AP Psych - Mod 42: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

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Myers Psychology for the AP Course Third Edition

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developmental psychology
branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throught the life span
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zygote
the fertilized egg

enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
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embryo
developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month
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fetus
developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth
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teratogens
chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo / fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
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fetal alchohol syndrome
physical and cognitive abnormalities caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking
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habituation
decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation