PSY 2105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Habituation, Visual Acuity, Apoptosis
20 Apr 2017
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Chapter (cid:1005) backgrou(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d theories: developmental psychology: devoted to study of changes in behaviour and abilities over the course of development. If correlation with one set of parents is stronger then indicative that environment/heredity has a stronger influence on the trait being studied: colorado adoption project: 250 families with biological children compared with. If one identical twin experiences divorce, then the chance the other twin will experience divorce is 6 times that of the general population: 2 times that of the general population for fraternal twins. Pku) and mothers can change their diets to protect their babies from developing. Chapter 5: perinatal period: begins with birth, normally occurs @ 38 weeks gestation. Chemicals released in fetal brain that signal contractions ever 15-20 minutes, then shorter intervals. Complete birth process averages 8 to 16 hours. 3 stages of birth: uterine dilation: longest stage, uterus narrows and cervical opening dilates.
