Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Married People, Prefrontal Cortex, Bone Density

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas

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Cross-sectional design a research design that simultaneously compares people of different ages at a particular point in time. Longitudinal design research that repeatedly tests the same cohort as it grows older. Sequential design repeatedly testing several groups at 1 point in time &then again when they are older. Embryo develops during the embryonic stage which lasts from the 2nd week to the eighth week. Tdf (testis determining factor) gene contained in the y chromosome, triggers male sexual development. 23rd chromosome in a mother"s egg cell always is an x chromosome o. If the 23rd chromosome in the father"s sperm cell is an x, the child will be genetically female o. If it"s a y, the child will be born genetically male. Illness, drug use &environmental toxins can cause abnormal prenatal development. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd) involve a range of mild to severe cognitive, behavioural &physical deficits caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol.