Developmental Psychology

• 1. Sensorimotor:birth to age 2 learns object permanence, or that objects exist even when they are no longer in view
• 2. Preopertional:2-7 symbolic thinking, difficulty taking viewpoints of others, errors in logic
• 3. Concrete:7-11 appropriate use of logic; conservation, cannot think abstractly
• 4. Formal:after age 11 can think abstractly, reason logically and draw conclusions

• Gender Background
• Ethnicity: Tallest: African American, European, Asian, Latin
• Birth Order: placement of birth order
• Sometimes gender: in some cultures male baby is favored
• Nutrition
• Protein: Sustains their energy
• Health Care: Take child to routine checkups, make sure the baby gets all their shots

• at 2 yrs old: 75% of adult size, brain growth: weight thru myelination & dendritic Field
• at 5 yrs old: 90% of adult size
• at 7 yrs old: almost 100% of adult size
• Continues the process of myelination thru food and stimulation
• Makes connection between the hemispheres and starts laterization (specialization)

the orientated, organized, symbolic, analytical, right specialized of the body

holistic thinking, creative, imaginative, non-rational, artistic, left specialized of the body

The path of communication between the 2 cerbal hemispheres controlling cognitive and motor functions

Run in families, 4 times more likely in male babies, flipping/misusing common/similar things ie: b d doy --> boy

specific learning disability or difficulty involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics. Its akin to dyslexia and can include confusion about math symbols

• Xy male
• XX female

female can carry it but not have it male is more likely to have it. female can pass it to male bc she carries that gene even though its not active in her