PSYCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thalidomide, 18 Months, Infant
3 Feb 2017
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2. 13 summarize the three stages of prenatal development. 2. 14 describe major physical and ethical challenges that relate to pregnancy. 2. 15 analyze threats to the fetal environment, and explain what can be done about them. 2. 17 describe the process of birth and analyze current approaches to childbirth. 2. 18 recognize threats and complications that may accompany childbirth, and explain how they can be addressed. 2. 19 describe the process of cesarean delivery and explain why its use is increasing. 2. 20 describe infant mortality rates and explain factors that affect these rates. Stages of prenatal development: germinal (fertilization to 2 weeks, embryonic (2 weeks to 8 weeks, fetal (8 weeks to birth) The germinal stage is the first and shortest, characterized by methodical cell division and the attachment of the organism to the wall of the uterus. Three days after fertilization, the zygote consists of 32 cells, a number that doubles by the next day.
