PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Jean Piaget, Prenatal Development

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Developmental psychology: study of how we develop and change throughout the lifespan physical, cognitive, social. 3 major issues nature and nurture, continuity and stages (change gradually each day, or in stages), stability and change. 3 major life stages childhood, adolescence, adulthood. Prenatal development: stage of development btwn conception and birth. Conception: union of sperm and ovum (fertilization); release an ovum (from ovary), deposit sperm in vagina, meet in fallopian tube (digestive enzymes to allow fertilization, block other sperm, nuclei fuse), implants in the uterus. Zygote first 2 wks after conception, cell differentiation, attaches to uterine wall, divides into 2 parts (embryo and placenta) Embryo week 3 to week 8, major organ systems begin developing; look alien like. Fetus 9 weeks to birth, further development of organ systems; responds to sound by the 6th month (prefere(cid:374)(cid:272)e for (cid:373)other"s (cid:448)oi(cid:272)e after birth indicates learning) viable at ~6 months provide warmth, digestive bacteria, assist breathing, provide immunity.