PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Preterm Birth, Visual Acuity
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Developmental psychology: the study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioral characteristics across the lifespan. Cross-sectional design: used to measure and compare samples of people of different ages at a given point in time. Cohort effects: differences between people that result from. Longitudinal design: follows the development of the same set of being born in different time periods individuals through time. Development is seen as a progression of abrupt transitions (stages) interspersed with slower, more gradual change. Sensitive period: a window of time during which exposure to a specific type of environmental stimulation is needed for normal development of a specific ability. Zygotes to infants: from one cell to billions. Zygote: the initial cell formed when the nuclei of the egg and sperm fuse. This is the beginning of the germinal stage. Germinal stage: the first phase of prenatal development, from conception to 2 weeks. The resulting blastocyst splits into two halves: the fetus and the placenta.
