HDFS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ovule, Fetal Position, Teratology
20 Sep 2016
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Ties across each of these different domains: moving beyond facts, critical thinking about facts: synthesis, application, evaluation, strengths & weaknesses; professional application, prenatal teratology, teratogen-disease/environmental agent that causes harm during prenatal development a. i. Environmental hazards: radiation, pollutants: critical period-extremely important; if it doesn"t happen now it never will; lots of physical growth & rapid development b. i. Smoking mother & 5th grade reading comprehension scores: susceptibility to harm is influenced by multiple factors, 1) same defect may be from different teratogens a. i. Microcephaly from radiation, alcohol, herpes; slow growth from cocaine, alcohol, heroin: 2) same teratogen can have multiple effects b. i. Marijuana=premature, irritability, motor control loss; syphilis=bone defects, cns problems, miscarriage: 3) not all fetuses or infants are affected & not all are equally affected c. i. Interaction of timing/dose/duration of exposure; different risk and resilience factors; varied reaction ranges: general development principles, equifinality-different environmental conditions lead to same developmental manifestation/outcome a. i. Multiple factors combine together to influence development d. i. 1.
