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prenatal dev psych
conception,prenatal, development and birth
Question | Answer |
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This can happen if a couple has sexual intercourse on, or a few days before ovulation. | Fertilization |
The new cell that has been created by the sperm and egg. First two weeks from conception until implantation (58% miscarraige rate) | Zygote |
provides food and oxygen to the developing child and carries waste products away | Placenta |
When the zygotes embeds in the uterus's nutrient rich lining | implantation |
A time in development when organisms are most vulnerable because its a time in development when a certain specific occurrence must take place EX: growing hands and feet | sensitive period |
5% of fetuses spontaneously abort of are still born after 22weeks | age of viability |
sex cells , or sperms and ova | gametes |
The fourth month in which the first fetal movements are felt by the mother | time of quickening |
a child s emotional and behavioral predispositions at one or two years | temperment |
When the embryo's have only one x chromosome. Because of the lack of Y chromosome it develops testes and but cannot respond to male hormones it develops female external genitalia. | Turner's sydrome |
Anything that can harm prenatal development and may cause internal or external defects to the child | teratogens |
may cause miscarriage, still birth and neonatal death after birth, respiratory illness, asthma, ear infections Nicotine addiction causes withdrawal, decreased sperm count | Smoking and Nicotine |
2 beers/day causes ----> 6 beer/day causes ----> | 12 percent chance of FAS 50 percent chance of FAS |
shorter height, smaller head, wider set eyes, not nose cartilage, no philtrum, FLAT features, varying brain damage, mental retardation, behavior disorders,A.D.D, causes A.D.H.D, heart defects, poor muscle tone, poor motor skills | Fetal Alchohol Syndrome |
causes Low birthweight, low IQ, strong addiction rates, A.D.D. | Heroine and Methadone |
causes miscarriage, stillbirth, premature, small heads, irritable, hypersensitive, bad mood control, poor muscle control, SIDS | Coccaine/Crack |
this abuse causes low birth weight, neonatal death, Low IQ, poor motor control | Aspirin |
SEVERE birth defects that can affect arms and legs can be caused by this abuse | Thalidomide |
normal weight gain that is allowed during pregnancy is | 25-30 pounds |
this is the age rate at which there is a higher chance of the baby being preterm with low birth rate compared to normal age | 18 years and under |
this percentage in weight can be a problem for any one who wants a baby | 25% or more under or over weight |
this age rate makes you more likely to have C section, high blood pressure, a miscarraige or still birth | thirty and over |
average labor of 1st child | 16-17 hrs |
Name the 5 attributes of the Apgar assessment | color, heartbeat, relfex, muscle labors, respiration |
These are the result of interactions among multiple genes and between genes and the encironment | multifactoral disorders |
A disorder in which the spinal cord does not close completely | spina bifida |
A problem in which part of the brain does not develop | anencephaly |
caused when a babies lungs do not produce enough surfactin, a soapy substance that helps to carry oxygen into , and carbon dioxide out of, the lungs. | respiratory distress sydrome |