What is development?: Refers to change: Thinking, physically Development and change are not equivalent. Whenever development occurs there is change, but not all change is development. Developmental change is systematic and successive: Goes in a certain order.
When does development begin?: Birth? Pregnancy? Before conception?
Parental Health: Fathers with conditions such as high BP, obesity, diabetes, cancer, depression had 19% chance of preterm baby. 23% higher of low-birth-weight, 28% higher odds of infant needing stay in ICU Quality of sperm is affected by father's health and father's age at conception. = higher risk of things like autism spectrum? Could also be inherited. - Risk goes lots higher from age 40 and up for men, mostly the same for women. Sperm is susceptible to environmental change
Three types of development: - 1. Physical development: Physical maturation is orderly and successive 2. Cognitive development: How do we generate knowledge? Understand the world around us? How do cognitive abilities change throughout time? 3. Social development: Learning the values, knowledge, skills, that enable children to relate to others effectively, make and keep friends, establish and keep romantic relationships, how the social forces around them affect their social developmen