DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY - UNITS 9 & 10

Developmental Psychology

The study of changes, over the life span, in physiology, cognition, emotion, and social behavior

Nature & Nurture

a kind of shorthand for biological (Nature) and cultural or environmental (Nurture) influences

Continuity & stages

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Stability & change

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Zygotes

The fertilized egg; it enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

Embryo

the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

Fetus

the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.
the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

Teratogens

Agents that damage the process of development, such as drugs and viruses;
Substances that cross the placental barrier and prevent the fetus from developing normally

Developmental Psychology

The study of changes, over the life span, in physiology, cognition, emotion, and social behavior

Nature & Nurture

a kind of shorthand for biological (Nature) and cultural or environmental (Nurture) influences

Continuity & stages

...

Stability & change

...

Zygotes

The fertilized egg; it enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

Embryo

the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

Fetus

the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.
the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

Teratogens

Agents that damage the process of development, such as drugs and viruses;
Substances that cross the placental barrier and prevent the fetus from developing normally