PSYC 201 Lecture Notes - Amnion, Syphilis, Mesoderm
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Infancy and toddlerhood: birth to 2 years, early childhood, 2 6 years, middle childhood, 6 12 years, adolescence, 12 20 years, emerging adulthood, 20 25 years, young adulthood, 25 45 years, middle adulthood, 45 60 years, later adulthood, 60 years to death. Nurture experiences: scientists who focus on influence of genetics are endogenously looking at development, a biologically programmed sequence called maturation, maturation the unfolding of development in a particular sequence and time, development is an ongoing interaction between nature and nurture frame. Blastocyst after fourth day germinal stage (0 2 wks), placenta (nutrient rich wall) is formed pre embryonic (week 2: ectoderm (nervous system, skin, mesoderm (skeleton, muscle, blood,, endoderm (respiratory and digestive) embryonic stage (2 8 wks), miscarriages, nervous and circulatory systems form, chorion, amnion, yolk sac, membrane that forms umbilical, proximodistal pattern center outwards, cephalocaudal pattern top to bottom fetal stage (9 40 wks), muscular and skeletal systems, during last 3 months baby"s brain grows rapidly.