PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Overproduction, Myelin, Monoamine Oxidase A
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Gestation age - 1st day of the last menstrual period to conception is nearly 2 weeks difference from actual day of conception: extremely preterm < 28 weeks, preterm. 34-36 weeks - mostly ok, minor complications: full term. > 42 weeks - need to induce or c section. 2: intervention: extensive parent contact and more touch for infants in nicu, massaged babies gained 47% more weight than those who were not, stimulates growth hormones, emotional bond as well, eg. Rat parents that lick their babies (masage) gained weight significantly faster (showed a stimulates chemical release of growth hormone) vs. rats that were seperated from parents smallest newborn to survive - 27 weeks of gestation, 9. 9 ounces, 1989. Regular sleep (70%) --> irregular sleep --> drowsiness --> alert inactivity --> alert activity --> crying. 3 key elements: genotype: genetic material inherited, phenotype: expression of the gene thats observable (eg. body characteristics, environment.
