PSYC 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spina Bifida, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Prenatal Development
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Prenatal development: takes an average of 38 weeks. Begins when a sperm successfully fertilizes an egg. Week 9: differentiation of the ovaries and testes. Skin thickens and covered by protective greasy substance (vernix) Keeps the skin safe and keep the skin to be irritated. Sense active: baby can remember voices, music, tastes. Baby can remember the voices and music and noises while it is. 1. a. i. 1. a. will influence how they react after birth. Baby can take this information and encode it so that it. What mom eats can change what the baby will prefer. Tastes transfer through amniotic fluid and breast milk-babies. Week 32: age of viability (around the area where most babies if born at. 1. a. i. this point will survive even if they are premature. Nutrition: lack of specific nutrients can cause problems. Lack of folic acid can lead to spina bifida. Stress: extreme anxiety during pregnancy can lead to low birth weight and behavioral problems later in childhood.
