PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Small For Gestational Age, Blastocyst

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

Lecture 1: lifespan development (infancy to old age) Developmental psychology study of physical and psychological changes commonly associated with the different stages of our life. Longitudinal designs the same group of people at different points of time, time consuming and includes a high risk of attrition the withdrawal of participants from a study over time. Conception developmental process begins here, sperm and egg fusion zygote blastocyst implantation. The germinal stage: the inner cluster of cells forms the developing embryo, the outer ring of cells forms the developing placenta (inner part is called the. 2 to 8 weeks after conception start developing organs and other parts of the body. 8 weeks to birth (ideally around 40 weeks) Preparation of entering the world outside the mother"s womb. Usually have all the neurons that you"ll have as adult when you"re a newborn mothers create 4000 neurons/sec when in the fetal stage.