01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Fetus, Prenatal Development

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

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Type a: friedman and rosenman"s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people. Type b: friedman and rosenman"s term for easygoing, relaxed people. Psychophysiological illness: literally, mind-body illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. Psychoneuroimmunology (pni: the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health. Lymphocytes: the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body"s immune system. The b type of this form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; the t type of this form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances. Developmental psychology: a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. Zygote: the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo.