PSY BEH 110D Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Teratology, Fetus, Thalidomide
8 Sep 2016
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The effects of substances on prenatal development resulting in negative outcomes. Outcomes are affected by dose, cumulative effects, and sensitive period in question. Dose - how an individual who smokes one cigarette a day has a child less affected by cigarettes than someone who smokes a pack a day. Cumulative effects - you can think about teratogens that co-occur & produce different effects in combination. Sensitive period in question - what elements are developing when the body is exposed to teratogens. Relate to times of rapid physiological or behavioral development. When a woman ingests a significant amount of alcohol. Less severe than fas, but 10x more prevalent. Alc-related consequences are completely preventable; recommendations for pregnant women to abstain. Recent recommendations from the cdc suggest that women at the right age to get pregnant should not drink because of the implications of alcohol on a fetus. Claimed that even pregnant women could take it.
