PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Lady Gaga, Congenital Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Developing through the life span (chapter 5) - part 1: introduction - developmental psychology. Study human psychology and development, study how we change, physically, mentally, emotionally, behaviorally, morally, cognitively Start from the moment of conception, to death and decay. Impact of early experiences: prenatal development and the newborn. Women are born with all the eggs they will need for a lifetime, they are premature but they are there (this info could change in the future) Men start producing sperm at puberty, and it decreases with age (just less, doesn"t stop) Less than half make it to the egg, only 1 penetrates if one does: prenatal development. Zygote will start dividing into about 100 cells, these cells will begin to differentiate in function and structure. The zygote will travel from the fallopian tube to the uterus (only half make it) Will attempt to plant into the uterine wall. The nervous system begins to form and develop.