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First, some questions for your notes:
What is the ideal ageWhat is the ideal ageand why?and why?
What is the worst ageWhat is the worst ageto be, and why?to be, and why?
Market Facts, Inc. asked these questions of more than1000 adults…
Most respondents, regardless of their actual age, saidthey feel and act as if they are in their mid-thirties.Both men and women wanted to be about 32 years old.
“Psychological age,” suggested the pollsters, “may bejust as important as real age when trying to understandpeople’s behavior and such things as their buyingdecisions.” The sexes differed, however, on the agethey considered to be “old.” Men thought old ageoccurred in the late sixties, and women said old agebegan in one’s seventies.
More recently, a Harris poll asked 2306 Americanadults the following questions: “If you could stop timeand live forever in good health at a particular age,what age would it be?”
In this poll, responses varied with the age group. For18- to 24-year-olds, it was 27. For 25- to 29-year-olds,the age selected was 31. For 30- to 39-year-olds, theanswer was 37. For 40- to 49-year-olds, the responsewas 40. For 50- to 64-year olds, the age was 44; forthose 65 and older, it was 59.
Now, how do your answers compare???Now, how do your answers compare???
Prenatal Prenatal Development Development
and the and the NewbornNewborn
Chapter 5, Lecture 2Chapter 5, Lecture 2“Nothing is more natural than a speciesreproducing itself. Yet nothing is morewondrous.” - David Myers
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.
ConceptionA single sperm cell (male) penetrates the
outer coating of the egg (female) and fuses to form one fertilized cell.
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A zygote is a fertilized egg with 100 cells that become increasingly diverse. At
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The Competent Newborn
Infants are born with reflexes that
aid in survival, including the
rooting reflex which helps them
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The Competent Newborn
Offspring cries are important signals for parents to provide nourishment. In animals
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To study cognition in newborns, developmental psychologists use the
concept of habituation, or decreasing responsiveness with repeated
stimulation.As infants gain familiarity with repeated
exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away
sooner.
Figure 5.3 Quick—which is the cat?
Myers: Psychology, Ninth EditionCopyright © 2010 by Worth PublishersHow was this figure used inHow was this figure used in
research with newborns? What didresearch with newborns? What didthis research tell us about newborns?this research tell us about newborns?
Figure 5.4 Newborns’ preferences?Myers: Psychology, Ninth Edition
Copyright © 2010 by Worth Publishers
How about this figure?How about this figure?