1.  Question Authority? Why not question everything….even your own assumptions …..

2. #17 - Child Development  Nature vs. Nurture  Genetic/Biological Influences versus Family/Social/Experiential Influences?

3. What are the stages of Prenatal Development? Overall Timeline 3 Stages: Germinal – Embryonic – Fetal -

4. Neurocardiology  Social-emotional information passed from mother to infant throughout pregnancy  Electromagnetic (Limbic) communication of love/security/support vs. scarcity/fear/threat can predispose the infant’s neural networks

5. Attachment  Social-emotional attachment begins in the 1 st month of pregnancy and affects an individual throughout life.  Features of reactive-attachment disorder

6. How are infant personalities determined ?  Easy  Slow to warm up  Difficult  No category  Temperaments***

7. What happens in Physical Development?  - 21 days  - 24 days  - 28 days  - 42 days  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RLsRlhe0s&feature=related (0 – 8 weeks) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RLsRlhe0s&feature=related  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY9qb213T98&feature=fvwrel (8-16 weeks) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY9qb213T98&feature=fvwrel  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTj0ySGvh4&feature=fvwrel (16 wks on) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTj0ySGvh4&feature=fvwrel

8. What is the impact of Teratogens ?  Fetal Alcohol Effects  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome  Example from Film

9. Family/Social Influence  Understanding of milestones  Subtle & Overt influences of attitudes, beliefs, gender, etc….

10. What are Piaget’s Cognitive Stages? Sensorimotor Preoperational Concrete Thinking Formal Operations

11. What occurs in Social Development? Erikson  Trust vs Mistrust  Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt  Initiative vs. Guilt  Industry vs. Inferiority

12. Are there reasons to take children from their parents?  Neglect – inadequate care  Physical abuse – damaging physical contact  Sexual abuse – violating personal physical boundaries of privacy

13. Can parents get their children back ?  When or if a child should be removed from the situation  Attention to personal/marital problems of abuser  Teaching positive parent/child interactions