PSYA02H3 Study Guide - Joint Attention, Mental Model, Sex Organ
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Developmental psychology is the study of continuity and change across the life span, and in the last century, developmental psychologists have discovered some amazing things about this metamorphosis. A zygote is a fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and an egg. The 2-week period that begins at conception is known as the germinal stage, The embryonic stage is a period that lasts from the second week until about the eighth week. The fetal stage is a period that lasts from the ninth week until birth. Myelination, which is the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a neuron. Agents that damage the process of development are called teratogens, Fas have a variety of distinctive facial features, brain abnormalities, and cognitive deficits teratogens, which literally means monster makers. Agents that damage the process of development, such as drugs and viruses.
