Chapter 9

in early childhood, lots of connections–> lose the ones you don’t use

agents that harm fetus or embryo, such as drugs, alcohol, viruses, etc

a strong, intimate, emotional connection between people that persists over time and across circumstances.

distressed when caregiver leaves and comforted quickly when they return

avoidant- don’t care that the caregiver leaves and avoid contact when they come back ambivalent- upset when caregiver leaves and both seeks and rejects care

information is placed in an existing scheme

new scheme is created or scheme is radically altered

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

0-2 years -recognizes self as an agent of actions -sensory input affects actions -develops object permanence -

2-7 years • begin to think symbolically • still no law of conservation of quantity • don’t base their reasoning on logic • tend to center on one part of a task • can’t take others’ points of view

7-12 years • able to think logically about actual objects • cannot reason abstractly or about possibilities (?)

12+ -ability to form a hypothesis and test it with logic

others have minds with different opinions and knowledge than you, associated with prefrontal brain region

onset of sexual maturity and ability to reproduce