BIOA02H3 Study Guide - Prefrontal Cortex, Erik Erikson, Sex Organ

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Developmental psychology: is the study of a continuity and change across the life span. Prenatal stage of development ends with birth but begins 9 month earlier. As soon as the sperm manages to penetrate through the egg"s protective layer, the egg quickly releases a chemical that seals and oats all remaining sperm from entering. Zygote: a fertilized egg that contains chromosome from both a sperm and an egg. A zygote has one thing in common with the person it will become-the gender. The sperm and egg contain 23 chromosomes-which become the blueprints. On the 23 chromosome there is a variation in x and y chromosomes (sperm can carry x-female or. Germinal stage: the 2 week period of prenatal development that begins at conception. During this stage the zygote begins to divide, and it migrates back down the fallopian tube and implants itself to the walls of the uterus.

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