Life-span development - ANSWER study of development across conception to death
8 Stages of Development in order - ANSWER Conception, Infancy, Early childhood, Mid-childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ANSWER Prenatal. Before birt...
Life-span development - ANSWER study of development across conception to death
8 Stages of Development in order - ANSWER Conception, Infancy, Early childhood, Mid-childhood,
adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood
Conception (time course) - ANSWER Prenatal. Before birth occurs
3 Categories of Development - ANSWER Physical - body development, physical nature, biological
processes
Cognitive - thinking development/ intelligence, and language
, Socioemotional - interactions with other people, emotional changes/ personalit
Case study - ANSWER An intensive study of one or a small number of individuals or families.
In depth look at a single individual. Performed by mental health professionals, when for either practical
or ethical reasons.Provides info. about one persons' experiences
The process through which gametes (sperm and ova) are produced, in which each resulting gamete has
half of the genetic material of the parent cell.
Dominant genes - ANSWER one gene of a pair always exerts its effects; overrides the potential influence
of the other gene.
Recessive genes - ANSWER exerts its influence only if two genes of a pair are both recessive. If inherit a
recessive gene for a trait from BOTH parents, the trait will be shown.
Gestation - ANSWER Time frame of Conception to Birth. lasts 280 days from mom's last period.
Fertilization - ANSWER Fusion of sperm 23 chromosomes (n) with egg 23 chrosomes (n) to make a Zygote
Zygote - ANSWER Fertilized egg by one sperm penetrating into the egg.
Implantation - ANSWER the embedding of the blastocyst in the uterine wall, takes place in the second
week after conception
Embryonic Period - ANSWER Weeks 2-8 of prenatal development
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