PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neural Tube Defect, Buttocks, Biological System
14 Jul 2020
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Chapter 3: prenatal development, birth, and the newborn: 1 from conception to birth, period of the zygote (weeks 1-2, zygote = fertilized egg, zygote grows through cell division first divides within hours, then divides. 35 years of age, the risks of miscarriage and stillbirth increase rapidly. E. g. thalidomide: 3 types, diseases, 5 most common infections that can be fatal to the embryo or fetus, 1) aids, frequent infection, neurological disorders, death, 2) cytomegalovirus. Intelligence, attention and motor skill deficits: 4) caffeine. Lower weight, decreased muscle tone: 5) cocaine & heroine, retarded growth, irritability of newborns, 6) marijuana. Lower weight, less motor control: 7) nicotine, retarded growth, cognitive impairments, environmental hazards, 1) lead, developmental disabilities, 2) mercury, retarded growth, developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, 3) pcbs. Irritability that persist for month, feelings of low self-worth, distrurbed sleep, poor appetite and apathy: not likely to mother warmly and enthusiastically, affects child"s development if prolonged. Lethargis and emotionless: birth complications, most common, cephalopelvic disproportion.
