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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)

Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules). Module 7 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers. Prenatal Development and the Newborn. Developmental Psychology

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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)

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  1. Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules) Module 7 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers

  2. Prenatal Development and the Newborn • Developmental Psychology • a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive and social change throughout the life span

  3. Prenatal Development and the Newborn Life is sexually transmitted

  4. Prenatal Development and the Newborn • Zygote • the fertilized egg • enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division • develops into an embryo • Embryo • the developing human organism from 2 weeks through 2nd month • Fetus • the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

  5. Prenatal Development and the Newborn 40 days 45 days 2 months 4 months

  6. Prenatal Development and the Newborn • Teratogens • agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) • physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking • symptoms include facial misproportions

  7. Prenatal Development and the Newborn • Rooting Reflex • tendency to open mouth, and search for nipple when touched on the cheek • Habituation • decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation

  8. Prenatal Development and the Newborn • Preferences • human voices and faces • face-like images--> • smell and sound of mother preferred

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