PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fetus, Frontal Lobe, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Module 8: developmental issues: prenatal development and the newborn. Nature and nurture: how is our development influenced by the interaction between our. Continuity and stages : what parts of development are gradual and continuous and. Zygote : the life cycle begins at conception, when one sperm cell unites with an egg to form a zygote--fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo. Embryo: the zygote"s inner cells become the embryo, and the outer cells become the placenta; developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month. Fetus : in the next 6 weeks, body organs begin to form and function, and by 9 weeks the fetus is recognizably human. Placenta: provides oxygen and nutrients to the growing fetus and removes waste products from the fetus. Prenatal development is not risk-free . during prenatal development and cause harm.
