PSYCH101 Lecture 22: PSYCH 101 – Childhood Development – March 1st

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Psych 101 childhood development march 1st. Pregnancy sickness: morning sickness (nausea, vomiting, food aversions) might be an adaptive reaction to toxins present in food. Sickness severity related to toxicity: coffee, spoiled meat, meat, eggs, vegetables. Most severe during first trimester; disappears after 14 weeks. More severe in cultures with high meat consumption. Mutagenic means it causes dna to mutate, increases the probability. Smaller organisms going through rapid development are more worried about teratogens, dangerous for fetus. They are found in food because food is other organisms, teratogens are a defense against being eaten. Sickness can be any time of the day, the degree depends on the level of toxins. Ma(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) that lo(cid:448)e (cid:272)offee, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t e(cid:448)e(cid:374) sta(cid:374)d (cid:272)offee after (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g preg(cid:374)a(cid:374)t. Broccoli and brussel sprouts are higher in toxicity, may be adaptive why childre(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t like the(cid:373) Red components indicate that there is a high chance the toxins will be catastrophic.