PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Primitive Reflexes, Teratology

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

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Psya02- chapter 11 development: rom birth to infancy, from childhood to adolescence, from young adulthood to old age, one of the most obvious facts about human beings is that they change over time. Their development includes both dramatic transformations and striking consistencies in the way they look, think, feel, and act. Developmental psychology is the study of continuity and change across the life span, Zygote is a fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and an egg. If the egg is fertilized by a sperm that carries a y chromosome, then the zygote is male; if the egg is fertilized by a sperm that carries an x chromosome, the zygote is female. The 2-week period that begins at conception is known as the germinal stage, and it is during this stage that the one-celled zygote begins to divide.