PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Midlife Crisis, Teddy Bear, Mary Ainsworth
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Germinal stage (0-2 weeks): zygote - rapid cell division. Placenta forms (eventually functions as a two way street) Characterized by the development of vital body organs, so the most can go wrong here. Sensitive to drugs, alcohol (brain abnormalities, underdeveloped heads), malnutrition, smoking (underdeveloped fetus, low birth rate), sicknesses. Once you get past it, usually means you will have the baby. Fetal stage (8 weeks - birth): fetus bone and muscle development. At 8 weeks, fetus is about the size of a kidney bean. Lots of growth: the importance of contact: beforehand, they thought that food was the most important thing the mother supplied, until they did this study: Harlow"s monkeys: a monkey had one area with a source of warmth and one area with food, and the monkey stayed with the warmth even at feeding time. Babies" chances of survival are doubled when they are touched: attachment (bond) development: bond formed with caretaker affects your whole life.
