PSYC-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Prenatal Development, Teratology, Fetus
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Items listed in blue are from the textbook and were not discussed in class. Make sure you also read and study the response piece articles for this section of the course. Dominant referring to a gene that actively controls the expression of a trait. 46 chromosomes; 23 from your mom, 23 from your dad. Zygote a fertilized egg with 100 cells that become increasingly diverse. Cell resulting from the uniting of the ovum and sperm. At 9 weeks, an embryo turns into a fetus. Placenta: mother"s organ that provides nutrients to baby: multiplicative effects presence of more than one worsen effects, what do they do, any environmental agent that causes damage during prenatal period, name some teratogens. Newborns have a fixed distance for clear vision of about (cid:889) to (cid:883)(cid:882) inches, which is the distance from the baby"s face to the mother"s face while nursing. side.
