Psychology chapter 4

For the developing___, bone cells begin to form, organs continue to grow and mature and rapid growth occurs

Fetus

Temperament

The biologically-based tendency to behave in a particular ways from very early in life it involves mostly you need to behaviors where is personality also involves unique traits feelings believes attitudes goals and motivations

Prenatal programming

The process by which events in the womb alter the development of the physical and psychological health

The process of how genotype becomes Phenotype, and therefore, how we change and remain the same over the course of a lifetime is called

Human development

Embryonic stage

The second prenatal stage from two weeks to eight weeks after conception when all of the major organs form

Zygote

The single cell that results when a sperm fertilizes an egg and starts dividing rapidly around 36 hours of conception

Fetal stage

The third prenatal stage, which begins with the formation of bone cells eight weeks after conception and ends at birth

Embryo

A developing organism for two weeks until about eight weeks after conception

If implantation is successful, the second stage of prenatal development begins

About two weeks after conception

Germinal state

Begins at conception and last for two weeks

Teratogens

Substance that can cause permanent damage to the developing embryo or fetus

The Chi event that distinguishes the embryonic stage from the third stage is

The fetal stage

Between eight and 12 weeks into development of the fetal stage

The heartbeat can be detected with the stethoscope

The embryonic stage is marked by the formation of the major organs

The nervous system, heart, eyes, ears, legs, teeth, palette, external genitalia