PSYC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Personal Distress, Chickenpox, Fast Mapping
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~ 15 qs from chapter 13 (psychological disorders) Please remember that this review guide is not comprehensive of all the concepts which may be tested upon during the exam: chapter 10. Conception occurs when fertilization creates a zygote, a one-celled organism formed by the union of a sperm and an egg. Sperm can live 5-7 days and egg can live 12-24 hours after ovulation. Germinal stage: the first phase of prenatal development, encompassing the first. Brief stage begins when a zygote is created through fertilization. Within 36 hours, rapid cell division begins. The zygote becomes a microscopic mass of multiplying cells. This mass slowly migrates along the mother"s fallopian tube to the uterine cavity. On about the 7th day, the cell mass beings to implant itself in the uterine wall. Embryonic stage: is the second stage of prenatal development, lasting from 2 weeks until the end of the second month.
