Psychology Chapter 5: Human Development Latest 2024 Graded A+

Psychology Chapter 5: Human Development Latest 2024 Graded A+ germinal stage the first prenatal stage of development, which begins at conception and lasts 2 weeks zygote the single cell that results when a sperm fertilizes an egg embryo a developing organism from two weeks until about 8 weeks after conception embryonic stage the second prenatal stage, from 2 weeks to 8 weeks where all the major organs form fetal stage the third prenatal stage, which begins with the formation of bone cells 8 weeks after conception and ends at birth neural migration the movement of neurons from one part of the brain to their more permanent destination;this occurs during months 3-5 of the fetal stage prenatal programming the process by which the events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health teratogens substances that can disrupt normal prenatal development and cause lifelong deficits fetal alcohol spectrum disorder FASD a consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure that causes multiple problems, notably brain damage temperament the biologically based tendency to act a certain way ever since early stages in life personality the unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize an individual life before birth is commonly divided into three distinct stages: the _____, embryonic, and fetal stages germinal how can researchers tell which sounds a fetus prefers to hear? by measuring changes in fetal heart rate in response to sounds teratogens are substances that can cause birth defects pruning the degradation of synapses and dying off of neurons that are not strengthened by experience sensorimotor stage Piaget's first stage of cognitive development (ages 0-2), which infants learn about the world by using their senses and moving their bodies object permanence the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed preoperational stage the second major stage of cognitive development (ages 2-5), which begins with the emergence of symbolic thought animistic thinking a belief that inanimate objects are alive