PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Prenatal Development, Other Minds
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Adi (adolf hitler) wanted to be an artist, but was rejected by an art school. U. s gov"t has collected most of his collection and is not shown to the public. Developmental psychology: the study of continuity and change across the life span. Prenatal stage of development ends with birth and begins when the sperm meets the egg (aww that"s you) Once that lucky sperm penetrates the egg, the egg itself releases a chemical that seals the coating and keeps the rest of the sperm from entering. Zygote: a fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and an egg. Each sperm cell and egg cell contain 23 chromosomes that contain genes. The 23rd chromosome can be either the x or y. Sperm cells carry the x or y. Germinal stage: 2 week period that begins at conception. Zygote will contain 23 chromosomes from each of the sex cells (46 total)
