DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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A moment in development where the infant is ready to talk
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Moments in time where individuals recognize the urge to urinate
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Developmental periods where individuals recall past events
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A time during development when the individual is ready to move to the next objective
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the critical period? Also known as the sensitive period, the critical period is a time during early postnatal life when the development and maturation of functional properties of the brain, its ‘plasticity’, is strongly dependent on experience or environmental influences.
Detailed explanation-2: -In developmental psychology and developmental biology, a critical period is a maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous system is especially sensitive to certain environmental stimuli.
Detailed explanation-3: -Brain plasticity is maximal at specific time windows during early development known as critical periods (CPs), during which sensory experience is necessary to establish optimal cortical representations of the surrounding environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of putative critical/sensitive periods in biobehavioral development include the establishment of social and food preferences (imprinting), shaping the structure and function of sensory systems, and possibly the area of language and language acquisition.