FRHD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prenatal Development, Zygote, Twin

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

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Frhd 1010 human development week three january 23rd, 2018. Read chapter 2 and 5 from invitation to the lifespan: canadian edition. Xx zygotes become females: xy - a 23rd chromosome pair that consists of an x-shaped chromosome from the mother and a y-shaped chromosome from the father. If a male inherits an x-linked recessive trait from his mother, he expressed that trait because the y from his father has no counteracting gene. Chapter 3 the first two years: norm an average or standard measurement calculated from many individuals in a population, head-sparing a biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body growth. Immunization - a pro(cid:272)ess that sti(cid:373)ulates the (cid:271)ody"s i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)e syste(cid:373) to defe(cid:374)d agai(cid:374)st a(cid:374) atta(cid:272)k by a particular contagious disease. Infant cognition: sensorimotor intelligence piaget"s ter(cid:373) for the (cid:449)ay i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)ts thi(cid:374)k by using their senses and motor skills during the first period of cognitive development, 6 stages of sensorimotor intelligence stage, simple reflexes (0-1 month)