PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Prenatal Development, Teratology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Lara Geniks

Document Summary

Is the study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioural characteristics across the lifespan. Is used to measure and compare samples of people at different age at a given point in time: cheap and easy to use and are quick. Longitudinal design: follows the development of the same set of individuals through time. Cohort effects: differences between people that result from being born in different time periods. Sensitive periods: a window of time during which exposer to a specific type of environment stimulation is needed for a normal development of a specific ability. *see table on pg 394 for phrase of prenatal development * Zygote: the initial cell formed when the nuclei of egg and sperm fuse. Germinal stage: the final phase of prenatal development, which spans from conception to two weeks. Embryonic stage: spans weeks two through eight, during which time the skeletal, organ, and nervous systems become more developed and specialized.