but not exactly to the point. This is because of infantile amnesia. Tom, just like many others will not remember everything and details from before 3 years old. ]]> 2020-11-13 15:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920461193 Mobile memory 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920461739 Tom, sleeping in a crib for the first couple years of his life, might develop something known as Mobile Memory. With this, children will connection their motion with an effect of it. For example, if Tom were to kick his legs while laying down and the mobile crib will move. Tom will only make the connection between his kicking and the crib which is the original experiment rather than anything else. ]]> 2020-11-13 15:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920461739 Adolescence https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920463219 2020-11-13 15:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920463219 G. Stanley Hall https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920465518 He can help explain why Tom is the way he is. One of the first psychologists to describe adolescence ]]> 2020-11-13 15:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920465518 Tom is going through puberty! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920467425 Puberty is the time where he matures sexually. He will be growing more body hair and get a deeper voice along with other things.]]> 2020-11-13 15:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920467425 selective pruning https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920469518 every teenager experiences this. Tom is one of those teenagers. selective pruning is when the brain eliminates extra synapses]]> 2020-11-13 15:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920469518 myelin https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920470918 Tom has myelin like everyone else. Myelin is fatty tissue that forms around axons and speeds neurotransmission ]]> 2020-11-13 15:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920470918 frontal lobe https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920473662 Tom's frontal lobeb hasn't fully matured so he might make some risky judgments like vaping. maturation lags behind emotional limbic system Continue to mature until age 25 

]]> 2020-11-13 15:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920473662 thrill seekers https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920475970 Tom started to vape ! :( examples of thrill seekers are smoking and having sex at a young age. Tom might not be able to control impulses. Some teenagers like the risk.

]]> 2020-11-13 15:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920475970 death penalty https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920478568 Tom will never have to experience this because it's unconstitutional so even if he does make mistakes his consequences won't be as severe. Teens brain immaturity in areas that bear upon adolescent decision making\Less guilty by reasons of adolescence  /Juvenile death penalties unconstitutional 

]]> 2020-11-13 15:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920478568 Tom is now a teenager! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920483197  Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence]]> 2020-11-13 15:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920483197 Tom is able to get his nutrients! https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920489852 Tom not only has a nice place to live but also gets his nutrients through the placenta, the zygote's outer cells that transfer nutrients and oxygen to the embryo.
The zygote’s outer cells; the life-link that transfers nutrients and oxygen from the mother to the embryo. 


]]> 2020-11-13 15:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/920489852 Rooting Reflex ❗❗❗ https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921826198 -when the corner of Tom’s mouth is stroked
-Tom will turn his head and open his mouth to follow and “root” in the direction of the stroking
-Helps Tom find the bottle or breast to feed
-Lasts for about 4 months 

]]> 2020-11-13 20:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921826198 William James https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921827917 Described the mental experience of a newborn as “blooming, buzzing, confusion” which means Tom will not initially experience the world like adults do

]]> 2020-11-13 20:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921827917 Habituation ❗❗❗ https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921828861 -Diminished efficacy of a stimulus in eliciting responses, due to repeated exposure to the stimulus
-Tom gets bored of coloring because he’s been doing it too much]]> 2020-11-13 20:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921828861 Visual Preference ❗❗❗ https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921830200 -Tom tends to prefer faces
-Belief that newborn babies preferentially orient toward faces

]]> 2020-11-13 20:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921830200 8-12 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921831494 Tom can only focus between 8-12 inches, a lot of his vision is blurred


]]> 2020-11-13 20:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921831494 Smell https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921833209 -Tom’s mom says he has a “baby smell”
-That “baby smell” is a concocted perfume of biological manipulation, evolved to trigger maternal bonding

]]> 2020-11-13 20:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/921833209 Tom is now into his childhood and has matured 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925078599 Maturation is the biological growth in behavior, uninfluenced be experience. As Tom has gotten older, he has been able to make better decisions. ]]> 2020-11-15 20:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925078599 Frontal Lobes/neural networks 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925082820 Throughout Toms life, his neural networks have grown as his neural hardware and cognitive softwares work together. Along with this, Tom's ability to mature is due to his frontal lobes as they enable rational planning from ages 3-6.]]> 2020-11-15 20:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925082820 Association Areas 0900601 https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925087796 Within the Frontal Lobes and Toms ability to mature comes from his association areas which include processes such as thinking, memory, and language. Tom's association areas are the last cortical areas to develop. ]]> 2020-11-15 20:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/0900601/qwe13e17ysfdob89/wish/925087796