1. Development Through the Lifespan

2. For goodness sake, just pick one! I’m nearly seventeen!

3. Developmental Psychology: Branch of psychology which studies physical, cognitive and social changes through the life span.

4. Prenatal Development and the Newborn How, over time, did we come to be who we are? From zygote to birth, development progresses in an orderly, though fragile, sequence.

5. Infancy and Childhood Infancy and childhood span from birth to the teenage years. During these years, the individual grows physically, cognitively, and socially.

6. Infant Reflexes Rooting reflex Babinski reflex Moro reflex Grasping reflex

7. Infants & Habituation Infants look longer at novel stimulus Infants look longer at novel stimulus Look less at familiar stimuli Look less at familiar stimuli

8. Infancy & Childhood Physical Development You are born with the most brain cells you would ever have! You are born with the most brain cells you would ever have! Neural networks multiply as we grow & gain abilities Neural networks multiply as we grow & gain abilities Association areas for thinking, memory, and language are last areas to develop Association areas for thinking, memory, and language are last areas to develop Maturation - gradual unfolding of genetically-programmed physical changes Maturation - gradual unfolding of genetically-programmed physical changes

9. Infancy & Childhood Motor Development Experience has little effect on motor development; it is mostly due to our genes & maturation Experience has little effect on motor development; it is mostly due to our genes & maturation

10. Fig. 11-5, p. 425

11. Maturation & Infant Memory Infantile amnesia Infantile amnesia – Conscious memory at age 3 ½ (Bauer, 2002) As we develop language, the way in which we organize memories change. As we develop language, the way in which we organize memories change. A 5-year-old has a sense of self and an increased long-term memory, thus organization of memory is different from 3-4 years. A 5-year-old has a sense of self and an increased long-term memory, thus organization of memory is different from 3-4 years. Infants do show evidence of some memory.