PSY100Y5 Chapter 11: Human Development Across Lifespans
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Chapter 11 human development across lifespans: your life provides an interesting illustration of the two themes that permeate the study of human development: transition and continuity. In the embryonic stage, most of the vital organs and bodily systems begin to form in the developing organism (called an embryo). Most miscarriages occur during this period and birth defects are also due to problems that occur in this stage: the final stage, the fetal stage, is where the fetus becomes capable of physical movements o. Prenatal development proceeds through the germinal, embryonic and fetal stages at the zygote is differentiated into a human organism. Development may be affected by maternal malnutrition, maternal drug use and some maternal illnesses. The wondrous years of childhood o o: motor development refers to the progression of muscular coordination required for physical activities (ie: walking, crawling, sitting up, running, manipulating objects, etc)
