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